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Dazhbog Through the Snow

I didn’t really have the chance to write about any holiday-related mythology this month. I did notice that Talia Lavin wrote about some winter traditions in a post ostensibly about a sandwich. It’s interesting to note that for the Yakuts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christmas, Holidays, Mythology, Names, Russian, Slavic | Tagged bulls, chyskhaan, dazbog, ded moroz, effigy, frost bull, jyl oghuha, khors, morana, perun, santa claus, seasons, sun, svarog, talia lavin, veles, winter, zorya, zorya utrennyaya, zorya vechernyaya |

No Guests Like Gnomes for the Holidays

I’m sure I don’t need to tell anyone else who’s played the Sims games that they’re incredibly addictive and time-consuming. I’ll generally set goals for when I’ll take a break or at least switch households, but then I often find … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Halloween, Holidays, Magic, New Year's Day, Sims, Thanksgiving, Video Games | Tagged ded moroz, father winter, gnomes, harvestfest, love day, santa claus, the sims, the sims 3, the sims 3 seasons, the sims 3 supernatural, the sims 4 get to work, the sims 4 seasons, winterfest |

A Frosty Reception

Since our President-Elect is in love with Vladimir Putin and insists that everyone should constantly say “Merry Christmas,” I guess we’d better learn about Christmas in Russia, right? It might seem a little late for this, but Orthodox Christmas is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Christianity, Christmas, Discworld, Eastern Orthodox, Fairy Tales, History, Holidays, Mythology, New Year's Day, Religion, Russian, Terry Pratchett | Tagged baba yaga, ded moroz, epiphany, father christmas, father frost, jack frost, morozko, nikolai rimsky-korsakov, old man winter, orthodox christmas, santa claus, snegurochka, wintersmith |