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Genre of Russian folklore story

Bylichka (pl. bylichki; in Russian: быличка) is a type of story in Russian folklore about an allegedly true event involving a meeting with spirits. In contrast to the byvalschina, here the story is conducted with an emphasis on the personal testimony of the narrator.

Vrubel's Pan (1899), with the deity of classical myth depicted in a landscape of typical North Russian countryside.

See also

  • Legend – Genre of storytelling that involves heroic humans
  • Urban legend – Form of modern folklore

References

  1. Belokurova, S. P. (2005). БЫЛИЧКА [Bylichka]. In S. P. Belokurova; A. A. Belokurov (eds.). Словарь литературоведческих терминов (in Russian). КУЛЬТУРА ПИСЬМЕННОЙ РЕЧИ.

Further reading

  • Adonyeva, Svetlana; Olson, Laura J. (2011). "Interpreting the Past, Postulating the Future: Memorate as Plot and Script among Rural Russian Women". Journal of Folklore Research. 48 (2): 133–166. doi:10.2979/jfolkrese.48.2.133. ISSN 0737-7037. This article focuses upon the oral prose genre known in Russian as bylichka ...
  • Pomerantseva, E. V. (1975). Мифологические персонажи в русском фольклоре [Mythological characters in Russian folklore] (in Russian). pp. 16–18. Author (Cyrillic): Померанцева Э. В.
  • Zinoviev, V. P. (1987). Быличка как жанр фольклора и её современные судьбы . Мифологические рассказы русского населения Восточной Сибири [Mythological Stories of the Russian Population of Eastern Siberia] (in Russian). pp. 381–383. Author (Cyrillic): Зиновьев В. П. — Новосибирск .


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