Bogdanov's "Red Star"

[Glushchenko, Alexei A.]

> Linda Knox

> I am trying to find a good translation for zavetnaia,
> as in Russkaia zavetnaia idiomatika.
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Assuming you are referring to the meaning of "zavetny" described by Dahl as

"Заветать - <...> Наложить на что завет, запрещенье, заказ, зарок <...>"
("Zavetat' - <...> Nalozhit' na chto zavet, zapreshchenye, zakaz, zarok <...>")
http://vidahl.agava.ru/P055.HTM

I would say that "forbidden idioms" or "taboo idioms" might come pretty close.

Afanasyev's "Zavetnye skazki" have been variously referred to in English as "naughty tales" , "bawdy tales", "erotic tales" and even "secret tales" (obviously a misineterpretation based on another meaning of zavetny -- "задушевный, тайный; свято хранимый").

Alexei Glushchenko

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