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93 Cards in this Set
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Domovoi
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-lives in stove
-called grandfather -takes care of household -ensures fertility -grooms livestock -immune to holy water and candles -clean spirit -can get grumpy though |
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Kikimora
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-female house spirit
-can be trouble -can spin, sew, and embroider -can fix things |
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Dvorovoj
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-lives in yard
-doesnt like magpies -tricks humans |
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Bannik
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-lives in bathhouse, place of magic
-where woman give birth -must scare him away for ritual -not clean, not too tricky though |
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Leshij
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-master of the forest
-determines the success of the hunt -features of plants and animals -must respect him -associated with stormy winds -to protect yourself from him give him eggs and bread |
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Polevik
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-lives in field
-ugly hairy old man -evil and unclean -gaurds his boundaries -his kids play in the feild and will crush you -he can be seen at noon |
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Vila
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-very beautiful and intelligent, but dangerous
-sings and dances -she can heal and fortell the future -must be respectful towards her -try and marry her, she will run away |
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Vodyanoy
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-very mean spirit
-drowns people or animals -lives in water -scales, webbed arms -captures people with beard -can change shape -can help you fish -people wear a cross swimming in order to protect themselves from him -you sacrifice food, cigs, vodka, chicken, goats to him -leaves watery footsteps |
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Rusalka
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-unclean spirits of the dead
-woman who has usually died from a bad dead: suicide, murder, or accident -not properly buried -beautiful, pale, blonde, unbraided and uncovered hair -scares passers by moaning and lure them into being drowned -live in water -sing and dance, swim and giggle -people leave them gifts |
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Vampire
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-kill things, bite people, turn people into vampires, or make them really sick and die
-must drive steak through body -throw them into river to purify or kill them -women can get pregnant from vampire -shallow burials -people not being fully dead, not fully decomposted bodies, dogs dig up -slow, suck out life force |
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Folklore
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-traditonal beliefs customs and practices of a people
-a body of widely held but unsubstantiated beliefs |
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Five Traits of Slavic Folklore
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1. Traditional
2. Anonymous 3. Multiple Existence in Variation 4. Oral 5. Follows a Formula |
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Ancestor Worship
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Practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in affairs of the world, and possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living
Example: putting flowers on a grave to honor the dead |
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Animism
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The idea that souls or spirits exist in humans, animals, plants, or other entities
Example: Talking to the plants that you take care of |
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Totemism
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Animal or entity that watches over or represents you
Example: KU Jayhawk |
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Dual Faith
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Belief in both paganism and christianity. Practice rituals in both.
Mixed culture |
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Magic
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Used to guard and ensure fertility, to hold hostile forces back, and make aware of signs and omens
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Four types of magic
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1. Prophylatic: protects from evil
2. Productive: produces something 3. Lustrative: cleanses you and the environment 4. Divinatory: telling of the future |
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Rites of Passage
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Important event that takes you to the next point in life.
Examples: birth, marriage, death, having kids |
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Rites of passage, three stages
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1. Separation: leave the house
2. Transition: makes some type of change 3. Return: comes home |
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Chert
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-the devil
-trickster |
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Baba Yaga
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-witchlike character in stories
-flies around on a wooden mortar -catches and eats small children -lives in a house which stands on chicken feet |
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Finist the Bright Falcon
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-one girl wanted the feather, other daughters wanted more
-feather turned into man, lover -sisters heard her talking to it and it would turn back into bird -sisters put glass on window to keep bird out -found bird, finally, already married -got him back |
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Axel Olrik's Epic Laws
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The Laws:
law of three, law of opening and closing, law of repitition, law of contrast, law of of twins, law of patterning |
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Oral-Formulaic Theory
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The byliny where guys play a instrument with one string, and it's really long so they cant remember exactly what is said but they make it up and rhyme alot through it to make it look like they know what they are doing cause they know the beginning and end just not all the details
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Propp's 31 Functions of the Magic Tale
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absentation, interdiction, violation, reconnaissance, delivery, trickery, complicity, villains, mediation, connective incident, beginning counteraction, departure, hero tested, hero's reaction, provision of magical agent, spatial transference between two kingdoms, guidance, struggle, marking, victory, initial victory is liquidated, hero returns, hero is pursued, hero is rescued from pursuit, difficult tasks, transformation, punishment, wedding
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Myth
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-usually has gods or supernatural heroes
-sacred stories -linked to religion -TOLD AS TRUE |
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Legend
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-narrative of human actions percieved by both listener and teller as true
-moral definition of events -Legend of sleepy hollow |
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Magic Tale
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-used for intertainment
-extraordinary mystical influence or power -unexplainable -dominant religion doesnt approve of magic tales |
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Animal Tale
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-animal being a hero
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Riddle
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-statement or question having a double or veiled meaning
-puzzle to be solved |
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Joke
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-a story to make you laugh
-normally have punchlines -sometimes sarcastic |
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Proverb
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A story with a meaning at the end that makes you want to do better, with a moral
Example: the early bird gets the worm |
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Amulet
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-anything worn about the person as a charm or preventive against evil, mischeif, disease, witchcraft, ect
-a preservative, protection, or charm |
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Talisman
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-a stone, ring, or other object engraven with figures or character, to which are attributed the occult powers
-usually worn as amulet to avert evil or bring furtune -may be magical, a charm |
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Izba
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-peasant dwellings made of timber logs
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Stove/hearth
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also known as the oven, main focus of the house, spirits live there
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Banya
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-bathhouse
-cleansing -spirits live here -where you did magic |
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Red Corner
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-cross
-embroidered towels -most important corner |
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Rushnyk
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-white embroidered towel
-used after death -clean spirits -show dead the way -a sign of respect for dead |
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Distaff
