Tag Archives: folklore
Christmas Mood: Lord of the Dance
Esteemed Readers, Merry Christmas! Take the floor! It’s time for a pretty nice Irish jig named “Lord of the Dance” performed by an incredible band “The Dubliners”! Buon Natale! Feliz Natal! Joyeux Noël! Nollaig Chridheil!🎄🎇 Maria KethuProfumo
Mercure Galant: Louis XIV Travels to Luxembourg VII
Esteemed Readers, we continue our Royal voyage. Today we have already arrived to Verdun, a charming town in in the Lorraine Region, very close to Luxembourg. Hurray! “Early we arrived to Verdun where everything had been arranged so well that … Continue reading
Louis XIV Asks Riddles XI
Esteemed Readers, on occasion of the Thanksgiving day I have prepared for you a riddle suitable for this feast. In fact, the given object is a part of a celebration. (Not the turkey though😁). Good luck! Have a nice thanksgiving … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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