Ivanova, T. G. G. A. GLINKA AND HIS MYTHOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (from the history of folklore studies in the early XIX century). Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(7):95–102. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1372


Folklore

G. A. GLINKA AND HIS MYTHOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (from the history of folklore studies in the early XIX century)

Ivanova
T. G. 		In- stitute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences
Keywords:
“cabinet mythology”
Glinka’s Ancient Religion of the Slavs
comparison of the Slavic pantheon with Scandinavian mythology
sentimentalism and pre-romanticism		 Summary: The article examines the book Ancient Religion of the Slavs by G. A. Glinka, a professor of Russian literature at the University of Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia), from the perspective of the phenomenon of “cabinet my- thology” that emerged in Russian folklore studies in the XVIII century. The article highlights Glinka’s thesis of the researcher’s right to use imagination and add to the image of a pagan character when describing Slavic deities. It also discusses Glinka’s proposed classification of Slavic pagan deities. Glinka’s work clearly demonstrates his desire to understand Slavic mythology through the lens of antiquity, which was characteristic of the XVIII century during the era of classicism. Additionally, the article highlights the comparison of the Slavic pantheon of gods with the Scandi- navian mythology. The last aspect is due to a new period in the development of European literature – sentimentalism and pre-romanticism, which drew attention to the culture of the ancient Germans and Scandinavians. Despite all the inadequacies of his research into Slavic mythology, G. A. Glinka was among those writers who laid the foundation for comparative folklore studies in Russian literature.



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