{"id":11407,"date":"2018-11-06T07:02:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T07:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11407"},"modified":"2018-11-07T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T00:09:16","slug":"russian-folk-and-medieval-vocabulary-in-melnitsa-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-folk-and-medieval-vocabulary-in-melnitsa-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Folk and Medieval Vocabulary in Melnitsa Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11413\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11413\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11413\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"medieval knight armor\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Russian band <strong>\u041c\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430<\/strong> <em>(Mel&#8217;nitsa, <\/em>&#8220;mill&#8221;<em>)<\/em> performs songs in a genre that could be described as Celtic-inspired fantasy folk. You can not only enjoy their music but also use their lyrics (<strong>\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301<\/strong>) to learn more rare vocabulary having to do with nature, old-time weapons and occupations, feudal titles, and magic. While not immediately useful in casual conversation, these topics may come up if you study history or read literature in Russian. Let&#8217;s take a look at a few of Mel&#8217;nitsa&#8217;s songs and highlight some key words.<\/p>\n<h2>\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0430 \u0441\u043d\u0430 (&#8220;Dream Road&#8221;)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 - \u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0430 \u0441\u043d\u0430 (\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0430 \u0441\u043d\u0430. \u0410\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043e)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xGiGcRaimU8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u041f\u043e \u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0435 \u0421\u043d\u0430 &#8211; \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u043f\u043e\u0301\u0440\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0301; \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0301 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043a\u043d\u0443\u0301\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u044e,<br \/>\n\u041a\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0432\u044c\u044e &#8211; \u0430\u0301\u043b\u044b\u0439 \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0446\u0435\u0301 \u043a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0430\u0301.<br \/>\n\u042d\u0301\u0442\u043e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f\u0301 \u0438 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0301 &#8211; \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0430\u0301 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0442\u0435\u0445, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0438<br \/>\n\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0301\u0437\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0440\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0301.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u043e\u043d\u044c<\/strong> \u2014 horse; similar words include <strong>\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0301\u0446<\/strong> \u2014 &#8220;steed&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0448\u043f\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 spur; \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u2014 to spur on<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0301\u043a<\/strong> \u2014 blade; here, &#8220;dagger&#8221; (<strong>\u043a\u0438\u043d\u0436\u0430\u0301\u043b<\/strong>) or &#8220;sword&#8221; (<strong>\u043c\u0435\u0447<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u041f\u043e \u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0435 \u0421\u043d\u0430 &#8211; \u0442\u0438\u0301\u0445\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0432\u043e\u043d \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0432, \u043b\u0451\u0433 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0449\u043e\u0301\u043c \u0442\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043d \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0447\u0438,<br \/>\n\u0421\u0442\u0430\u043b \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0438\u0301\u043d\u0435\u0439 \u043d\u0430 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0301.<br \/>\n\u041e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0451\u043c \u0434\u043e\u0436\u0434\u044f\u0301, \u0442\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c\u044e \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0432 &#8211; \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u043c\u044b \u0441 \u0442\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u044e \u043b\u0435\u0301\u0433\u0447\u0435,<br \/>\n\u0427\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0301 \u0443 \u0441\u043e\u0301\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u043a\u0440\u044b\u043b\u0435\u0301.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 horseshoe<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043d<\/strong> \u2014 ringing; \u0437\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0442\u044c \u2014 to ring<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0449<\/strong> \u2014 cloak; also &#8220;cape&#8221; or &#8220;raincoat&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0442\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043d<\/strong> \u2014 fog<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 crown<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0438\u0301\u043d\u0435\u0439<\/strong> \u2014 frost<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0301<\/strong> \u2014 forehead (obsolete); the modern word is &#8220;\u043b\u043e\u0431&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0441\u043e\u0301\u043a\u043e\u043b<\/strong> \u2014 falcon<\/p>\n<h2>\u0414\u0440\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0301\u043d (&#8220;Dragon&#8221;)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 - \u0414\u0440\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d (\u0417\u043e\u0432 \u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438. \u0410\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043e)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JuXNjaWBJH0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u041f\u043e\u0437\u0430\u0431\u044b\u0301\u0442\u044b\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u044b\u0301\u043d\u0443\u0442 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0434\u0446\u044b,<br \/>\n\u0412\u044b\u0301\u0446\u0432\u0435\u043b \u0432\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442,<br \/>\n\u0418 \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u044e\u0301 \u044f, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043a\u0430\u0301\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0301\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435<br \/>\n\u041f\u043e \u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u043e\u0301\u043d\u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0301\u0441,<br \/>\n\u0422\u0435\u0440\u044f\u0301\u044f \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0301.