Category Archives: Slavic

Undoing the Undead

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Nathan

Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness – This is the fourth game in the series, but the number doesn’t officially appear in the title. I think there was kind of a stigma on using numbers for too many sequels at … Continue reading →

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Dazhbog Through the Snow

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Nathan

I didn’t really have the chance to write about any holiday-related mythology this month. I did notice that Talia Lavin wrote about some winter traditions in a post ostensibly about a sandwich. It’s interesting to note that for the Yakuts, … Continue reading →

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Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Nathan

Yeah, I’m writing about books again. The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur, by Lev Grossman – I wasn’t sure what to expect of this modern take on the Arthurian legend, but I ended up quite liking it, despite … Continue reading →

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Where a God Can Be a Kid

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Nathan

The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption, by James Branch Cabell – The follow-up to Figures of Earth has a lot of characters, with the focus on the Order of the Silver Stallion, the knights appointed by the late Manuel … Continue reading →

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Sick Kids of an Unholy Union

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Nathan

Picture by Matias Cabezas Montoya When looking up different types of fairies, I came across the Keshalyi (sometimes spelled without the Y), which I don’t think I’d heard of before. From the mythology of the Romani (i.e., gypsies, although I understand … Continue reading →

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Iron Constitutions

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve been looking a bit into witches, and I latched onto one physical trait the Russian Baba Yaga is sometimes said to have, which is iron teeth. Such teeth seem to be associated with witches in general in Slavic lore. … Continue reading →

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Dragons Is the Craziest Peoples

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Nathan

It seems like dragons becoming human or humans becoming dragons is a pretty common theme. I guess it makes sense for a person who turns into animals to become a dragon, as they’re big, powerful, and often intelligent as well. … Continue reading →

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A Koschei Deal

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Nathan

Her Majesty’s Wizard, by Christopher Stasheff – I saw this book on a list of recommendations somewhere, and I didn’t realize at the time that the author had just died in June. This is the first book of the Wizard … Continue reading →

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Counting Kallikantzaroi

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Nathan

I found the subject of this post a few months ago while looking for information on fairy lore from the Caucasus (I’m hoping to use it in a story I’m writing, but that could be a long way down the … Continue reading →

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Friends in Grindylow Places

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Nathan

You might remember the Grindylows from their appearance in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, in which they lived in the lake at Hogwarts. They are an actual sort of creature from English folklore, being particularly associated with Yorkshire … Continue reading →

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