Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl was a writer, ethnographer, and linguist—the creator of the famous Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language. Throughout his life, Vladimir Dahl studied folk culture, carefully collecting and preserving Russian proverbs and sayings, customs and rituals, beliefs and legends.
By listening to the audiobook “About Beliefs, Superstitions, and Prejudices of the Russian People,” you will step into a mysterious, mystical world of our ancestors. You will meet house spirits and wood sprites, water-spirits and werewolves, mermaids and witches; you will learn about curses, spells, fortune-telling, omens, and superstitions.