Koschei the Deathless | Russia's Evil Sorcerer
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Published 2021-09-22
MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
"Wild Hunt" Slavic Affairs
"Old Stone Ruins" Brandon & Derek Fiechter
"God of Thunder"
"Frozen Sun" by Antti Martikainen
CLIPS:
"Vasilisa the Beautiful" (1977)
OPENING:
www.fiverr.com/saif_edits
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Victor Vasnetsov
Alexander Scherbakov
Anastasia Tarasov
Ivan Bilibin
Catherine E Inglis
Mike Caprotti
Wayne Pascall
Irine Khomeriki
Seyyartedorov
Les Chats Nocturne
Incantata
Malyutin art
Illuc Romani
Luke Harrington
Mahalah Moore
Maya Corle
Meagan Young
Trillstar art
Valentin Tyustin
Vihrushka art
Yulle Ilinicheva
Zaven Boyrazian
REFERENCES:
"The Red Fairy Book" Andrew Lang
"Russian Fairy Tales" Alexander Afanasyev
“Long, Long Tales from the Russian North” by Jack V. Haney
thestoriedimaginarium.com/2019/04/27/the-folklore-…
www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/slavi…
meettheslavs.com/koschei-the-deathless/
fairytale.fandom.com/wiki/Koschei_the_Deathless
study.com/academy/lesson/the-death-of-koschei-the-…
www.mythpodcast.com/115/5a-russian-folklore-tried-…
www.mythpodcast.com/157/5b-russian-folklore-the-fi…
www.gutenberg.org/files/34705/34705-h/34705-h.htm
nicholaskotar.com/2018/03/09/the-unlikely-love-sto…
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Russian_Folk-Tales/The_Snak…
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Russian_Wonder_Tales/Tzarev…
en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Red_Fairy_Book/The_Deat…
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All Comments (21)
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Man, that would be the ultimate disrespect. Imagine being like “do your worst, foul wizard! Your torture will not erode the heroism of my sacrifice!” and then he just turns you into a pile of walnuts and leaves.
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Koschei the deathless is probably the fist person from folklore that fits the textbook definition of a lich
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Koschei is the supposed inspiration of modern fantasy in many RPGs especially DnD about Necromancer and Lich - beings that hold over the power of death and darkness.
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I love reading fairy tales and folklore from Eastern Europe, characters are interesting like Baba Yaga, the rusalka and Koschei the Deathless. Nice to see you used snippets from one of Soyuzmultfilms animated shorts/films from the 1950s.
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The embodiment of "How Many Times Do We Have to Teach You This Lesson, Old Man?"
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In the description of his souls separation some have interpreted it as: Sea- Water Island- Earth Rabbit/Duck- Animals Oak- World Tree Leading some scholars to believe that he bound his soul to the very universe itself.
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In the RPG game Dungeons and Dragons , undead wizards called Lich a have each have an object that holds their essence or soul called a phylactery . Undead dragons also have them as well .
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You are a good narrator
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I really do love this channel. I like how you guys concentrate on myths and stories that not many YouTubers do.
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Man Russia/eastern Europe. You start out with pure terror in your folklore and see how far you can carry it into real life. I'm impressed.. terrorized but impressed. Ps mind if I get the thumbnail as a tattoo? That is badass piece of art. On par with an iron maiden album
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one of my favorite folklore stories. i want to see him in a future Dresden Files book.
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Anyone else see the parallel between Koschei and the Ice King in Adventure Time (4:20)?
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He's also appeared in The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing RPG game. He's known as Prisoner 7.
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Really enjoy your videos man, keep up the good work
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Look, I'm just saying we've never see Rasputin and Koshei in the same room
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I'm guessing the writers of Anastasia combined him with Rasputin in the movie Anastasia
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How cool my Mum is Russian it's nice to hear something from my roots
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Amazing! Love this video so much.
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Bro, u got like the perfect voice for this
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I was wondering how to pronounce his name. I read 'The firebird' to my son at bedtime (every night 😩) and I've mispronounced it each time 🤣
