How Long to Read Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods

How Long Does it Take to Read Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 22 minutes to read Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods by T.D. Kokoszka

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

T.D. Kokoszka grew up in Texas with a Jewish mother and a Polish-American father. While he was aware of roots going back to Eastern Europe from both families, he found it hard to learn very much about them. He knew that Polish people would whack one another with palm leaves around Easter, and he knew that his great-grandmother purportedly believed in forest spirits known as borowy. However, it wasn't until he was in his teens that he became vaguely aware of an ancient people known as the Slavs who gave rise to the Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Slovene, and Czech languages. It quickly became clear to him that this was a family of cultures currently under-represented in popular culture, and even in western scholarship. Not simply a regurgitation of scholarship from the Soviet period - and presenting new analyses by using previously neglected resources - Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods offers one of the most painstaking scholarly reconstructions of Slavic paganism. These new resources include not only an overview of folklore from many different Slavic countries but also comparisons with Ossetian culture and Mordvin culture, as well as a series of Slavic folktales that Kokoszka analyzes in depth, often making the case that the narratives involved are mythological and shockingly ancient. Readers will recognize many European folktale types and possibly learn to look at these folktales differently after reading this book.

How long is Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods?

Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods by T.D. Kokoszka is 441 pages long, and a total of 110,691 words.

This makes it 149% the length of the average book. It also has 135% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 4 minutes to read Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods aloud.

What Reading Level is Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods?

Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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