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Name: Оn Моses and «Pharaohs»: folklore legends as well as biblical and book versions of the plot

Authors: Kuznetsova Vera Stanislavovna

Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of folklore

Abstract: The paper considers the folk legends, biblical and book-stories about Moses and mythic water inhabitants called «Pharaohs» and traced back to the Pharaoh’s army that drowned in the Black (Red) Sea while chasing Moses during the exodus of Israelites from Egypt.

Keywords: slavic folklore, folk bible, plots, versions

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