Mikula_Selyaninovich

Mikula Selyaninovich

Mikula Selyaninovich

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Mikula Selyaninovich (Russian: Микула Селянинович, Mikula the Villager's Son) is a Russian epic hero, a bogatyr - plowman, from the Novgorod Republic bylina cycle.[1][2]

Bogatyr Volga Svyatoslavich and Mikula Selyaninovich, by Ivan Bilibin

A common plot trope in bylinas involving Mikula is that another bogatyr of warrior type turns out to be weaker than Mikula: cannot pull his plow out of the soil, cannot lift his bag, cannot race him, etc., because Mother Earth loves him.[1][2]

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  1. [1]
    Leonard Arthur Magnus, "The Heroic Ballads of Russia". K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited, 1921, pp. 23-26, pdf on archive.org
  2. [2]
    Е.М. Мелетинский (гл. ред.) Мифологический словарь. М.:'Советская энциклопедия', 1990


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