{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/srp/srp14.htm","path":"neu/srp/srp14.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/srp/srp14.htm","text":"Alatuir, the White Stone, 37.\nAmulets, 387.\nAncestral Worship, 260.\nB\u00e1ba, Yag\u00e1, ogress or witch, 161-164.\nBab'e Lyeto, or women's summer, 254.\nBear King, story of the, 182.\nBeauty song, 275.\nBesy\u00e9da, or social gathering, description of, 36.\nBetrothal customs, 267-271; rings, 297.\nBratchina, or brotherly feast, 258.\nBread, superstitions concerning, 247.\nBride, purchase of, 290, 291.\nBuil\u00ednas, or metrical romances, cycles of, 67; story of Svyatogor, 58-63; collections of, 63: Ruibnikof's journey in quest of, 64-76.\nBurial of the Gold, game and song of, 200.\nBurning of Corpses, 325-330.\nBuyan, the Happy Isle of, 3 7.\nByelbog, the White God, 103.\nCapture of Bride, 283-286.\nCattle-plague, spells against, etc., 396-402.\nChristening of Cuckoos, 215, 217.\nChristening of Rusalkas, 144.\nChristmas songs, 186.\nCoffins, 317.\nCorn, superstitions concerning, 247: leading ears of, 248.\nCossack songs, 42-44.\nCuckoos, traditions about, 214; christening of, 215-217.\nDanilof, Kirsha, 65.\nDawn, 188, 190, 349.\nDazhbog, the Day-god, 85.\nDead, commemoration of the, 260, 310-313; funeral rites, 313-320; banquet to the, 321.\nDmitry Saturday, commemoration of souls on, 260.\nDodola, 227-229.\nDomovoy, or House-spirit, 120-139.\nDyev\u00edchnik, or Girls' party, 271.\nEaster, 219.\nElijah's Day, 247.\nEpiphany, Eve of the, 207.\nExpulsion of Tarak\u00e1ns, 255.\nFern, traditions about the, 98.\nFire-worship, 257.\nFoundations, sacrifices at, 127.\nFunerals:--of Kostroma, 244; of Yarilo, 245; wedding-funerals, 309; modern funeral customs, 313-320; funeral banquets, 320; feast to ghosts, 321; ancient funeral rites, 323-327; human sacrifices at, 328, 329; the Strava and Trizna, 331, 332; burial of strangers, 333; songs about the dead, 334-344.\nGad\u00e1niya, or guessings, 195.\nGlory song, 198.\nGuessings, 195.\nHarvest, opening of the, 249; harvest-home feast, 250, 251.\nHell, Slavonic ideas about, 113.\nHistorical songs, 54.\nHouse, ceremonies attendant on a change of, 137.\nHouse-spirit, see Domovoy.\nIbn Fozlan, account of a burial by, 328.\nIlya's, or Elijah's Day, 247.\nIlya Muromets, 59-63.\nInsect burial, 255.\nJames, Richard; his collection of Russian historical poems, 55.\nK\u00e1sha, or stewed grain, 205.\nKhorovods, or circling dances to songs, 2, 6-13; 223-226.\nKikimora, or Nightmare, 133.\nKirsha Danilof, 55.\nKoly\u00e1da Songs, 186-201.\nKoshchei the Immortal, 165-167.\nKos\u00e1, or maiden braid of hair, 272-275, 288.\nKostroma, funeral of, 244.\nKostrubonko, 222.\nKrasnaya Gorka, or Red Hill, 222, 223.\nKupalo, Midsummer feast of, 239-246.\nKulikovo, battle of, 259.\nLaume, story of a, 101.\nLado and Lada, the deities of the Spring and of Love, 105, 241.\nLeading ears of corn, rite of, 248.\nLove-spells, 369.\nLyeshy, or Wood-demon, 153-160.\nMalchik-s-Palchik, or Tom Thumb, 181, 183.\nMagpies, 405.