SCORPION

       TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS OF OLD RUSSIA AND BRITAIN 


                               By D. Saphonova
                            


            CONTENTS:          HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

                                              Paganism

                                             IMAGES:

                                             Wood-goblin, water-sprite, Cocidius, Latis, kikimora
                                             Domovoy, brownie and boggart
                                             Water-nymphs and mermaids

                                             Vampires:
                                              -The Vampire in Literature
                                                             -The Phantom of Croglin Grange

                                             Werewolves:
                                             - Werewolves in Penza region

                                             Black dogs in Britain
                                             Baba-Yaga, Black Annis
                                             Kashchej
                                             Iliya Murimets
                                             King Arthur
                                             Ivan Tsarevich

                                             SACRED AND LEGENDARY SIGHTS:
                                         
                                             Stonehenge
                                             The Averbury Complex
                                             Arkaim, a kapishce

                                             PAGAN HOLIDAYS:

                                             Halloween
                                             Ivan Kupala
    
                                           NEO-PAGANISM

                                            CONCLUSION

                            

                                      SOURCE INFORMATION



“History of Pagan Europe”
  by Prudence Jones, Nigel Pennick.
 
 “Gods and Myths of the Romans”
  by Mary Barnett.

"Fairy-Tale Plots and Contemporary Heroes in Early Russian Prose      Fiction."
  by Gary Cox.

“When Russia Learned to Read”
   by Jefferey Brooks

“Some Reflections on Russian Literature in the 18th Century: Religion and Poetry”
by Hans Rothe

“Traditions and beliefs of Old Russia in illustrations by Anna Shadchneva”
http://www.shadchneva.by.ru