Chernava
In Slavic Mythology, Chernava (Russian: Чернава) is Morskoy Tsar's (Sea Tsar) daughter, goddess and personification of the river with the same name[1][2][3]. She is a mermaid, the last from all 900 mermaids[1][2][3]. Her head and upper body are human, while the lower body is a fish's tail. Chernava is famous by the epic of Sadko, where she appears.
In «Sadko»[edit]
In the Sadko bylina Chernava is appeared as the one of the 900 mermaids. She is beautiful, but not as beautiful as the other mermaids. When Morskoy Tsar offered Sadko a new bride, Sadko took Chernava and lay down beside her. At night Sadko did not lie with a girl. When Sadko was asleep, Chernava has turned into a river, helping him to get into the human world. Sadko woke up on the shore of the river Chernava and rejoined his first wife.
In popular culture[edit]
Chernava Colles, a colles on the Venus, are named after her.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fedorovich Alexander Hilferding 1873, p. 400.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dixon-Kennedy 1998, p. 52.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 James Bailey 2015.
Sources[edit]
- Fedorovich, Alexander Hilferding (1873). Onegsky byliny, recorded by Alexander Fedorovich Hilferding in the summer of 1871 (in русский). The Imperial Academy of Sciences. p. 400. ISBN 978-5-4460-3959-3. Search this book on
- Fedorovich, Alexander Hilferding (1873). Onegsky byliny, recorded by Alexander Fedorovich Hilferding in the summer of 1871 (in русский). The Imperial Academy of Sciences. p. 400. ISBN 978-5-4460-3959-3. Search this book on
- Dixon-Kennedy, Mike (1998). Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070635. Search this book on
- Dixon-Kennedy, Mike (1998). Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070635. Search this book on
- James Bailey (2015). An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317476924. Search this book on
- James Bailey (2015). An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317476924. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- Краткое содержание и история создания оперы Римского-Корсакова «Садко» на сайте «Belcanto.Ru» (in Russian)
- Bylina «Садков корабль стал на море» (in Russian)
- Bylina «Садко» (in Russian)
- Sadko the bylina
- Prose version
- Sadko as collected by Arthur Ransome in Old Peter's Russian Tales
- Sadko as collected by Arthur Ransome in Old Peter's Russian Tales as a librivox.org audiobook.
Category:Russian folklore characters Category:Characters in Bylina Category:Russian folklore Category:Slavic paganism
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