The name of both Rod and Rozhanitzy goes back to Slavic root meaning ‘birth’. A similar concept is Dola, a female deity or protective spirit who takes care of the household and sometimes nurses ...

Some of the biggest menaces among Old Poland’s daemons of Slavic origin were feminine. The Murrain Maiden brought about death just by waving a handkerchief, while the undead Strzyga attacked the ...

in Slavic history, politics, or linguistics (consult the Department about the list of available courses) 9 credits (normally, three one-semester courses) in Russian and Slavic Studies (consult the ...

Slavic philology studies Slavic languages and literature as part of European history and culture. Slavic linguistic history has been studied in Helsinki for well over a hundred years, but the ...