Book recommendations about Russian superstitions

[Perova Natasha]

Andrei Sinyavsky's Ivan the Fool: Russian Folk Beliefs. A cultural study. Translated by Joanne Turnbull.
This is a veritable encyclopedia on the subject, and highly readable.

Natasha Perova
GLAS New Russian Writing
tel. +7-495-441 9157
www.glas.msk.su
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brian Hayden 
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  Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:07 AM
  Subject: [SEELANGS] Book recommendations about Russian superstitions


  Dear SEELANGers,


  Does anyone know of any good books about Russian superstitions and folk beliefs? It's not only the old rural superstitions ( things like "close one eye, turn around and look between your legs during Divine Liturgy on Good Friday and you'll see your one true love", etc.), but also the modern ones that interest me -- lucky bus tickets, never shaking hands across a threshold, etc. I'd like to read something in Russian, preferably, but English recommendations are also welcome.


  Sincerely,


  Brian Hayden
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