what is your favorite Russian myth or folktale?
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Russian mythology is linked to the Germanic tribes, the Scandanavian gods and Orthodox Christianity.  Despite these links Russian legends are typically Slavic and are very unique in character and flavor.  \n\nMy favourite is the legend of the witch Babayaga who flies in a giant brass cauldron (or a giant pestle and motar) and she catches children.  She lives in a hut bourn aloft by giant chicken legs, allowing it to walk about.  \nShe is a paradoxical charcter both exceedingly good and evil, innocent and corrupt.  She kills some people but helps others and she even gives gifts to children (the ones she does not eat!).
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http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/russian/
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Anything with demonic puppets or dolls....chuckey, puppet master and such. I don't know if it counts, but moving the spirit to a non-living human doll is mythology right? *looks around for someone to agree*\n\nI also like the Wishmasters (genies- djinn)\nThe urban legends movies were okay.\nThe lepracaun movies were just sad (death by pogo stick *droll stare*)\nThe vampire movies like Interview with a vampire (great) and Aaliyah's Queen of the damned (okay) are good myth/horrors too.
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My favorite quote ever, "if good old fashioned American English was good enough for Jesus and the apostles it's good enough for me" \n\nMy history prof was traveling to Russia and his buddy asked him to pick up a KJV in Russian for him-- there are so many problems with that request, I don't know where to start- HA!
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Recordings that have Russian Maiden's Song:\n\nStravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (track 40)\n\nProkofiev, Stravinsky: Songs And Arias (track 17)
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that was a awesome movie! I think I've watched it like 5 times, I've watched it in English and in Russian! they are both great!!!\nMADAGASCAR RULES!!!
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I like mystery stories - not the gory ones, just the ones where you have to solve a puzzle in the plot.\n\nIn music I usually turn to folk music - Pete Seeger and the like. My current favorite is an older guy (well, not older than Pete Seeger!) from New York City named Steve Suffet: http://suffet.home.att.net/ His live performances are really great, but you can get a hint of that from the recordings. Try to catch a live performance sometime - he really makes that guitar spout poetry, not just talk.
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The Tell-Tale Heart\nThe Cask of Amontillado\nThe Black Cat\nThe Assignation\nThe Oval Portrait\nThe Masque of the Red Death\n\nAll by Edgar Allen Poe
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My favorite is 'To Serve Man.' \nWhen I heard the line 'It's a cookbook!' I could not stop laughing. It was a great episode. \n\n"A race of aliens known as the Kanamits land on Earth and promise to be nothing but helpful to the cause of humanity. They eradicate hunger, eliminate war, and obliterate expensive power sources. All is not well, however, when a decoder discovers the Kanamits’ true intentions. Their book, To Serve Man, is actually a cookbook." wikipedia.org
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www.gala.net looks like a pretty cool site if you can understand the lingo... looks Russian to me.
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That's a tough one.  Either A Christmas Story or Miracle on 34th St.  I love both of them.  Depends on what mood I'm in.
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tooooo nice, bring on the Russian squirrels that bite her to death
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I heard that the story was from east of France, possibly even as far as Russia. It's a very old story. I'm sure that it had some basis in truth.
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'Russian for Dummies' is a good bet :) No seriously maybe a smile will work
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Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein\nBicycle Thieves - de Sica
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some of my faves:\n\nDogsbody\nA tale of Time city\nFire and Hemlock -all by Dianna Wynne Jones\n\nJohnny and the dead\nJohnny and the bomb\nOnly you can save man kind- All by Terry Pratchett\n\nStravaganza- City of masks\nCity of stars\nCity of flowers- All by Mary Hoffman\n\nThe Hex trilogy- all by Rhiannon Lassiter
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What's your question?  And why is this in mythology and folklore?