At the source of the world. Russian etiological tales and legends

Etiological tales and legends tell about the emergence and change of the world and man, natural realities and cultural objects and are a kind of mirror of folk culture, reflecting the folklore-mythological picture of the world. The book presents texts extracted from rare and inaccessible publications (periodicals, regional ethnographic and folklore collections) of the XIX-XX centuries, from the archives of Russia or recorded in folklore expeditions of the XX-XXI centuries. In various regions of our country. The texts are equipped with a comment, the reference apparatus also includes a bibliography and an object-modification pointer. For specialists and a wide range of readers interested in Russian folklore and traditional spiritual culture