Grey Light [Slav pre-Oleg Myths Carpathian Rus]

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Grey Light. (Серый Свет). IN RUSSIAN. Volume 2. Ilya Ivanovich Terokh (Илья Иванович Терох) was a composer, ethnographer and mythologist of the Rus' and the Slavs. He was the son of Russian peasants from the village of Kolbaevichi (Колбаевичи), Rudki district in Galicia. Born in 1880, raised by his villager parents and grandparents, from whom he inherited a huge stock of legends about the old days of Galician Rus. He studied in Lvov. After extensive travels all over Carpathian Rus recording folk songs and customs, he went to Italy, Switzerland, the Balkans, Russia, and North America via Japan. He passed away in 1942, leaving behind a rich legacy.

His contribution to the mythology of the Slavs was to examine distant ancestors who believed in the god Svarog, creator of the universe, the earth and man. They also believed in Svarozhichi - his assistants and executors of his will: Perun, Dazhdbog, Stribog, Veles, Lada, Khors and countless other disembodied light spirits. They also believed in the spirits of darkness and evil: Chernobog, Potma, all sorts of devils and demons. His works consist of three poems: 1) "Svarog", 2) "Gray Light" and 3) "Black Darkness".

USA (Philadelphia), Truth Publishing, 1957. 1st edition, RUSSIAN LANGUAGE (and Old Orthography, to boot). Hardcover, 102 pages. Text is about fine. Several white marks on the first page. Black number "80" top left front cover. "Copyright, 1957. Joanna W. Tziarogh. All right reserved." stamped in purple on the title page.