Viy Glossary

Viy Glossary

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Kieff

Kiev

Potiphar

a person known from the Book of Genesis

Herodias

mother of Salome, whom she used to murder John the Baptist

Cossacks

group of people living mostly on southern and European part of Russia, elite group of horsemen

deuce

devil

kibitka

carriage

Talmud

the core text of Rabbinistic Judaism

Little Russia

Ukraine

Psalter

volume containing the Book of Psalms

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