book chapter

Russian folklore

The MacMillan Company • New York • Published In 1950 • Pages: viii, 760

By: Sokolov, I︠U︡. M. (I︠U︡riĭ Matveevich), Smith, Catherine Ruth.

Abstract
This is a study of Russian folklore (literature and the texts of songs). It is organized according to genre: ceremonial poetry, wedding chants, funeral laments, laments for recruits or departing soldiers, divinations and charms, proverbs and riddles, epic poems (byliny), historical songs, religious verses, tales, folk drama, lyric songs, folk rhymes (chastushkas), and folklore of the factory and the mill.
Subjects
Music
Drama
Literature
Cult of the dead
culture
Russians
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Eastern Europe
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Folklorist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Karl Reisman ; 1955
Field Date
not applicable
Coverage Date
860-1917
Coverage Place
European Russia
Notes
By Y. M. Sokolov; translated by Catherine Ruth Smith [under the Russian Translation Project of the American Council of Learned Societies]
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
50007834
LCSH
Folklore--Russia (Federation)