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Alyosha Popovich (Russian: Алёша Попо́вич), alongside Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets, is a bogatyr (i.e., a medieval Russian knight-errant). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1331x890, 477 KB) Vasnetsovs drawing The Three Bogatyrs 1898 Oil on canvas 321*222 Russian Museum File links The following pages link to this file: Viktor Vasnetsov ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1331x890, 477 KB) Vasnetsovs drawing The Three Bogatyrs 1898 Oil on canvas 321*222 Russian Museum File links The following pages link to this file: Viktor Vasnetsov ... Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets are represented together in Viktor Vasnetsovs famous 1898 painting Bogatyrs. ... Self-portrait 1873 Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Ð’Ð¸ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ½ÐµÑ†Ð¾Ð²) (May 15 (N.S.), 1848â€”1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. ... Bogatyrs (1898) by Viktor Vasnetsov Alongside Alyosha Popovich and Ilya Muromets, is a bogatyr (i. ... For the Russian bomber Ilya Muromets, see Ilya Muromets. ... Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets are represented together in Viktor Vasnetsovs famous 1898 painting Bogatyrs. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... A knight errant is a figure of Medieval romantic chivalric literature. ...

The three of them are represented together at Vasnetsov's famous painting Bogatyrs. Self-portrait 1873 Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Ð’Ð¸ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ½ÐµÑ†Ð¾Ð²) (May 15 (N.S.), 1848â€”1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. ...

In Byliny (oral stories) he is described as a crafty priest's son who wins by tricking and outsmarting his foes. He defeated the dragon Tugarin Zmeyevich by trickery. In later versions the dragon was transformed into the figure of a Mongol Khan. Bylina ( Russian: были́на, also Byliny and Stariny) is a traditional epic, heroic narrative poetry of early East Slavs of Kievan Rus, the tradition continued in Russia and Ukraine. ... Tugarin Zmeyevich (Russian: ) is a mythical creature in Russian bylinas and fairy tales, which impersonates evil and harmfulness and appears in the form of a bogatyr of a dragon-like nature. ... Honorary guard of Mongolia. ... Khan (sometimes spelled as Xan, Han) is a title with many meanings, originally commander, leader or ruler, in Mongolian and Turkish. ...

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This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Title pages of Â«Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic DictionaryÂ» Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is, in its scope and style, the Russian counterpart to the 1911 Britannica. ...

