Russian mythology. The rulers of the universe

The book is dedicated to the mythological stories about the sorceresses, sorcerers and their equivalents (healer, witch, witcher, Veschun, Vorozhets, Gad, Gadal, Gamka, District, Connoisseur, Modern, iconnik, Kilhtun, Sorcerer, Lomotnik, Trich, etc) B. Russian mythological tradition. The formation of these images is due to ideas about the heirs of the Volkhov-Rogers or their equivalents. These characters are comprehended as the root cause of everything that happens in the being of a human -Socium -UNIVERSUM. In addition, the meaning of sacred loci (bald mountains, intersection, etc) is revealed, where rituals are performed that ensure a successful course of being, a stable balance in the universe. These searches give the key to understanding mythological images, mastered not only in folklore, but also in literature and art. The author for the first time conducts a comparative analysis of a very large volume of scientific data in the field of ethnography, folklorism, history, linguistics, art history, literary criticism, traditional medicine, botany.
For folklorists, ethnographers, art historians, historians, religious scholars, psychologists, as well as for all fans of folk culture