rusalki Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/rusalki/ Author and Blogger Wed, 28 May 2025 03:22:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 67173325 Rusalki https://www.cathrinhagey.com/rusalki/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:28:08 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4297 As the earlier matrilineal customs of old Russia dwindled and the tsar’s masculine model of governance superseded them, the status of women shifted and worsened. When a voice is unjustly silenced, it will seek an alternative outlet. Much of folklore and folksong fills this need: righting a wrong, demanding justice, telling in metaphor a truth that […]

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