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Viy (story) " Viy " ( Russian: Вий, IPA: [ˈvʲij] ), also translated as " The Viy ", is a horror novella by the writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in volume 2 of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (1835). Despite an author's note alluding to folklore, the title character is generally conceded to be wholly Gogol's invention.
Viy ( Spirit of Evil [1] or Vii, Russian: Вий) is a 1967 Soviet supernatural horror film directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov. Based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, the film's screenplay was written by Yershov, Kropachyov and Aleksandr Ptushko. The film was distributed by Mosfilm, and was the first Soviet-era ...
- 1967
- Karen Khachaturian
- 50000 Soviet Ruble
Viy. (2014 film) Viy 3D ( Russian: Вий, internationally known as Forbidden Empire, and in the UK as Forbidden Kingdom) is a 2014 fantasy film produced by Russian and Ukraine Film Group and Marins Group Entertainment and loosely based on the Nikolai Gogol story of the same name. The film was released in cinemas in Russia, Ukraine and ...
- $26 million
- Alexander Culicov, Leonid Ogorodnikov, Alexey A. Petrukhin, Sergey Sozanovskiy
- Anton Garcia
- 30 January 2014 (Russia)
Viy is a short story about a student who encounters a witch and a corpse that rise from the dead. The story explores themes of superstition, horror, and the power of evil in the Russian countryside.
The Viy. Nikolai Gogol Translated by Claud Field. (The "Viy" is a monstrous creation of popular fancy. It is the name which inhabitants of Little Russia give to the king of the gnomes, whose eyelashes reach to the ground. The following story is a specimen of such folk-lore. I have made no alterations, but reproduce it in the same simple form in...
The Viy. Written in 1836. Translated by Claud Field. (The “Viy” is a monstrous creation of popular fancy. It is the name which the inhabitants of Little Russia give to the king of the gnomes, whose eyelashes reach to the ground. The following story is a specimen of such folk-lore.
Oct 2, 2022 · Learn how Nikolai Gogol's supernatural novella "The Viy" (1835) draws on Slavic folklore and myths to create a terrifying story of a witch and a gnome. Explore the themes of evil, fear, and magic in this classic work of Russian-Ukrainian literature.
