Mikula Selyaninovich

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Mikula Selyaninovich (Russian: Микула Селянинович, Mikula the Villager's Son) is a Russian epic hero, a bogatyr - plowman, from the Novgorod Republic bylina cycle.^[1]^[2]

A common plot trope in bylinas involving Mikula is that another bogatyr of warrior type turns out to be weaker than Mikula: cannot pull his plow out of the soil, cannot lift his bag, cannot race him, etc., because Mother Earth loves him.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Leonard Arthur Magnus, "The Heroic Ballads of Russia". K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited, 1921, pp. 23-26, pdf on archive.org
^ ^a ^b Е.М. Мелетинский (гл. ред.) Мифологический словарь. М.:'Советская энциклопедия', 1990

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[magnus-1] Leonard Arthur Magnus, "The Heroic Ballads of Russia". K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited, 1921, pp. 23-26, pdf on archive.org

[ms-2] Е.М. Мелетинский (гл. ред.) Мифологический словарь. М.:'Советская энциклопедия', 1990

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