Idolishche

Idolishche Poganoye (Russian: Идолище Поганое) is a mythological monstrosity from Russian bylinas (epic tales) which personified pagan forces invading the Russian lands. ^[1]^[2] The name literally means "pagan idol", with a Russian augmentative suffix "-ishche".

The major epic sources that involve Idolische are various variants of the bylina "Ilya Muromets and Idolishche Poganoye" ("Илья Муромец и Идолище Поганое"), where Idolishche is also characterized as "Tatarin", in reference to the Tatar-Mongol yoke.

References

↑ Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary of Russian Language
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Поганое Идолище". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.

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[1] Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary of Russian Language

[2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Поганое Идолище". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.