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Handsome Yeva: the Art
Artist: Cristiana Rodrigues. “Handsome Yeva: An Indo-European Tale” is a reconstruction of the prehistoric Christmas/Solstice myth based on the original folk poetry. You can buy it on Amazon, or support us on Kickstarter, or earn 10% of the raised funds … Continue reading
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Handsome Yeva. An Illustrated Edition
Sleep my baby, rock-a-bye, On the edge you must not lie. Wolf the Fluffy roams astray, Will he grub you, drag away? Into Furthest Darkest Woods, Hide you under Willow roots? There birdies chirp and squeak, Will they let you … Continue reading
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Handsome Yeva, Original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry #3
Luck was heading to the shrine, Asking company of mine. Golden waistband Luck did wear, Gave me one of silver flare. Luck said, giving silver swirl: “Proudly wear it, little girl!” Спрогис 303,4 Boon for those happy boys, Who were … Continue reading
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Handsome Yeva, Original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry #2
– What is that, my sis, What is that, my flock? On my Dear I gaze, On my Dear I walk, Near me, my Dear, Like a candle, burns? Sister his responds: – Didn’t tell we him, Don’t roam at … Continue reading
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Handsome Yeva, Original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry
The original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry, on which the reconstruction “Handsome Yeva: An Indo-European Tale” was based, is borrowed from the “basic myth” reconstructions of V.V.Ivanov and V.N.Toporov, V.Belaj, and R.Katičić, and folklore collections those researches have selected folk … Continue reading
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Handsome Yeva, Introduction Talk
Do you like to listen to the stories sitting in front of the camping fire? Funny stories, scary stories, silly stories? I know – you do. And I do. And our ancestors – ancestors of the most all European nations … Continue reading
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Handsome Yeva, Introduction
Handsome Yeva: A Proto-Indo-European Myth. Reconstruction based on Slavic folklore and parallels with other Indo-European myths Introduction Since the historic Calcutta lecture given by the British philologist Sir William “Oriental” Jones to the members of the Asiatick Society of Bengal on February … Continue reading
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Indo-Iranian parallels of the Slavic water and fire rites of the oath and guilt confirmation attested in Medieval Latin accounts and Slavic law codices
Indo-Iranian parallels of the Slavic water and fire rites of the oath and guilt confirmation attested in Medieval Latin accounts and Slavic law codices / Индо-иранские параллели славянских ритуалов клятвоприношения и признания вины описанных в средневековых латинских источниках и представленных … Continue reading
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Alternative readings of the Saxo Grammaticus’ account on Slavic pagan religion, and their implications on its reconstruction
Abstract Commentaries to a new translation of the Saxo Grammaticus’ account on Slavic pagan religion are presented. Grammatical and contextual reasons are offered to support new readings which differ from the traditional translations. Alternative reconstructions of the Slavic rituals are … Continue reading
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Kirkus Reviews on Handsome Yeva: “…it will be enjoyable enough for mythology fans.”
Kirkus Reviews on Handsome Yeva: “The world of this story has a fun, Tolkien-like density to it, as it features various gods, nations, shape-shifters, and talking beasts. As in many ancient myths (or pastiches of them), much is included, little … Continue reading
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Massaraksh or The World Upside Down 