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folklorica-3761	Vadeysha, Masha	The Russian Bathhouse: The Old Russian Pert’ and the Christian Bania in Traditional Culture	2021	18	.pdf	application/pdf	9093	687	74	In the legend the Novgorod Slav custom of steam baths is ranked with the “savage” customs of other Slavs, and the Poliane whose habits were, according to the legend, “mild and peaceful,” thereby look more deserving of God’s mercy and their future glory.(18) Ritual bath practices were evidently a custom with great princes but they were not usual for ordinary folk in Ukraine and southern Russia.	cache/folklorica-3761.pdf	txt/folklorica-3761.txt