Slavic tales

Slavic mythology, especially the eastern (Russian) Slavs, remained poorly understood by the XIX century. It seems to not exist. This is due to both the Christianization of the Slavs, as a result of which the myths were committed to oblivion and with a consequence of this process - the loss of original mythological texts. This time is marked by a rapid surge of interest in folklore, ethnography and mythology - not only Russian and the general Slavonic, but also Praslavyanskaya, who, in many respects, adapting to Christianity, continued to exist in various forms of oral folk creativity. Ancient-language cult assumed a deification of nature, and the first knowledge of her man was at the same time and his religion. Therefore, pagan mythology refers to a certain extent and beliefs, and superstitious signs, and ritual songs, and folk tales, and legends. Slavic mythology is a comprehensive, it covers all sides of human existence - from the faith in the debt and houses to the agricultural calendar, from ritual rituals before identifying the pagan Perun with the Christian Saint Ilya, the Prophet. Therefore, she continues to live - in images, symbols, in rituals and in the very language