He can grow higher than the trees, or smaller than a blade of grass. Both demon and deity, guardian and antagonist, the Leshy is rooted deep in the cultural and religious history of the Slavic people.
Like many important discoveries, it happened by accident. Alena Slamova, a Czech graduate student in archaeology, was routinely washing some animal bones that had been recovered from a dig in an early ...
Ukraine's capital has distinct Eastern European charm, cultural complexity KIEV, Ukraine -- Shining with Orthodox golden domes that rise from forested hilltops, crisscrossed by narrow cobblestone ...
A study examines the emergence of a group that sparked a fundamental change in lifestyle in Central and Eastern Europe in the sixth century. There are no written accounts by members of the group ...
Iñigo Olalde, Ikerbasque Research Fellow at the UPV/EHU and Ramón y Cajal Researcher has, together with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE: CSIC-UPF) and Harvard University, led a study in ...
As a Slavic studies major, you explore the contemporary culture, film, theater, literature and linguistics of eastern and central Europe and Eurasia, as well as the historical relations between Slavic ...
A teen leader of a high school cultural club discovers how food, language and tradition can connect communities.
The spread of the Slavs stands as one of the most formative yet least understood events in European history. Starting in the 6th century CE, Slavic groups began to appear in the written records of ...
In many Slavic homes, people once believed that a small guardian spirit lived quietly in the corners of the house. This ...
THUNDERSTORMS FINALLY LEAVE THE AREA COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. THANKS, BRIAN. THERE’S SO MUCH HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING THE 38TH ANNUAL SUGAR CREEK SLAVIC FESTIVAL. ORGANIZERS SAY THIS YEAR ...