Tigana
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Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is set in a region called the Peninsula of the Palm, which somewhat resembles Renaissance Italy as well as the Peloponnese
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Rusalka
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In Slavic folklore, the rusalka is a female entity, often malicious toward mankind and frequently associated with water. It has counterparts in other parts of Europe, such as the French Melusine and t
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…by his sister-wife and daughter, their eating of his flesh, and his rebirth. The "riselka" is the only supernatural creature of the book. Based on the rusalka of Slavic folklore and mythology, its appearance in Kay's world is a token of some portent. A portion of it reads as follows: A group of rebels attempting…
Ivan Kramskoi, Rusalki ("The Mermaids"), 1871
Witold Pruszkowski Rusałki, 1877
Rusalka by Ivan Bilibin, 1934