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-holds extra yarn on a sewing spindle
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Vladimir
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converted Rus' to Christianity. Prince, traveled to Bsyantium, Marries Emporer's sister Anna
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988
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Rus' converted to Christianity
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Vikings/ Varangians
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ruled Novogorod/ 860 AD
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Kievan Rus'
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-first eastern slavic state
-founded by vikings |
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The Mongol Yoke
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Mongol forces invaded Russia (1223: Battle of Kalka) Ruled Russia for over 200 years
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Independent Novgorod
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1492, ruled by oligarchy
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Ivan III
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1st to proclaim himself Tzar, Marries neice of last Bysantine Emperor, Zoe or Sophia. 1480- end of Mongol Yoke
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Ivan the Terrible
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1533- takes the thrown at three years old, 1st officially crowned Tzar, successfully campaigned against Tartars, 1st oppressions against Boyars, Oprichina is formed
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Peter the Great
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becomes Tzar in 1682, opposed the church, wanted Russia to become more European, founded Petersburg in 1703 (window to the west)- new capitol
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Catherine the Great
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German princess, founds first university for women, talks of ending serfdom
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Serfs
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-lived on private property
-sought resources first through landowner or other functionary, then through state -rent and labor obligations at decreation of landlord, this tended to be higher -tied to land |
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Russian Revolution (1917)
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people began to rule, overthrow the tzars, end of tzarist regim, romonavs killed
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dymkovo toy
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-white wash clay
-easy to break -usually animals -survival of pagan rituals -very ancient |
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matryoshka
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-doll that fits inside each other
-nesting dolls -fertility |
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Pysanki
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russian decorated eggs
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Lapti
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-traditional Russian blunt-pointed hand- -woven bast shoes know
-summerwear |
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Valenki
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-winter footwear made of wool/felt
-boots |
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Perun
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god of war, supreme god, god of thunder
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Mokosha
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-goddess of fertility
-wet mother earth |
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Veles
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-cattle god
-god of the underworld/dead |
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Svarog
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-god of sun, fire, rain, and sky
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Bylina
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-a sort of poem/epic song
-focuses on a hero and magical details like dragons -times of mongol invasions |
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Epithet
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in a bylina, strings of adjectives like "straight, traveled roads"
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Repetition
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form in bylina, saying words or syllabus frequently
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Sadko
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merchant who was worthy of hero status in Novgorod
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Ilya Muromets
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from the keivan cycle, main hero of the bylina heroes, fights nightingale robber, has awesome horse
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Prince Marko
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-guardian of law and order
-short tempered -was thrown in the river for wanting to replace his dad as king |
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Neopaganism
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-nature worshippers
-looking for spiritual insights -christians hate them -venerate "old gods" -believe that if old gods return russia will be great again -think they are true heirs of indo-european tradition -book of veles |
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Stefan DuSan
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crowned in 1346, Dusans code -1349, succeed by his son, Uros the Weak (Serbia)
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Ottoman Empire
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(1299-1923) Height of Empire: 16th-17th centuries
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Battle of Kosovo
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1389
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Martenista
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Holiday of rebirth and fertility. Red and white=sun and snow. give small dolls to freinds. wear ribbon around your wrist until you see a stork, then hang it on the tree. brings good luck
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Radunista
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slavic equivelent to halloween "day of the dead" 2 weeks after easter because church didnt like it
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Malenista
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8 weeks before easter and like martigra
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Rusalka Week
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7 weeks after easter, Rusalk come out of water and swing on trees, end of week, chase rusalka back into water
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Ivan Kupalo
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June 24th, summer solstace, associated with pagan calander, swiming, assciated with water, put effigy in water at the end, couples make love in forest, dancing in circles
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Divinations
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wreath in water, tells you who your husband will be
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Yuletide
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Pagan celebration, ensuring rebirth of the sun, fake funerals/make fun of death, shortest day of the year
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Bliny
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like pancakes, represent the sun, filled with sour cream and caviar
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Paskha
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a mold made with sweetened cheese, decorated with floral shapes for fertility (easter)
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Kulich
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sweet bread made with honey, dried fruit, nuts. Decorated with flowers and animal shapes. Tall cylndrical shape for fertility
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Kutya
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ritual food made of whole grains, assciated with wet mother earth
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Mummery
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Koliada-personification of the season
Koliday-carols |
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Rusalka Week
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7 weeks after easter, Rusalk come out of water and swing on trees, end of week, chase rusalka back into water
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Ivan Kupalo
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June 24th, summer solstace, associated with pagan calander, swiming, assciated with water, put effigy in water at the end, couples make love in forest, dancing in circles
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Divinations
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wreath in water, tells you who your husband will be
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Yuletide
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Pagan celebration, ensuring rebirth of the sun, fake funerals/make fun of death, shortest day of the year
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Bliny
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like pancakes, represent the sun, filled with sour cream and caviar
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Paskha
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a mold made with sweetened cheese, decorated with floral shapes for fertility (easter)
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Kulich
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sweet bread made with honey, dried fruit, nuts. Decorated with flowers and animal shapes. Tall cylndrical shape for fertility
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Kutya
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ritual food made of whole grains, assciated with wet mother earth
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Mummery
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Koliada-personification of the season
Koliday-carols |