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0434\u0435\u0446<\/strong> \u2014 well<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043a<\/strong> \u2014 heather<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0441\u043a\u043b\u043e\u043d \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0301\u0441<\/strong>, usually &#8220;<strong>\u043d\u0435\u0431\u043e\u0441\u043a\u043b\u043e\u0301\u043d<\/strong>&#8221; \u2014 sky\/horizon (literary)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u0426\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u043e\u0301\u043d\u044b,<br \/>\n\u0426\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0445\u0430\u0301\u044f \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0301,<br \/>\n\u0418 \u044f\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u0301\u0447\u0438 \u0434\u0440\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0301\u043d\u0430<br \/>\n\u041e\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442 \u043a\u0443\u0441\u043e\u0301\u043a \u0445\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044f\u0301 \u2013<br \/>\n\u042f \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0301 \u044d\u0301\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u044f\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0440\u044c<\/strong> \u2014 amber (noun); <strong>\u044f\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> (adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0438<\/strong> \u2014 eyes (obsolete); the modern word is &#8220;<strong>\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0301<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c<\/strong> \u2014 to guard<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434<\/strong> \u2014 treasure<\/p>\n<h2>\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0432\u043d\u0430 (Princess)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 - \u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u043d\u0430 (\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0430\u043b. \u0410\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043e)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_7xWUez8kY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u042f \u043f\u0435\u043b \u043e \u0431\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0301\u0445, \u0438 \u043f\u0435\u043b \u043e \u0433\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0301\u044f\u0445, \u043e \u0437\u0432\u043e\u0301\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0432, \u0438 \u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u0431\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0432\u0430\u0445;<br \/>\n\u041f\u043e\u043a\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0301\u043a\u043e\u043b \u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0441\u043e \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0301\u044e, \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u043b\u0451\u043a\u043e\u0442 \u0435\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0301\u043b \u043c\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0432\u044b.<br \/>\n\u041d\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0442 \u0443\u0436\u0435\u0301 \u0433\u043e\u0434, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043e\u043d \u0443\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0301\u043b \u2013 \u0435\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0443\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0301 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0301\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044c,<br \/>\n\u041c\u0438\u0301\u043b\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0433\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0445\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u044c\u044e\u0301\u0433\u0430, \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u0435\u0301\u0434\u0448\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0437 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0451\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044c.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0438<\/strong> \u2014 gods<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0433\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0439\u00a0<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0 hero<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0431\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0432\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 battle<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0432\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 prayer; <strong>\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/strong> \u2014 to pray<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0443\u0301\u043d<\/strong> \u2014 wizard, sorcerer; <strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0443\u0301\u043d\u044c\u044f<\/strong> \u2014 sorceress, witch; <strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c<\/strong> \u2014 practice sorcery; <strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0301<\/strong> \u2014 magic\/sorcery\/witchcraft<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044c<\/strong>, similar to <strong>\u0432\u044c\u044e\u0301\u0433\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 snowstorm<\/p>\n<p>Have you seen any of these words before?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"medieval knight armor\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/medieval-armor.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The Russian band \u041c\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 (Mel&#8217;nitsa, &#8220;mill&#8221;) performs songs in a genre that could be described as Celtic-inspired fantasy folk. You can not only enjoy their music but also use their lyrics (\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301) to learn more rare vocabulary having to do with nature, old-time weapons and occupations, feudal titles, and magic. While not immediately useful in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-folk-and-medieval-vocabulary-in-melnitsa-songs\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":11413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[385725,507330,507331,541518],"class_list":["post-11407","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-advanced-learners","tag-advanced-vocabulary","tag-folk","tag-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11407"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11417,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11407\/revisions\/11417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}