Ukrainian Heritage · Classic
Viy
Gogol’s classic tale of terror, drawn from Ukrainian folklore — illustrated.
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About the book
A young seminarian, Khoma Brut, is sent to read prayers over a dead young woman for three nights in a lonely country church. But the girl is a witch, and each midnight the church fills with horrors — until the third night, when she calls up Viy, the earth spirit whose iron eyelids must be lifted from the ground before his deadly gaze can fall.
Nikolai Gogol drew Viy straight from the folk beliefs of his native Ukraine. This illustrated edition returns the tale to that soil — a doorway into the darker corners of Ukrainian folklore for readers who love the classics, the gothic and the strange.
The world of Viy
The figures that haunt Gogol’s tale.
Viy
The dread earth spirit with eyelids down to the ground, whose gaze means death.
Khoma Brut
The philosophy student trapped for three nights with the dead.
The Witch
The dead young lady who rises each midnight to hunt him.
The Night Church
The lonely chapel where the three nights of terror unfold.
- Publisher
- Mountain Mill Editorial
- Series
- Ukrainian Heritage
- Languages
- Ukrainian