Categories: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary | Brockhaus-Efron | Russia stubs | European mythology stubs | Characters of Russian folklore | Characters in Bylina Problems The Pagan ideas have went into the wind, Poland is now a very large Catholic Populous. ... Also Dajbog, Dabog, Dazhbog, Dazsbog, Cyrillic Дажбог; from dazh, the Slavic epithet for Sun (The Giver) and bog (god). ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... This page is about a Slavic god. ... In Slavic mythology, Å iwa or Å iva (pronounced /Êƒiva/) (alternatively Å½iva (pronounced /Ê’iva/) or Sieba, was the fertility and love goddess. ... Image:SwiatowidZbrucz. ... In Slavic mythology, Svarog (Polish: SwarÃ³g, Cyrillic: Ð¡Ð²Ð°Ñ€Ð¾Ð³, Wendish: Schwayxtix) is the Slavic god and spirit of fire; his name means bright and clear. ... 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Hurs or Hors is the Slavic god of the winter sun. ... Flins is the god of death in Wendish mythology. ... In wendish mythology Karewit is the protector of the town of Korzenica (nowadays Garz) on Rugia. ... Lada or Lado is a fictional Slavic pagan diety of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty which almost certainly never existed in the ancient Slavic pantheon. ... Mat Zemlya, also Matka Ziemia (literally Mother Earth, various other names are in use as well) is the collective term applied to a number of Slavic deities devoted to plants, growth, birth, creation and patrons of field works. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Matka Ziema. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dodola (also spelled Dudulya and Didilya, pronounced: doh-doh-la, doo-doo-lya, or dee-dee-lya) is a being in old Slavic mythology. ... Porenut was one of the Slavic deities worshipped by the Polabian Slavs in the town of Korzenica (nowadays Garz) on Rugia. ... Porewit was one of the Slavic deities worshipped by the Polabian Slavs in the town of Korzenica (nowadays Garz) on Rugia. ... In Polish mythology, Porvata is the god of the woods; he has no idol or image; and is manifest throughout the primeval forest. ... Radegast, also called Radigost, Radhost, Redigast, is a hypothetical West Slavic god of hospitality, fertility, and crops, associated with war and Sun. ... Rod, sometimes referred to simply as god (Div, Diy; in the Veda Slovena Diy or Dia), is probably the most ancient deity in the Slavic pantheon. ... Rugiewit is a Slavic deity, a local personification of an all-Slavic god of war Perun worshipped in all areas where the Slavic mythology was present. ... Stribog (Strzybog, Ð¡Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ð±Ð¾Ð³), in the Slavic pantheon, is the god and spirit of the winds, sky and air; he is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions. ... In wendish mythology Zirnitra or simply Zir is a black Slavic dragon and the god of sorcery. ... In Polish mythology, Zlota Baba is a goddess called Golden Woman. She received many sacrifices and gave oracles, depicted in gold. ... Bash Chelik (Man of Steel) is a famous Serbian folklore tale. ... Burislav, Burisleif, BurysÅ‚aw is the name of mythical Wendish king from Scandinavian sagas who is said to rule over Wendland. ... Bogatyrs (1898) by Viktor Vasnetsov Alongside Alyosha Popovich and Ilya Muromets, is a bogatyr (i. ... For the Russian bomber Ilya Muromets, see Ilya Muromets. ... Viktor Vasnetsov. ... According to an old legend, Lech, Czech and Rus were eponymous brothers who founded the three Slavic nations: Poland (formerly also known as Lechia), Bohemia (ÄŒechy â€“ now the major part of the Czech Republic), and Ruthenia (Rus, whose successor states are now Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) respectively. ... PÅ™emysl and LibuÅ¡e, sculpture by Josef VÃ¡clav Myslbek (1881), today in VyÅ¡ehrad LibuÅ¡e (Czech; in German Libussa or Libuscha) is a mythical ancestor of the PÅ™emyslid dynasty and the Czech people as whole. ... Contemporary frescoe of Marko, Markos monastery, Skopje, Macedonia, 14th century Coin minted by Marko, Belgrade museum of applied arts This article is about the epic Serbian prince. ... Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, a painting by Ilya Repin (1876) Sadko (Садко in Russian) is an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. ... Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber, by Ivan Bilibin. ... 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Yaga can refer to: Yajna (Hindu mythology) Baba Yaga (Russian mythology) Yaga (clothing company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bagiennik was the name of water demons in the Slavic mythology. ... Bannik is the Bathhouse Spirit in Slavic mythology. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Boginki (Polish for Little Goddess) are spirits in Polish mythology. ... Bukavac is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology; belief about it existed in Srem[1]. Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns[1]. He lives in lakes and big pools, coming out of the water during the night making big noise (hence the name... Domovoi (literally, one of the house) are house spirits found in Slavic folklore. ... Drekavac (literally the yeller) is mythical creature in south Slavic mythology. ... The Karzełek in Polish mythology live in mines and underground workings and are the guardians of gems, crystals, and precious metals. ... Kikimora or Shishimora is a usually female spirit in Slavic mythology. ... In Russian mythology, Koschei (Russian: , Koshchey) is an evil person of ugly senile appearance, menacing principally young women. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Leszy, lesij, leshii is a woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protect wild animals and forests. ... One-eyed Likho by Anton Kvasovarov, 2003 Likho, liho (Russian: Ð›Ð¸Ñ…Ð¾), licho (in Polish) is an embodiment of evil fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology, a creature with one eye, usually depicted as an old, skinny woman in black (Ð›Ð¸Ñ…Ð¾ Ð¾Ð´Ð½Ð¾Ð³Ð»Ð°Ð·Ð¾Ðµ, One-eyed Likho). ... A Polevik is a Slavic mythological creature that hid in corn fields. ... Rusalka may refer to: Rusalkas, Slavic water nymphs. ... The skrzak or skrzat is a little flying imp in wendish mythology. ... 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