This week Stilten’s Nordic Cultural Newsletter publishes an old research paper by Malvolio Claxendell about Kiev.
According to Nestor the chronicler, ‘Kiovia’ was founded by a Slavic tribe leader Kyi, together with his sister Lybid, and brothers Shchek and Khoryv. Nestor who died in 1114, based his writings on Byliny (били́ни) - traditional East Slavic epic narratives. Claxendell has discovered a Bylina that tells of a hero taking leave of his mother, galloping off to brag before the council of elders, before leaping over the city walls, to charge into battle and taunt his enemy, and then begging for mercy. The stuff of every day life.
The other article in the newsletter was about the price of
cheese at Waitrose.
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