Forests of the vampire Slavic myth
Of all the peoples who fought for supremacy on the vast eastern European plain, the Slavs have proved the most enduring. They spread out from homelands beyond the Carpathian Mountains, settling territory south into the Balkans and as far west as the Elbe River. Equally impressive is their spiritual...
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Forests of the vampire : |b Slavic myth / |c writers: Charles Phillips, Michael Kerrigan. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Slavic myth |
| 260 | |a Amsterdam : |b Time-Life Books BV, |c Ã1999. | ||
| 300 | |a 144 pages : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 29 cm. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Myth and mankind | |
| 500 | |a Created, edited, and designed by Duncan Baird Publishers. | ||
| 500 | |a "First Time-Life English language printing 1999." | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Slavic world. Dark plains of destiny -- Picture essay: The people's art -- Pantheon of the Slavs. The forces of night and day -- Deities of the Baltic Slavs -- The pagan gods of Kiev -- A dual faith -- Remnants of elemental belief -- Moist Mother Earth -- Picture essay: The eternal face of Mother Russia -- Spirit masters and little demons. From divinity to demonhood -- Spirits of the home and farmstead -- Siren of the stream -- Wonders of the deep -- Wild master of the woods -- The harvester of souls -- The Devil himself -- Picture essay: Myths in miniature -- Kingdoms of the dead. A marriage of life and death -- The soul's dark journey -- Lands of destiny -- Tormentor of the night -- Feasts of flesh and blood -- The strange face of immortality -- The bones of Baba Yaga -- Picture essay: Riches real and imagined -- Tales of wonder, magic and sorcery. Visions of mystery -- Witchcraft and wizardry -- The faces of the changeling -- A fierce menagerie -- Picture essay: Classical fantasies -- The legacy of Slavic myth. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (page 144) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Of all the peoples who fought for supremacy on the vast eastern European plain, the Slavs have proved the most enduring. They spread out from homelands beyond the Carpathian Mountains, settling territory south into the Balkans and as far west as the Elbe River. Equally impressive is their spiritual journey which began with the worship of ancient pagan gods and matured with the dawn of the Christian age. Tales from this volume include the vampire whose wretched specter still stalks our world today. | ||
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