Abstract
Russian mythological ideas are most vividly expressed in the genre of folklore known as bylichki. One of the first persons to take notice of the importance of stories [rasskazy] about the characters of lower mythology was M. V. Lomonosov. In the rough notes for his Drevniaia rossiiskaia istoriia [Ancient Russian History], Lomonosov expressed his regret that the Russian people had not created a complete mythological system comparable to the Ancient Greek one. The scholar attempted to systematize Russian mythological images, comparing them with images of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.1 Lomonosov's research was used by M. D. Chulkov and M. Popov;2 their works, in turn, served as the starting point for subsequent research in the field of Russian folk beliefs.3
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