Russian Myths

Slavic mythology is rich and fascinating, not least because of the many cultures that have partly influenced it. Little is known about the Slavic gods, as no narratives from the pagan period have survived, but we can reconstruct their stories from ancient sources, heroic poems and traditional tales. In this book, we will discover the gods, the heroes, such as the valiant Bogatyri of the Kyiv cycle, and the creatures that populate the surprising Slavic folklore made of werewolves, spirits, nymphs and dragons. In this book you will find: The deities of the Slavic tradition, such as Perun, ...

Who will pay the price for waking sleeping giants? When Gabe’s cousin, John, is kidnapped by Russians, he and his friends jump into action. Volkov is back and behind the kidnapping. He has his men looking into a massive burial mound on John’s property and is willing to do anything to learn about it—including torturing John to near death. In over their heads, Gabe and April go to their friend Heather, head of security of Parcelsus, for help. It seems Volkov has his eyes on the prize and won’t stop until he claims it. Soon, the trio finds themselves traversing the world while John ...

Russkaja narodnaja skazka - proizvedenie ustnogo tvorchestva russkogo naroda, odin iz vidov fol'klornoj prozy. V russkih skazkah russkij narod pytalsja vyskazat' svoe nacional'noe mirooshhushhenie, nastavit' svoih detej v pervobytnoj, no glubokoj zhiznennoj mudrosti, - razreshaja lezhavshie na ego serdce zhiznennye, nravstvennye, semejnye, bytovye i gosudarstvennye voprosy.

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) wrote Old Peter's Russian Tales while he was in Russia during the First World War, prior to becoming a war correspondent for The Manchester Guardian. There are 22 stories in all and are told by Old Peter at the behest of his grandchildren, Ivan and Maroosia, in a cozy log cabin in the middle of the forest. These are delightful re-tellings in Ransome's own words of Russian folk tales, and include stories such as "The Little Snow Girl", "Baba Yaga", "Frost", and "Salt".

Alexander Sergeyevich was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.

On a bitterly cold night in January 1945, a heavily armored train pulled into the station at Breslau in German occupied Poland. Here, ancient tapestries, priceless masterpieces, and three hundred tons of gold looted from the treasuries of conquered countries were loaded aboard. Just before dawn, laden with treasure, the train pulled away from the station heading west and disappeared from history. Deep in the primeval forests of the Eulengebirge Mountains of southwestern Poland, a secret Nazi fortress lies buried, untouched by the passage of time. Here, in a labyrinth of tunnels, Hitler’s ...

The book contains a story about the gods of ancient Greece, written on the basis of the great works "Iliad", "Odyssey", "Aeneid".

Что поможет ребёнку успокоиться перед сном? Конечно же, хорошая сказка, прочитанная на ночь вместе с родителями. А что, если эти сказки будут про животных со всего света – умных и глупых, хитрых и добродушных, доверчивых и осторожных? В этой книге собрано 70 сказок на каждый вечер. Окунитесь в мир волшебства вместе с их героями. Почему колибри такого цвета? А почему черепаха всегда носит на себе панцирь? Ответы на эти и на многие другие вопросы ты найдешь в сказках.

The fifth and final installment of Russian Collection for Kids goes well and truly outside of the boundaries of Russia and all over the world. Folk tales and stories by foreign authors, narratives from various continents, fanciful and fascinating story lines, people, places, and animals - everything has been thrown in and mixed thoroughly in this comprehensive collection, bound to astonish and delight both children and grown-ups.

Vasilisa the Beautiful is a Russian fairy tale collected by a Russian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator Alexander Afanasyev. It tells the tale of a beautiful girl named Vasilisa. When her mother dies, she gives her a magic doll. Her father remarries, and she gains an evil stepmother and two stepsisters. Despite the stepmother's attempts to diminish Vasilisa's beauty, she continues to grow more beautiful.

The book contains the myths about the "Heroes" set out on the works of Hesiod, Ovid, Aeschylus, Homer, Moschus, Sophocles, Pausanias, Pindar, Euripides.

Long cold winter nights make for good story telling, so it's scarcely surprising that some of the world's most wonderful fairy tales come from Russia. Soar through the air in 'The Flying ship', feel the frost freeze your bones in 'The Strange Bridegroom', sail the seven seas in a ship with patchwork sails in 'The Salt Mountain'. These are stories guaranteed to delight in another outstanding edition of Classic Children's Stories.

Collection The Best Fairy Tales contents. Brothers Grimm: Hansel and Gretel ; Little Red Cap ; Rumplestiltskin ; Rapunzel. Charles Perrault : Cinderella Or The Little Glass Slipper ; The Master Cat or Puss In Boots ; The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods. Hans Christian Andersen: The Ugly Duckling. Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince ; The Nightingale and the Rose ; The Selfish Giant ; The Devoted Friend ; The Remarkable Rocket.

The book contains myths of the Trojan cycle outlined by the poem of Homer's "Iliad," the tragedies of Sophocles, poems of Virgil, Ovid's "Heroines", and fragments of other works.

Лев Николаевич Толстой в сказках и баснях - это строгие и точные описания, которые всегда пользовались и будут пользоваться высоким спросом у любителей русской литературы. Сказки и басни Толстого заворожат любого, ну а дети будут перечитывать дивные рассказы снова и снова.

"Весёлая семейка" - увлекательная повесть известного детского писателя Николая Николаевича Носова о двух приятелях, выдумщиках и фантазёрах, которые не привыкли скучать и сидеть без дела. И вот как-то раз ребятам в руки попала книжка о разведении цыплят. Мальчишки недолго думая приступили к делу.

7 сказок в стихах и 7 колыбельных песен (на каждый день недели) в исполнении Натальи Варлей. Содержание: 1. Вступление, 2. Понедельник. Воробей, 3. Вторник. Мартышка, 4. Среда. Медведь, 5. Четверг. Лиса, 6. Пятница. Тигр, 7. Суббота. Бегемот, 8. Воскресенье. Слон. Автор стихов и музыки: Марк Фримштейн. Аранжировка: Андрей Горбачев.

"Alisa v Strane Chudes" - skazka, napisannaja anglijskim matematikom, pojetom i pisatelem Charl'zom Ljutvidzhom Dodzhsonom pod psevdonimom L'juis Kjerroll i izdannaja v 1865 godu. V nej rasskazyvaetsja o devochke po imeni Alisa, kotoraja popadaet skvoz' krolich'ju noru v voobrazhaemyj mir, naseljonnyj strannymi antropomorfnymi sushhestvami.

The book contains the myths of Odysseus set out on the basis of Homer's "Odyssey".

Братья Гримм - Якоб и Вильгельм, прожили скромную жизнь. Они рано потеряли родителей и сполна познали все тягости непосильного труда и материальных невзгод. Только благодаря своей тетке братья смогли закончить обучение, к которому всегда проявляли блестящие способности.