Moscow is ancient
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Walking along the old streets of Moscow, one can surprisely notice that not only curious tourists and hurrying Muscovites live here, but also unusual creatures - mysterious “stone residents”, silently frozen in the most bizarre poses. The wise gods and glorious heroes, beautiful virgins and silent knights, frolicing Putti and Killed Elders, fantastic beasts and laughing satires, frightening demons and terrible grotes are tirelessly behind us from a height. According to them, as if turning over the sheets of a stone book, you can study the myths of ancient Hellas, medieval ballads and legends. With the help of this book, you will find out where in our city the kingdom of the god Sea Poseidon, the god of trade in Hermes and the sunny kingdom of the radiant Apollo. Where the god of winemaking, inspiration and religious ecstasy Dionysus and his goat -legged retinue are conducting their bacchanalia. Where the mysterious griffins and sphinxes live, monstrous chimeras and pitch, sacred unicorns and hippocamps, a phoenix bird, sweet -haired Sirin and a messenger of the gods, a bird of happiness, gamayun. All addresses will be told by the author - the famous Muscovite and the guide Irina Sergievskaya,
Author:
Author:Sergievskaya Irina Gennadievna
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
- Category:Esoteric, Folklore & Myth
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: Gift publications. Moskvoyan studies
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907255-01-2
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