Poetic Views on the Nature of the Slavs. Experience of Comparative Study of Slavic Traditions and Beliefs, in Connection with Mythical Tales of Kindred Peoples. Volume 1

The result of many years of research experience historian and folklorist Afanasyeva AN (1826-1871) were "Poetic views on the nature of the Slavs" - fundamental work devoted to historical and philological analysis of the language and folklore of the Slavs and the connection with the language and folklore of other Indo-European peoples. His work has not yet been surpassed in the world of science about folklore. The book historian and folklorist Afanasyeva AN (1826-1871) reveals the link between language and traditions, moreover, raises the foundations of Russian thinking, which is particularly important now, when the Russian language and thought of man disfigured newspaper cliches, jargon and slang thieves of all kinds, littered with foreign words.