Idolishche
Idolishche Poganoye (Template:Lang-ru) is a mythological monstrosity from Russian bylinas (epic tales) which personified pagan forces invading the Russian lands. [1][2] The name literally means "pagan idol", with a Russian augmentative suffix "-ishche".
The major epic sources that involve Idolische are various variants of the bylina "Ilya Muromets and Idolishche Poganoye" ("Илья Муромец и Идолище Поганое"), where Idolishche is also characterized as "Tatarin", in reference to the Tatar-Mongol yoke.
References
- ^ Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary of Russian Language
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
