The Treasure-bearer in East Slavic and Finno-Ugric Contexts

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https://doi.org/10.3986/SMS20222504

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dragon, khut, kratt, magic, milk magic, treasure bearer, tsmok

Abstract

The goal of this article is to conduct comparative and structural-semantic research into belief narratives concerning flying serpents and treasure-bearers in East Slavic (Belarusian, Estonian Russian, other Slavic traditions) and Finno-Ugric (Estonian, Votic, Livonian, Finnish, Vepsian) regions related to Baltic and Scandinavian beliefs. The source material was collected between the 19th and 21st centuries. Based on the available materials, a character profile was created with respect to the following features while describing a flying serpent and a treasure-bringer: description of the origin (how and from whom the supernatural being originates), general forms of appearance, aspects of time and location, as well as the creature’s behaviour (active/passive; rituals) and genre affiliation (the process of storytelling, perception of the character).

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Kõiva, M., & Boganeva, E. (2022). The Treasure-bearer in East Slavic and Finno-Ugric Contexts. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 25. https://doi.org/10.3986/SMS20222504 (Original work published October 12, 2022)

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