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03046aam a2200361 i 4500 001 557947A0AAD111EE853AF3262BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240104011316 008 230804t20232023enkab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2023937425 020 $a 0500025010 020 $a 9780500025017 035 $a (OCoLC)1392332942 040 $a UKUOY $b eng $e rda $c UKUOY $d OCLCO $d YDX $d QX7 $d JAS $d IUO $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d DYJ $d OCLCO $d HQC $d OCLCQ $d IMT $d SILO 050 4 $a BL930 $b .C43 2023 082 04 $a 299.18 $2 23 100 1 $a Charney, Noah, $e author. 245 14 $a The Slavic myths / $c Noah Charney, Svetlana SlapsÌak. 264 1 $a London ; $b Thames & Hudson, $c 2023. 300 $a 239 pages : $b illustrations (black and white), map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index 505 00 $g The $t Last words. $t Black butterfly -- $t Vampires -- $t At stake -- $t Werewolves -- $t Threshold -- $t Libuse and women -- $t Do not weep -- $t Three versions of the Great Goddess -- $t Ilya Muromets -- $t Perun, Supreme God -- $g The $t waterman -- $t Creatures of the deep -- $t Firebird -- $t Slavic magic -- $t Last words. 520 $a "In the first collection of Slavic myths for an international readership, Noah Charney and Svetlana SlapsÌak 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 SlapsÌak 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"-- $c Amazon.com. 583 1 $a NBK-R $c 9999 $5 UKUoY 650 0 $a Mythology, Slavic. 650 0 $a Slavs $x Folklore. 700 1 $a SlapsÌak, Svetlana, $e author. 710 2 $a Student Curator Collection, $e provenance. 941 $a 2 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045148.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240104032622.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=557947A0AAD111EE853AF3262BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search