Encyclopedia Russian & Slavic Myth Legend.pdf

Encyclopedia of

Russian & Slavic

Myth and Legend

Encyclopedia of

Russian & Slavic

Myth and Legend

Mike Dixon-Kennedy

Santa Barbara, California

Denver, Colorado

Oxford, England

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dixon-Kennedy, Mike, 1959–

Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic myth and legend.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: Covers the myths and legends of the Russian Empire at its

greatest extent as well as other Slavic people and countries.

Includes historical, geographical, and biographical background

information.

1. Mythology, Slavic—Juvenile literature. [1. Mythology,

Slavic. 2. Mythology—Encyclopedias.] I. Title.

BL930.D58 1998

398.2'0947—dc21

98-20330

CIP

ISBN 1-57607-063-8 (hc)

ISBN 1-57607-130-8 (pbk)

4321098 0987654321

ABC-CLIO, Inc.

130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911

Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911

Typesetting by Letra Libre

This book is printed on acid-free paper I .

Manufactured in the United States of America.

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