page_title: Bylina
hierarchical_section_title: Bylina
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Билибин И.Я. Добрыня Никитич освобождает от Змея Горыныча Забаву Путятичну Эскиз иллюстрации к сборнику былин для книги Н.В. Водовозова «Слово о стольном Киеве и о русских богатырях» 1941 English: en:Dobrynya
context_page_description: A bylina is a traditional Russian oral epic poem. Byliny songs are loosely based on historical fact, but greatly embellished with fantasy or hyperbole to create their songs. The word bylina is derived from the past tense of the verb "to be" and implies "something that was." The term most likely originated with scholars of Russian folklore; in 1839, Ivan Sakharov, a Russian folklorist, published an anthology of Russian folklore, a section of which he titled "Byliny of the Russian People", causing the popularization of the term. Later scholars believe that Sakharov misunderstood the word bylina in the opening of Igor' Tale as "an ancient poem." The folk singers of byliny called these songs stariny or starinki, meaning "stories of old".
context_section_description: A bylina  (Russian: были́на, IPA: [bɨˈlʲinə]; pl. были́ны byliny) is a traditional Russian oral epic poem.  Byliny songs are loosely based on historical fact, but greatly embellished with fantasy or hyperbole to create their songs. The word bylina is derived from the past tense of the verb "to be" (Russian: был, tr. byl) and implies "something that was." The term most likely originated with scholars of Russian folklore; in 1839, Ivan Sakharov, a Russian folklorist, published an anthology of Russian folklore, a section of which he titled "Byliny of the Russian People", causing the popularization of the term. Later scholars believe that Sakharov misunderstood the word bylina in the opening of Igor' Tale as "an ancient poem." The folk singers of byliny called these songs stariny (Russian: ста́рины, IPA: [ˈstarʲɪnɨ]; sg. ста́рина starina) or starinki (Russian: старинки), meaning "stories of old" (Russian: старый, tr. staryj).
caption: Dobrynya Nikitich rescues Zabava Putyatichna from the dragon Gorynych, by Ivan Bilibin.
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