[442] A Servian song, for instance, quoted by Buslaef (“Ist. Och.” i. 361) states that “The Thunder” (i.e., the Thunder-God or Perun) “began to divide gifts. To God (Bogu) it gave the heavenly heights; to St. Peter the summer” (Petrovskie so called after the Saint) “heats; to St. John, the ice and snow; to Nicholas, power over the waters, and to Ilya the lightning and the thunderbolt.”
[443] Afanasief, Legendui, pp. 137-40, P.V.S., i. 469-83. Cf. Grimm’s “Deutsche Mythologie,” pp. 157-59.
[444] Afanasief, Legendui, No. 10. From the Yaroslaf Government.
[445] Il’inskomu bat’kye—to the Elijah father.
[446] Strictly speaking, a chetverìk = 5.775 gallons.
[447] Afanasief, P.V.S., iii. 455.
[448] Called Lisun, Lisovik, Polisun, &c. He answers to the Lyeshy or wood-demon (lyes = a forest) mentioned above, p. [212].
[449] Afanasief, P.V.S. i. 711.
[450] Afanasief, Legendui, No. 12.
[451] Quoted by Buslaef, “Ist. Och.” i. 389. Troyan is also the name of a mythical king who often figures in Slavonic legends.