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020			_a9780500025017 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0500025010 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1392332942 _z(OCoLC)1365364596
092			_a299.18 _bC483
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCharney, Noah, _eauthor. _9118803
245	1	4	_aThe Slavic myths / _cNoah Charney, Svetlana Slapšak.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York, New York : _bThames & Hudson, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a239 pages : _billustrations (black and white), map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index
505	0	0	_gThe _tSlav epic -- _tBlack butterfly -- _tVampires -- _tAt stake -- _tWerewolves -- _tThreshold -- _tLibuse and women -- _tDo not weep -- _tThree versions of the Great Goddess -- _tIlya Muromets -- _tPerun, Supreme God -- _gThe _twaterman -- _tCreatures of the deep -- _tFirebird -- _tSlavic magic -- _tLast words.
520			_a"In the first collection of Slavic myths for an international readership, Noah Charney and Svetlana Slapšak expertly weave together the ancient stories with nuanced analysis to illuminate their place at the heart of Slavic tradition. While Slavic cultures are far-ranging, comprised of East Slavs (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), West Slavs (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland), and South Slavs (the countries of former Yugoslavia plus Bulgaria), they are connected by tales of adventure and magic with roots in a common lore. In the world of Slavic mythology we find petulant deities, demons and fairies, witches, and a supreme god who can hurl thunderbolts. Gods gather under the World Tree, reminiscent of Norse mythology's Yggdrasill. The vampire--usually the only Serbo-Croatian word in any foreign-language dictionary--and the werewolf both emerge from Slavic belief. In their careful analysis and sensitive reconstructions of the myths, Charney and Slapšak unearth the Slavic beliefs before their distortion first by Christian chroniclers and then by nineteenth-century scholars seeking origin stories for their newborn nation states. They reveal links not only to the neighboring pantheons of Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Scandinavia, but also the belief systems of indigenous peoples of Australia, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Specially commissioned illustrations inspired by traditional Eastern and European folk art bring the stories and their cultural landscape to life"-- _cAmazon.com.
650		0	_aMythology, Slavic.
650		0	_aSlavs _xFolklore.
700	1		_aSlapšak, Svetlana, _eauthor.
710	2		_aStudent Curator Collection, _eprovenance.
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