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Jansy,
Krolik is Russian for "rabbit"
Larva = lavra ("big monastery")
Larvy (larvae) = lavry ("laurels")
The lavry/larvy wordplay occurs in "Drugie berega" (Russian title of Speak, Memory), Chapter Six.
Besides, in Slavic myths, lyarva (it also comes from larva, Latin for "mask") is female evil spirit. The woman, whose body it chooses to live in, becomes a whore. Lyarva is also one of several vulgar words meaning "whore."
best,
Alexey
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Krolik is Russian for "rabbit"
Larva = lavra ("big monastery")
Larvy (larvae) = lavry ("laurels")
The lavry/larvy wordplay occurs in "Drugie berega" (Russian title of Speak, Memory), Chapter Six.
Besides, in Slavic myths, lyarva (it also comes from larva, Latin for "mask") is female evil spirit. The woman, whose body it chooses to live in, becomes a whore. Lyarva is also one of several vulgar words meaning "whore."
best,
Alexey
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