Rekonstrukcija mifopoetičeskogo obraza utki (<em>Anas</em>) (po dannym pis'mennyh istočnikov i fol'klora baltijcev, slavjan i drugih I-E narodov)<br>Reconstruction of the Mythopoetical Image of a Duck (<em>Anas</em>) (According to the Written Sources and Folklore Data of Baltic, Slavic and the Other I-E Peoples)</br>

Abstract

The article deals with the reconstruction of the mythopoetical image of a duck (Anas) according to the written sources and folklore data of Baltic, Slavic and the other Indo-European peoples. It also presents an etymological analysis of Russ. dial. анчýтка ‘devil, demon; Antichrist; hobgoblin, water-sprite, familiar, sylvan; trollop; poor person; pickle; curse’.