Russian | English |
в страду | suffering |
в тридевятном государстве | at the other end of the world |
в тридевятном государстве | far |
в тридевятном государстве | far away |
в тридевятном царстве | far |
в тридевятном царстве | at the other end of the world |
в тридевятном царстве | far away |
в тридевятом царстве, в тридесятом государстве | in far off lands (Anglophile) |
гном, живущий в шахтах и указывающий стуком на наличие руды | knocker |
превратиться в животное | transform into an animal (In the latter half, he shared his work researching the myths, magic, and meaning surrounding shapeshifters – people said to transform into an animal or some other form. The lore for such phenomena is found in ancient literature and dates even further back to a Neolithic cave painting that seems to depict a shaman transforming into a deer with antlers. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
превращаться в другое существо | shape-shift (According to Scottish legend, the Kelpie – or the water-horse – is a wholly supernatural creature that haunts the rivers, bridges and lochs of ancient Scotland and that has the uncanny ability to shape-shift. (...) Very notably, the Kelpie was also said to be able to transform itself into both a beautiful maiden, or mermaid, and a large, hairy man that would hide in the vegetation of Scottish waterways and leap out and attack the unwary, not unlike the Man-Monkey of the Shropshire Union Canal. mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
превращение человека в волка | lycanthropy |