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RSSS 315 Quiz Questions & Detailed Answers
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RSSS 315 Quiz Questions & Detailed Answers
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RSSS 315 Quiz Questions & Detailed AnswersSlavic groups - ANS East Slavic: Russians, Ukrainians, Belarussians
West Slavic: Polish, Czech, Slovak
South Slavic: Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Folklore - ANS Traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances or art forms preserved
among a people.
A branch of knowledge that deals with folklore
An often unsupported notion, story, or saying that is widely circulated
Fairy tale - ANS A story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (as
fairies, wizards, and goblins)—called also fairy story
A story in which improbable events lead to a happy ending
Legend - ANS A story coming down from the past; especially: one popularly
regarded as historical though not verifiable
A person or thing that inspires legends
Myth - ANS A usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to
unfold part of the world view or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
A popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone,
especially: one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of
society
, Pagan gods - ANS Perun and Dazhbog
Dvoeverie - ANS simultaneous pagan and Christian beliefs
Vampire - ANS the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the
grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep.
one who lives by preying on others.
a woman who exploits and ruins her lover
means of riddance - ANS exhuming the corpse of a man supposed to be a Vampire,
of driving a stake of ashwood (or wood of the hawthorn or maple) through it, and
of burning it
Historic vampire connections - ANS Vlad Tepes and Erzsebet Bathory
Werewolf - ANS a person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming a wolf's
form
certain persons can assume the form of wolves during their lifetime - ANS names:
Vlkodlak, Vukodlak, Vurdalak, etc.] A child born feet foremost or with teeth will
become a Vlkodlak .... A person turned into a Vlkodlak will run about the village in
the shape of a wolf and will approach human dwellings, casting plaintive glances at
people, but without harming anyone; and he will retain his wolf-like shape until
the same person who has enchanted him destroys the charm. ...
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