\nMarriage:--list of the dramatis person\u00e6 at a, 263; the proposal and striking of hands, 2 65; the betrothal, 2 6 7-2 7 1; the girls' party, 271-275; the wedding day, 276-280; expenses of a peasant wedding, 281; ancient Slavonic ideas about marriage, 282; capture or purchase of bride, 283-286; her sorrow at leaving her home, 287-292; her feelings towards her parents, 292-295; freedom of choice, 295-301; wife's family position, 302; a bride's lament, 303, 304; songs about a happy marriage, 305; mythical wedding guests, 306-308.\nMaslyanitsa, or \"Butter-week,\" 208, 209.\nMavkas, or Little-Russian fairies or water-nymphs, 142, 143.\nMidsummer Customs, 239-246.\nMythology:--Old Slavonic Deities, 80-84, 102; Svarog, 85; Dazhbog and Ogon', 85, 86; Perun, 86-102: Byelbog, 103; Lado and Lada, 105; spirit-world, 106; ideas about the soul, 107-118; Paradise, 111; the Rakhmane, 112; the Domovoy, or House-spirit, 120-139; the Rusalka, or Naiad, 139-146; the Vila and Poludnitsa, 147; the Vodyany, or Water-sprite, 148; the Lyeshy, or Wood-demon, 153-160; the B\u00e1ba Yag\u00e1, or Ogress, 161-164; Koshchei the Immortal, 165-167; the Vyed'ma, or Witch, 168-172; the Snake, 173-177; the Water-king, 178: Swan Maidens, 179; Tom Thumb, 183; Koly\u00e1da rites, 186-201; Ovsen, 202-204; New Year, 205-207; the \"Butter Week,\" 209; the death of Winter, 210; reception of Spring, 211-213; Cuckoo christening, 214-218; Tree-worship, 219; Easter and the Krasnaya Gorka, 220-227; Dodola, 228; St. George songs, 229-233; Sem\u00edk and Whitsuntide, 233-239; Kupalo and Midsummer, 239-243; funeral of Kostroma, or Yarilo, 244-246: traditions about corn, 247; leading ears of corn, 248, 249; the harvest, 250, 251; plaiting Volos's beard, 251; Volos's name, 252; St. Vlas, 253; the Women's Summer, 254; expulsion of Tarak\u00e1ns, 255; the Ov\u00edn, or corn-kiln, 257; Dmitry Saturday and ancestral worship, 259, 260; mythological riddles, 348-350; the Isle of Buyan, 37; the White Stone Alatuir, 37; witchcraft, 37; personification of cattle-plague, cholera, small-pox, etc., 395-403; werewolves and vampires, 403-415, 428-433.\nNew Year songs and customs, 203-207.\nNightmare, 133.\nOgon', or Fire, 85.\nOrphans, songs about, 293, 334.\nOv\u00edn, or corn-kiln, respect paid to, 257.\nOvs\u00e9n songs, 202-204.\nParadise, Slavonic ideas about, 111-113.\nParjanya and Perun, 86.\nPerun the Thunder-god, compared with Parjanya, 86; Lettic songs about, 88-91; his statues, 93; myths about, 74-102.\nPerkunas, 88-9I, 101.\nPigeons, traditions about, 181.\nPlakal'shchitsa, or Wailer, 342.\nPoludnitsa, 147.\nPosidyelka, or social gathering, 32.\nPotters' Field, near Moscow, 333.\nPrichitaniya, or laments, 343 344.\nPripyevka, prelude or refrain, 303\nPurchase of a bride, 273, 274 283-286, 290, 291.\nPurification, rite of, after a funeral, 319.\nR\u00e1dunitsa, or commemoration of the dead, 222, 310-313.\nRain, effect of witchcraft on, 383.\nRakhmane, or Brahmans, legend of the, 113.\nRiddles, 346-356.\nRobber songs, 45-47.\nRukobitie, or striking of hands before marriage, 265.\nRusalkas, or Water-nymphs, 139--146, 216.\nSem\u00edk, feast of, 233.\nSeptember customs, 253-256.\nSmall-pox, Russian ideas about, 403.