Slavic Mythology: From Perun to Kolyada

Whom did the Slavs worship? What did certain rites and rituals mean to them? What are the origins of folk festivals? This book, which you hold in your hands, will answer these and other questions. It contains information about gods, natural phenomena endowed with a divine essence, and abstract concepts that influenced the lives of the ancient Slavs. In writing it, philologist Yana Potseluyko relied on scientific data, works of mythologists, and folklorists. The bright fantasy images of mythical beings were created by artist Ekaterina Malysheva.