In Russia, the demand for books about legends and folk beliefs has increased. This was reported to the “Gazeta.ru” in the press service of Viti-Gorod store.
According to them, the demand for books on mythology grew 1.6 times. In 2024, more than 45,000 books on popular beliefs were sold, which is 17,000 more than 2023. Most of the Russian Slavic and Asian folklore are interested in. The next most popular Scandinavian.
For 2024, the first 5 books on folklore, Alexandra Barkova chaired the work of Slav Mits. Veles and Mokoshi from bird Sirin and Ivan Kupala. Secondly, Tao Tao Liu’s work “Chinese myths. The spirit of dragons and elements in heaven from the Monkeys and the Jade Emperor.
The superiors also included Vladimir Ryabov’s “Russian folklore demonology ;; “Japanese legends. Call from Kitsune and Ekaev and Naruto ”Joshua Friedman; “Slavic evil. Marina Golubeva from natural spirits and harmful beings.
Nikolai Kun’s “Myths of Ancient Greece” aroused the greatest interest in children. In addition to Kun for 2024, the first 5 books on the children’s folklore are Anna Milburn’s “Myths of Ancient Greece for children ;; Mikhail Saltykov’s “12 Hercules Sine”; Stefania Hartley and “epics of the Russian people”.
The most popular category of folklore is children’s fairy tales. In 2024, more than 345 thousand copies were sold. The first 5 entered: “Everything is about Dedmorozovka. Fairy tale novels. 6 Story “Andrei Usachev; by Pike Command ;;” Malakite box “Pavel Bazhov;” Miracle wonderful “;
Previous Russians preferable A film with Fairy Tale Yura Borisov about the frog.
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Source: Gazeta
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