Talk:Bogatyr

Old talk

• Are there only three bogatyrs?
• How did someone become a bogatyr?
• Is it a religious thing? -- Sy / ^(talk)
  • No, there are many more, the three on the picture work as a team in some folk tales
  • I believe it is in genes, someone should be born with this ability
  • In some tales the bogatyr emphasizes that his enemy is a pagan and he is a good Christian, but mostly seems to be non-religius. abakharev 13:33, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguation

This was on the artilce. Ideally it will go at Bogatyr (disambiguation), but only when some of the red-linked artciles exist. This is a good resting place for now. --Commander Keane 16:00, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Moved to its own page; articles don't need to exist to have the dab page. Elf | Talk 22:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Translation or interpretation help?

now some good person could explain me: "Each bogatyr tends to be known for a certain character trait: Alyosha Popovich for his bravery, Dobrynya Nikitich for his courage" whats the drastic difference between bravery and courage? its a bad translation maybe? (Posted by ??)

Here's another one: "The word bogatyr was first mentioned in Russia time in Sernitskiy's book "; what is "in Russia time" supposed to be? Elf | Talk 22:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Polyanitsa

Polyanitsa redirects here, but the article doesn't explain why. I gather that a polyanitsa is sort of a female bogatyr, but that's about it — can someone elaborate in the article? --Quuxplusone (talk) 17:17, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

"Altaic word"

"Altaic" is a dubious term; this word was known in Rus before Mongol Invasion of XIII c. thus it is logical to persume it is turkic in origin. And another arguement is the word's history. Oldest mention is sinified Mao-Tun or Mao-Du, a name of a Hunnic king. Hunnic people are most commonly considered to be a turkic-speaking population of Mongolian plateu, which was later replaced by mongolian-speaking peoples (Xian-bei), who migrated to west only after the collapse of Hunnic state. The last arguements are (1) etymology, which can be rougly delivered from word "bek" (rich, noble) and "tur" (to stand, to be), and (2) Starotstin's etymology, which is turkic[1]. I've changed "Altaic" to "Turkic", I think it is less confusing. 89.176.108.21 (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Turkic, Mongolian and Tungusic languages are Altaic, at least according to the most accepted view. Sigurd Dragon Slayer (talk) 11:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC)