{"product_id":"russian-folk-belief-linda-j-ivanits-9780873324229","title":"Russian Folk Belief","description":"A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field. Each of the seven chapters in Part 1 focuses on one aspect of Russian folk belief, such as the pagan background, Christian personages, devils and various other logical categories of the topic. The author's thesis - that Russian folk belief represents a \"double faith\" whereby Slavic pagan beliefs are overlaid with popular Christianity - is persuasive and has analogies in other cultures. The folk narratives constituting Part 2 are translated and include a wide range of tales, from the briefly anecdotal to the more fully developed narrative, covering the various folk personages and motifs explored in Part 1.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda J. Ivanits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873324226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873324229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs","brand":"Linda J. Ivanits","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112990355711,"sku":"9780873324229","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ae47432-0230-4696-9d86-38e4e4cfd137.jpg?v=1769612316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/russian-folk-belief-linda-j-ivanits-9780873324229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}