Religion:Meduza (Russian folklore)
Meduza (Russian: Медуза), Meluza (Russian: Мелуза, literally «small», «little») or Meluzina (Russian: Мелузина) is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian lubok of the 17th or 18th century. She is described as half-woman, half-snake, or as the half-woman, half-fish creature.[1][2] She is also said to be the deity of deception.[3]
Appearance
She is represented as a sea monster with the head of a beautiful dark-haired maiden, having the body and belly of a striped beast, a dragon tail with a snake's mouth at the end, and legs resembling those of an elephant with the same snake mouths at the end. She also wears a crown.
According to belief, her snake mouths contained a deadly dragon poison. She was said to live in the Sea near the Ethiopian abyss, or in the Western Ocean.[1][4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Belova 1999, p. 175.
- ↑ Belova 2008, pp. 180—181.
- ↑ Bychkov Andrey Alexandrovich. Encyclopedia of Pagan gods. Myths of Early Slavs. Online books
- ↑ Damskiy 1801, p. 143—144.
Sources
- Belova, Olga Vladislavovna (1999) (in ru). Славянский бестиарий: словарь названий и символики. Indrik. ISBN 5-85759-100-7.
- Belova, Olga Vladislavovna, Petruhin (2008) (in ru). Фольклор и книжность: Миф и исторические реалии. Science. pp. 263. ISBN 978-5-02-036228-4.
- Damskiy, Kipriyan (1801) (in ru). Любопытный словарь естеств животных. Тип. Ф. Мейера. pp. 234. https://books.google.com/books?id=O2pmAAAAcAAJ&q=%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C+%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2+%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85&pg=PA4.
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