Together by Book Girls Guide » All Posts https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/discussion/2024-reading-challenge-discussion-groups/book-voyage-january-discussion-groups/the-bear-and-the-nightingale-by-katherine-arden/feed/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:59:22 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/what-did-you-think-of-the-russian-folktales/#post-2003 <![CDATA[Reply To: What did you think of the Russian folktales?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/what-did-you-think-of-the-russian-folktales/#post-2003 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:03:19 +0000 Susana I just finished reading the trilogy. The parts that I enjoyed the most were the folklore tied with fantasy, which sometimes there is a very thin line between them.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/what-did-you-think-of-the-russian-folktales/#post-1991 <![CDATA[Reply To: What did you think of the Russian folktales?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/what-did-you-think-of-the-russian-folktales/#post-1991 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:11:06 +0000 Sue Godsey I loved the Russian folktales.  It is one of the reasons I picked this book.  It has been on my radar a while, since I am very interested in folklore.

I did storytelling as a side gig for many years.  I have not done it as much in the past 6 years or so, but I am still very interested in folklore from all over the world.  I am not super well-versed in Russian folklore per se, but I was  familiar with Baba Yaga, the Rusalka, and the Domovoi.  I have also read several tales about packs of wolves attacking humans in winter.  I did enjoy the fleshing out and updating of that tale.  I did not anticipate the direct clash between Christianity and the belief of the old gods that would drive the plot.  It brought up a lot of interesting questions and ideas.

In my culture, I can only claim regional folklore.  Although I am currently in Texas, I spent a great deal of my life in the foothills of the Ozarks, so I read and told Ozark folktales along with others.

What did you think about the folklore element?  What about folklore in your culture?

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/what-did-you-think-of-the-russian-folktales/#post-1897 <![CDATA[What did you think of the Russian folktales?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/what-did-you-think-of-the-russian-folktales/#post-1897 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:01:21 +0000 Lisa Do you think you have anything similar in your culture?

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