Dobrynja Nikitich
Dobrynja Nikititsch ( Russian Добрыня Никитич ) is a very popular in Russia literary figure of the Russian epic , the so-called Bylinen . In terms of her popularity she is comparable to German figures like Roland or Siegfried .
Dobrynja Nikititsch was a bogatyr and is best known as a dragon slayer . He is usually depicted in the epics as a servant at the court of Vladimir the Holy , who is closest to the prince and his family and who takes on a number of duties that are rejected by other knights. The first bylines to this literary figure go back to the time before the Mongol rule in Russia and describe a relative of Duke Vladimir. To what extent this figure was based on a historical model is unclear. The oldest epics on Dobrynja Nikitisch probably come from the Novgorod region .
Art history
Nikititsch was portrayed by Viktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow in the famous painting Bogatyri together with Ilja Muromets and Aljoscha Popowitsch .
literature
- Vsevolod Fyodorowitsch Miller : Dobrynja Nikititsch . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 10 a [20]: Десмургия – Домициан. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1893, p. 832–833 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF ).