History Myth / RussianMythologyAndTales

Russian myths and folklore come from two sources: the pre-Christian [[Myth/SlavicMythology Slavic paganism]], and the legends and tales composed after Russia became UsefulNotes/{{Orthodox Christian|ity}}.

Note that in this context, ''Russian'' is used with its antiquated meaning and referring to UsefulNotes/KievanRus, the medieval people from whom also Ukrainians and Belarusians descend.

* 'Webcomic/ImmortalKoriandr'' - webcomic largely based on Koschei.

* ''Webcomic/{{Immortal}}'' - webcomic largely based on Koschei.

* HealItWithWater: The "living water" can bring someone back to life.

* ''Literature/BabaYaga'' is the most well-known Russian mythological character abroad. Folklorists decipher her image as a guardian of the boundary between mundane world and the other side. As a half-here half-there character, she is described as a monstrously ugly hag, sometimes half-rotten, with a bony leg and a penchant for human meat. She rarely if ever described as walking, usually either hopping or gliding in a large magical mortar. At soviet times many folk tales were softened for animated and literature adaptations, so she is often depicted in a more family-friendly way, sometimes becoming an outright positive character. Baba Yaga is famous for her magic hut on legs. In modern depictions those are chicken legs, but in original tales they are "smoked". The hut can face either mundane or magical world (world of the dead), allowing for transition of the main character, and folklorists believe it to be a decayed depiction of a sky burial site.