The Kyiv Bylyny Cycle: a new paper from Professor Ralph Kenna

01/11/2022
The Kyiv Bylyny Cycle: a new paper from Professor Ralph Kenna

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NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE KYIV BYLYNY CYCLE — EAST SLAVIC EPIC NARRATIVES In our last conversation Ralph mentioned an upcoming paper exploring the network connections and relationships contained in the Kyiv bylyny story cycle. The oldest byliny belong to a cycle dealing with the golden age of Kievan Rus in the 10th–12th century. They centre...