Buyan
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Buyan".

Buyan Island, by Ivan Bilibin.

In Russian folklore, Buyan (Буян) is described as a mysterious island in the ocean with an ability to appear and disappear. Three brothers – Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds – live there. A lot of strange things are said to happen on this island. Koschei the Deathless keeps his soul hidden here inside a needle placed inside an egg in the mystical oak-tree.

Some scholars interpret Buyan as a sort of Proto-Indo-European Otherworld (see Fortunate Islands). Others assert that Buyan is actually a Slavic name for some real island, most likely Rügen.

See also

• The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• Kitezh

This article relating to a European myth or legend is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.