Mastorava
Sign in to saveMastorava () is an Erzya epic poem compiled based on Erzya mythology and folklore by Aleksandr Sharonov, published in 1994 in the Erzya language, with a Moksha language version announced.
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- Russia
- Author
- Aleksandr Sharonov
- Genre
- epic poem
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- publication date
- 1994-01-01
- title
- Масторава
- language of work or name
- Erzya
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Mastorava () is an Erzya epic poem compiled based on Erzya mythology and folklore by Aleksandr Sharonov, published in 1994 in the Erzya language, with a Moksha language version announced.
The poem consists of five parts entitled "The Universe", "Antiquity", "King Tyushtya's Age", "The Heroic Age" and "The New Age". Mastorava is an Earth goddess in Mordvin mythology. The name mastor-ava literally means "earth woman", mastor being the Mordvin for "earth, land".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mastorava” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.