Nikolai Gogol

The Viy (Illustrated) Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol's classic of witches and demonic horror. 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. I have made no alterations, but reproduce it in the same simple form in which I heard it."The Viy" has been adapted for the screen several times. The most famous and well-known version is Mario Bava's Italian movie "Black Sunday," also known as "The Mask of Satan," from 1960. In 1967 there was a very faithful version filmed in the Soviet Union. The latest version is a Russian fantasy adventure that was released in 2014. This edition is illustrated with a large selection of posters for the movie adaptations.