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Tag Archives: folklore
Soviet Movie Café: Alexander Nevsky
Esteemed Readers, I keep up telling you about the Soviet cinema & its significant movies. Let’s put aside, at least for a while, the surrealism of the Soviet kolkhozes, & focus on films which had a profound impact on the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, cinema, culture, folklore, History, movie, Music, news, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Nevsky, Alexander Nevsky 1938, art, arte, cinema, civilization, cultura russa, film, folklore, history, movie, Russian culture, società, society, storia
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Russian New Year Tale: Ded Moroz
New Year is impossible without Father Frost, in the modern Russian folklore he is called Ded Mor’oz. Strangely enough this character, who must have belonged to the ancient Russian mythology or at least to the international one, has too poor … Continue reading
Posted in celebration, children, Christmas, culture, folklore, History, mythology, Natale, New Year, Uncategorized
Tagged Babbo Natale, Capodanno, Christmas, civilization, cultura, cultura russa, culture, Ded Moroz, Father Frost, folklore, lifestyle, Mitologia russa, Natale, nature, New Year, Russian Father Frost, Russian folk tales, Russian mythology, Santa Claus, società, society
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Russian Fairy Tales in Cinema: Fire, Water & Brass Pipes
Esteemed Readers, if you search for a fantasy satire movie full of fun, folklore motifs & true genius inventions, the film-tale “Fire, Water & Brass Pipes” is the proper thing. It is based on eclecticism of the Russian folklore & … Continue reading
Posted in children, cinema, culture, education, family, fantasy, folklore, fun, humour, movie, Uncategorized
Tagged bambini, children, cinema, cinema russo, favole russe, film, film fiaba, folklore, folklore russo, movie, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian cinema, Russian culture, Russian folk tales, Russian mythology, società, society
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Russian Fairy Tales in Cinema: Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
Esteemed Readers, The Soviet cinema has been a golden epoch of the Russian culture, so, no matter the lack of the true folklore identity, it would be unfair to omit the tales – movies made in that period. All of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, cinema, culture, education, fantasy, folklore, humour, Life, Lifestyle, movie, mythology, nature, paganism, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged cinema, cultura, cultura russa, cultura slavica, culture, fairy tales, fiabe russe, film, folklore, Mitologia russa, movie, nature, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian mythology, Slavic mythology, società, society
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Louis XIV Asks Riddles XI
Esteemed Readers, the winter is at the door & calls us for a new pretty riddle about some natural phenomenon. Activate your imagination! Good luck! “Made from an invisible substance I have wings alike a bird. They carry me since … Continue reading
Posted in culture, education, fantasy, folklore, France, History, Life, Louis XIV, mythology, nature, paganism, philosophy, Riddles, Uncategorized
Tagged 17th centure, 17th century France, civilization, cultura, culture, folklore, France, Francia, historical riddles, history, indovinello, Louis Dieudonnè, Louis le Grand, Louis the Great, Louis XIV, Luigi XIV, Re Sole, Riddles, Seicento, società, society, storia, the Sun King
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Author’s Tale: The Little Humpbacked Horse
Esteemed Readers, I go on telling you about author’s fairy tale in the Russian folklore. This time I would like to present one of the most brilliant story: a tale about a humpbacked horse’s adventures written in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in ballet, Beauty, culture, Druidry, education, fantasy, folklore, Literature, mythology, nature, paganism, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged ballet, balletto, cultura, cultura russa, culture, fiabe russe, folklore, folklore russo, literature, mitologia, Mitologia russa, mitologia slavica, nature, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian folk tales, The Little Humpbacked Horse
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Mysterious Town Kitezh
Each nation has its magic, mysterious places described in folklore. Those are places of a spiritual force that mean a connection with ancestors thus with customs & traditions as well as a spiritual rebirth or the Garden of Eden on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, ballet, Beauty, Bible, culture, Druidry, fantasy, folklore, History, Life, Lifestyle, Literature, mythology, nature, opera, paganism, religion, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged città Kitez, city of Kitezh, civilization, cultura, cultura russa, culture, folklore, Kitezh, literature, mitologia, Mitologia russa, mitologia slavica, nature, paganism, paganismo, paganismo russo, Russian mythology, town of Kitezh
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Samhain Mood
Esteemed Readers, to make the Samhain spirit more complete, I’d like to present you this wonderful folk piece of music! Enjoy listening! Maria KethuProfumo
Posted in Art, Celts, culture, Druidry, fantasy, folklore, Halloween, History, Life, Lifestyle, mythology, poetry, Samhain, Sociology, Uncategorized
Tagged art, arte, beauty, Celts, civilization, costumi, cultura, culture, customs, folk songs, folklore, Ireland, life, lifestyle, Lisa Thiel, musica celtica, musica popolare, paganism, paganismo, Samhain, Scotland, tradition, tradizione
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Fairy-Tale: The Golden Mountain
Esteemed Readers, today I would like to share with you a fairy-tale which fits to our capitalistic time pretty well. In fact, the problem of gold, wealth & avidity has always been a serious reasons for many nasty crimes. As … Continue reading
Posted in culture, education, family, fantasy, folklore, Life, Lifestyle, Literature, mythology, nature, news, paganism, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged civilization, cultura, cultura russa, cultura slavica, favole, favole russe, fiabe russe, folklore, Mitologia russa, nature, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian culture, Russian folk tales, Russian folklore, Russian mythology, Slavic mythology, Slavs, società, society
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Fairy-Tale: Snow Maiden
As the autumn is rather cold this year I have decided to go on the topic of winter represented in the Russian folk tales. This time it is about a Snow Maiden or Sneg’urochka as we call it. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, ballet, culture, Druidry, family, fantasy, folklore, Music, nature, opera, paganism, Society, Sociology, Uncategorized
Tagged cultura russa, cultura slavica, favole russe, fiabe russe, folklore, literature, mitologia slavica, opera, Opera russa, paganism, paganismo russo, Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian folklore, Russian mythology, Russian opera, Russian tales, slavi, Slavic mythology, Slavica culture, Snow Maiden, società, society
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