Russian mythology. The rulers of the universe. 2nd edition. Crinite N.A.

The book is devoted to the mythological stories about the Helpers, the sorcerers and their equivalents (healer, witch, witcher, Veschun, Vorozhets, Gad, Gadal, Gamka, Herstun, Expert, Modor, icon, Kiletnik, Klokhtun, Sorcerer, Lomotnik, Trich, etc..) In the Russian mythological tradition. The formation of the named images is due to ideas about the heirs of the Volkhov-Greetz or their equivalents. These characters are comprehended as the root cause of everything that happens in the being of a human-universum human. In addition, the meaning of sacred loci (bald mountains, intersection, etc.) is revealed, where rituals are performed that ensure a successful course of being, a stable balance in the universe. These searches give the key to understanding mythological images, mastered not only in folklore, but also in literature and art. The author for the first time conducts a comparative analysis of a very large volume of scientific data in the field of ethnography, folklorism, history, linguistics, art of art, literary criticism, folk medicine, botany.

For folklorists, ethnographers, art historians, historians, religious scholars, psychologists, and psychologists, and Also for all fans of folk culture.