num_pages: 416
description: This masterly and extremely readable survey covers folk superstitions and customs, house and nature spirits, pagan gods, Christianization, saints, icons, the Schism, Old Believers, religious sects, and the characters and symbolism in Russian fairy tales that could be called the origin of the Russian psyche.Andrei Sinyavsky (1925–1997) was also known as Abram Tertz.
language: English
title: Ivan the Fool: Russian Folk Belief: A Cultural History
titlecomplete: Ivan the Fool: Russian Folk Belief: A Cultural History
genres: Religion, Russian Literature, Nonfiction, Russia
ratings_count: 24
publisher: GLAS New Russian Writing