Forests of the Vampires : Slavic Myth

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Pub
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Summary

It's the cultural information that never seems to make it into history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests, magic symbols. This series captures, culture by culture, the intersection of imagination, history, wisdom, dream, and reality.

Table of Contents

The Slavic World
6(22)
Dark Plains of Destiny
8(18)
Picture Essay: The People's Art
26(2)
Pantheon of The Slavs
28(30)
The Forces of Night and Day
30(2)
Deities of the Baltic Slavs
32(4)
The Pagan Gods of Kiev
36(8)
A Dual Faith
44(4)
Remnants of Elemental Belief
48(6)
Moist Mother Earth
54(2)
Picture Essay: The Eternal Face of Mother Russia
56(2)
Spirit Masters and Little Demons
58(22)
From Divinity to Demonhood
60(2)
Spirits of the Home and Farmstead
62(4)
Siren of the Stream
66(2)
Wonders of the Deep
68(4)
Wild Master of the Woods
72(2)
The Harvester of Souls
74(2)
The Devil Himself
76(2)
Picture Essay: Myths in Miniature
78(2)
Kingdoms of The Dead
80(30)
A Marriage of Life and Death
82(2)
The Soul's Dark Journey
84(2)
Lands of Destiny
86(6)
Tormentor of the Night
92(2)
Feasts of Flesh and Blood
94(6)
The Strange Face of Immortality
100(2)
The Bones of Baba Yaga
102(6)
Picture Essay: Riches Real and Imagined
108(2)
Tales of Wonder, Magic and Sorcery
110(24)
Visions of Mystery
112(2)
Witchcraft and Wizardry
114(6)
The Faces of the Changeling
120(4)
A Fierce Menagerie
124(8)
Picture Essay: Classical Fantasies
132(2)
The Legacy of Slavic Myth
134(4)
Glossary 138(1)
Index 138(6)
Further Reading and Picture Credits 144

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