Folklore
Folklore Links
- Development of Conceptual Dictionaries of Oral Folk Culture In the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences work is being carried out on a lexical description of the language of Russian folklore according to genre distinctions. The texts of religious verses (dukhovnye stikhi) and lamentations have been selected for comparison.
- Traditional Culture of the Russians of Siberia Articles on traditional feasts, folk wedding, songs, clothes of Russians, Belorussians and Ukrainian inhabitants of Siberia. Songs in mp3 format.
- Little Mos' Woman Enhanting fairy tale from the Sukyrja village in the north-western corner of a Mansi (Vogul) area
- New Materialson Russian Folklore from an American Archive Folkloristic discoveries relating to the old stratum of traditional culture continue to be made in Russia on the threshold of the new millennium.
- GameTraditions: Lessons for Life
- Scholars Undertake Dictionary of the Language of Russian Folklore A scholarly school for the study of linguo-folkloristics has been formed under the direction of Professor A.T. Khrolenko in the ancient Russian city of Kursk.
- If It Dries Out, It's No Good Women, Hair and Rusalka Beliefs
- Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore
- Buryat Mongolian Mythology Myths and Legends
- Collection of Translations of Russian Folk Songs
- Nishan Shaman The Nishan epic describes the experiences of one of the great shamanesses of the past. In the story Nishan performs the dolbor ritual, the lower world journey to retrieve a lost soul which is practiced among the Buryats and other Siberian peoples.
- Ethnomusicology in Russia in Recent Years An article from Mikhail Lobanov of Russian Institute for the History of the Arts.
- MagicTales That End Badly
- Draznilkas-- Russian Children's Taunts a short, humorous verse used by children to tease, taunt and play pranks on other children
- Mr.Afanasiev's Naughty Little Secrets Attempting to dispell romantic beliefs of the Russian peasant
- The Geser Epic Geser, Hero of the People
- The Russian Journal
- Russian Folk Tales and Folk Belief Everything you thought you knew about Russian tales -- -- but did you really
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