Древневосточная literature

The publication, translated by the outstanding St. Petersburg orientalist V.K. Shileiko (1891-1930), contains epic texts, hymns, incantations, prayers, royal...

Before you are the oldest treatises known to mankind on the art of war and its philosophy. Centuries and centuries have passed - however, to this day no one ...

A unique book is offered to the attention of readers - an early collection of Azerbaijani fairy tales. The fairy tales presented are magical, everyday, instr...

Ihara Saikaku keenly noticed new features of human characters that were being formed in his time. Dexterity, ingenuity, and enterprise helped to climb the so...

Saikaku masterfully shows the fate of women - strength of character and activity in the struggle for personal happiness are characteristic not only of the in...

The book “Collection of Japanese Medieval Tales”, published for the first time in Russian, reveals one of the many branches of Japanese mythology - ghost sto...

Ekklesiast, also ecclesiaste, ecclesiast, Ecclesiaste (Hebrew קהלת-“Kohalet”; dr. Greek εκκλησιαστής)-33rd part of the tanach, 7th book Ktuvim, the name of ...

Western civilization was not always wise, but it strictly adhered to its basic principles: life is a battlefield where you must be first or immediately prepa...

The name of the ancient Chinese thinker Lao Tzu, who lived in China in the 6th–5th centuries. BC e., can be translated as “Old Child.” (Although this hierogl...

Inside any experienced adult, burdened with years and wise in life, hides a sincere and naive child who loves fairy tales. This trusting and simple-minded li...

Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.

Caden Bosch is a ...