Народная демонология Полесья

The second volume of the "People's demonology Polesie" continues four-volume edition of field data on traditional demonology of the Ukrainian and Belarusian Polesie, as well as the adjoining southern Russian regions. The book contains a large corpus of mythological texts written in 80-90th. XX century. Polesskaya ethnolinguistic expedition. The submissions are provided with detailed commentary and scientific references. The second volume edition includes texts containing ideas about mythologized posthumous manifestations of human (soul, dead souls of ancestors), as well as mythological characters derived from "unclean" dead, which include children who die unbaptized, suicide, "walking" dead and mermaids. The book is written folklorists, ethnographers, cultural studies, anthropology, and all who are interested in Slavic traditional culture.