Mythology - part of the culture of any society, created in each historical epoch.Generally, the further in time behind us events, the less is the truth legends.Folk tales, parables and fairy tales from the writings of the chroniclers differ in that they are the characters, in addition to people mythological creatures, often symbolizing spirituality - both positive and negative.Moreover, each of them has some characteristics of appearance, albeit imaginary, distinguishing them from other legendary characters.
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Myths of Ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome, India, China and many other ancient civilizations were often part of the officially adopted at a time of religious and state doctrine.Zeus, Apollo, Atlanta, Sirens and Medusa organically participated in the legendary event on a par with men-heroes, which gained for his exploits likeness.The ancient mythological creatures, created by the imagination of the priests and commoners, as a result of cultural and historical exchange became the prototype of the mysterious inhabitants of the gloomy world of European and Russian lands in the Middle Ages.
good fellows a lesson
Tale - a special kind of myth, which is characterized by infiltration into the story characters established for centuries.They work with people using their superhuman abilities.They designed these stories for children, and to compose them, in addition to the people a hand in many prominent writers.What a tale of magic and no one will be able to make them better than the mythological creatures?The main thing in them, of course, not the ways and means, and the target behavior.Do evil characters are evil and treacherous, while positive - on the contrary, as in life.
Grandma-Yozhka, Kaschei and Kikimora
In the Soviet Union had its own official mythology, which involved a materialist approach to the study of social phenomena, even those who are not really there.But in the art of mythological creatures fully admit, especially in works intended for children.Cartoons and films, is based on Russian fairy tales are full, in addition to Alenushek, Simons, princes and other "human" characters, characters such as Snake-Dragon, Baba Yaga, Bag of Bones, fright, water, and many others.As a rule, borrowed from Russian folklore mythological creatures look very scary, sometimes playful, cute they are in their negative image, even a certain charm, and the artists who perform their roles, playing with inimitable humor.Children, of course, no need to frighten, but to what extent this interpretation corresponds to the original source?
witch Baba Yaga was angry old woman, but not easy, many public and special.It's almost the main mythological creature in Russian folklore.Yaga had a certain connection with the demonic powers and the ability to move in three-dimensional space, in other words - to fly.Unlike European counterparts to fly, usually riding on a broom, domestic Baba Yaga was more comfortable means of transportation - a mortar and broom used only as a control device.Dressed simply, even too - in rags.Initially, nothing funny in this image uglyadet was impossible.Yaga personified evil will and has considerable technical capabilities of its implementation.
Dragon
Some Russian mythological creatures very similar to foreign counterparts.Serpent Gorynych in the past century, not without success, to frighten children.It's almost identical analogue Eastern or European dragon has all the attributes of modern attack aircraft, namely the ability to fly, to strike at ground targets, as well as high survivability.Killing him was a matter of troublesome and almost useless because of its unique regenerative capacity, expressed in sprouting to replace the lost animals.Somehow, mysteriously, and the information contained in the brain, immediately restored and updated.In between aggressive raids dragon hiding in an underground waste heaps, disguised as a mountain cave.In the feud with the enemy no fun.
Koschey
Koshchey usually portrayed as a very thin, even skeletal, elder, having nevertheless remarkable strength - both physical and moral.Character name derives from the word "Komm", ie bone.The common root there and with the word "koschuny" (koschenstva, they also sacrilege), meaning magical actions performed in ancient times over the remains of people.By main name often added to the title of "Immortal", which expresses the ability of many times to come to life, even when broken someone's heroic power.Other demonic mythological creatures, a meeting which also can not be happy in this sense inferior Koscheyu.To neutralize it completely, you should know some of the secrets of (needle, eggs, poultry and so on. D.).
Are there any good monster?
Not known many other mythological creatures, the list of which is extensive.Faced with the unknown, horrified at his own helplessness and feeling, people from time immemorial have explained their troubles and intrigues of the hostile influence of supernatural monsters.Sometimes some of them stood on the side of good, but in any case they should do very carefully, lest they be replaced by anger at the mercy.The names of mythological beings in different people are different, but many common features indicate the similarity of perception and the ability of thinking the external signs.
Demons submitted tailed, horned goat-legged and virtually all ethnic and religious traditions.Gamayun ominous bird, reptiles and Basilisks asp, Snowman (traditionally fashioned out of snow), Werewolf (in the German version of the Werewolf), Vampire (in Europe it is called a vampire), even the Wii, the leader of the evil spirits, who became the hero of the famous novel NVGogol and the Soviet thriller of the same name, are not always fairy-tale characters.They represent the forces of evil, led by the Prince of the Air.
origins of chimeric images
Whatever it was, and the material embodiment of evil will be impossible without the visible or imagined physical image.If the good in most traditions almost identical humanoid (Buddha, God the Father, God the Son, Cherubim, Seraphim, Hercules, Giant, Fairy, etc.), The mythological creature, representing the dark side of the intangible world, more mammal-like.Particularly gruesome images are presented, in which there is a combination of traits of animals.In some cases they are so enormous that it can be assumed and no bad intentions.So, Wonder Yudo ("sketched" apparently from the normal whale) hurts just by accident, because of its enormous size.Chimera, whose statues adorn some medieval Gothic cathedrals, designed, according to the authors, to intimidate the demons themselves, they should scare them away one of its kind.
a disastrous appearance mythological creatures symbolic.It emphasizes the strength, agility, courage and mind good characters, which in the end always win.