\nSnakes, stories about, 173-176.\nSoul, Slavonic ideas about the, 107-118.\nSoldier songs, 51-54.\nSongs:--general sketch of Russian songs, 1; their influence on the people, 4: their age, 5; their themes, 14; classes of, 39; Cossack songs, 42; Robber songs, 45; Soldiers' songs, 51; historical songs, 54; metres of, 77-79.\nMythic and Ritual songs, 186; Koly\u00e1dki, or Christmas songs, 187-201; Ovs\u00e9n and New Year songs, 202--207; Spring songs, 212; Krasnaya Gorka Khorovods, 223-226; songs about St. George, 230; Sem\u00edk and Whitsuntide songs, 236238; Midsummer songs, 239-246; Harvest songs, 249-251; Autumn songs, 256)259.\nMarriage songs, 262; Betrothal songs, 266-271; Kos\u00e1, or Maiden-tresses songs, 272-275, 288; Bridal-benediction songs, .278; the \"Sowing of the Millet,\" 283; bargaining for a bride songs, 286, 287, 220, 291; love songs, 295-302; a bride's lament, 303; happy. marriage songs, 305; songs about Cosmas and Demian, 307.\nFuneral Songs; Lament of orphans, 334-337; of widows, 338-340; wailings above graves, 343, 344; a riddle-song, 356; a witchcraft song, 394; cattle-plague songs, 396, 399.\nSowing of the Millet, song of the, 213.\nSpells, see Zagov\u00f3rs.\nSpring songs, 212.\nStars, song to the, 207.\nStenka Raz\u00edn, songs about, 45.\nSt. George, traditions about, 229-233.\nSt. John's Day, 240-242.\nSt. Peter's Day, 246.\nSt. Philip's Fast, 255.\nStrava, or funeral feast, 331.\nSt. Simeon, 253.\nSt. Vlas, 263.\nSun, stories about the, 242.\nSun's Sister, story of the, 169.\nSvarog, or Ouranos, 85.\nSvarozhich, or the Sun, 85, 86.\nSwan-maidens, 148, 179.\nTarak\u00e1ns, expulsion of insects called, 255.\nThreshold, traditions about, 136.\nTom Thumb, Slavonic counterpart of, 177, 183.\nToothache, spells against, 367.\nTree-Worship, 219, 238.\nTrizna, or funeral feast, 331.\nTsar Morskoi, or Sea-king, 178-180.\nTur, 236-238.\nVampires, 409-415, 432.\nVas\u00edly's, or New-Year's Day, 203-207.\nVodyany, or Water-sprite, 148-153.\nVii, a Servian mythical being, 100.\nVilas, Servian mythical beings, 147-181.\nVolos, the Cattle-god, 251,252.\nVoplenitsa, or Wailer, 342.\nVyed'ma, or Witch, 168-170.\nWater of Life and Death, 9 7.\nWater-sprite, see Vodyany.\nWater-nymph, see Rusalka.\nWerewolves, 403-409, 432.\nWhirlwinds, connexion of witchcraft with, 382.\nWhitsuntide customs, 233-235.\nWidow's lament, 338.\nWidow-sacrifice, 327-330.\nWinter, death of, 211.\nWitchcraft:--stories about witches, 168-170; Russian names for wizards and witches, 378; their power and functions, 380; dealers in amulets, etc., 387; milking of cows by witches, 390; destruction of crops by wizards, 392; poisoning, 393; werewolves, 403-408; vampires, 409-415; history of witchcraft in Russia, 417-427; mythological explanation, 428-433.\nWood-demon, see Lyeshy.\nYarilo, funeral of, 245.\nYegory, or St.. George songs, 229.\nZag\u00e1dkas, or Riddles, 346-356.\nZakr\u00fat, or twisting of ears of corn by a wizard, 392.\nZagov\u00f3rs, or spells, 357; against toothache, 367; against cuts, 368; to produce love, 369 against a mother's grief, 372 against wild beasts, 388.","title":"Index","type":"page"}