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Viy

Nikolai Gogol Original title Вий (Russian, 1835)

"Viy" , also translated as "The Viy", is a horror novella by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod . The title is also the name of the demonic entity central to the plot.

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“When the priest went in, he stopped short at the sight of this defamation of God's holy place, and dared not serve the requiem on such a spot. And so the church was left forever, with monsters stuck in the doors and windows, was overgrown with forest trees, roots, rough grass and wild thorns, and no one can now find the way to it.”

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"Viy" (1835)

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