Not just any woman who dies will become a rusalka. As they lack the fish tail of Western mermaids, they may also venture into forests and fields for such activities, but while in the water, they may also pull swimmers, fishermen or others near the water to watery deaths. We open the show with a clip from Mermaid: Lake of the Dead, a 2018 Russian horror film about a rusalka, which depicts the creature in this malevolent aspect. While they are usually active only at night, during Rusalka Week, they emerge in the daylight when they may be seen dancing, singing, or playing usually in groups. And they’re honored with their own holiday, Rusalka Week, just now coming up in early June. The rusalki are found not only found in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, but also Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria. Similar words are used in other slavic languages, though the Czech water goblin is known as a vodnik. The Russian word for mermaid is rusalka ( rusalki pl.) and male creature is a vodyanoy. Quite distinct from their Western equivalent, Slavic mermaids might better be described as water ghosts, as they are almost always the spirits of departed females, while their male equivalent takes the form of a water goblin or water sprite. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Stitcher | Podchaser | Email | RSS | More Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:08 - 42.2MB)
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