Title: Вий

Title: Title Record # 1300195
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Date: 1835-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
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Language: Russian

Note: The title reads Viy, which refers to a kind of demon, the King of the Gnomes. It is presented by Gogol as an actual character from Ukrainian folklore, but doesn't seem to have existed outside his imagination.

Synopsis: A young Cossack philosophy student in a seminary falls under the spell of an old witch who uses him as a mount to ride the country roads. He eventually manages to throw her off and wound her, only to discover she is a young and beautiful girl. Some time later the dying creature, in fact the daughter of a local squire, asks for him to be brought to the hall and pray for three nights next to her corpse. The reluctant seminarist is forced to come, and soon undestands the reason of this wish...

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Year	Language	Title
1845^ⓘTranslated by Louis Viardot, first in Gogol's collection Nouvelles russes, Paris, Paulin, 1845.	French	Le roi des gnomes [as by Nikolaj Gogol]
1909^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand, assumed by Dr. Otto Buek The text starts with: "Einst bogen während einer Ferienreise drei Scholaren aus Kiew von der Landstraße ab, um beim ersten besten Gehöft, auf das sie stießen, den schon längst geleerten Sack mit neuen Vorräten zu versorgen."	German	Wij, der Fürst der Dämone^?Wij, der Fuerst der Daemone [as by Nikolaus Gogol]
1916^ⓘFrom The Mantle and Other Stories (1916- Frederick A. Stokes Co.). Translated by Claud Field.	English	The Viy [as by Nicholas Gogol]
1929^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	English	Black Sunday [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1946	English	The Viy [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1958^ⓘFrench translation [incomplete and lightened] (1958). Translated by Gabriel Arout and Georges Arout	French	Viï [as by Nikolaj Vasil'evic Gogol]
1958^ⓘFrench translation [incomplete and lightened] (1958). Translated by Gabriel Arout and Georges Arout	French	Viï [as by Nicolas Gogol]
1961^ⓘTranslated by Alexander Eliasberg	German	Der Wij [as by Nicolai Gogol]
1962^ⓘTranslated by Tim Maran	Dutch	De wij [as by Nikolai Gogolj]
1963	English	Viy [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1965^ⓘTranslated by Louis Viardot, first in Gogol's collection Nouvelles russes, Paris, Paulin, 1845, under the title "Le roi des gnômes".	French	Vij [as by Nicolas Gogol]
1966^ⓘTranslated by Sonia Lescaut	French	Viy [as by Nicolas Gogol]
1972^ⓘTranslated by Georg Schwarz	German	Der Wi [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1972^ⓘTranslated by Louis Viardot, first as Le roi des gnomes in Gogol, Nouvelles russes, Paulin, Paris, 1845.	French	Vij [as by Nikolaj Vasil'evic Gogol]
1974^ⓘTranslated by Hans Maeter.	German	Die dritte Nacht [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1974^ⓘTranslated by Juan Antonio Molina Foix	Spanish	El Viyi [as by Nikolái Vasilievich Gógol]
1976^ⓘTranslated by Peter Gissy.	Swedish	Svart söndag^?Svart soendag Svart sondag [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1980^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand	German	Der König der Erdgeister^?Der Koenig der Erdgeister [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1981	Italian	La maschera del demonio [as by Nikolaj Gogol']
1984^ⓘTranslated by W. Lange and Ph. Löbenstein (Revised for this edition)	German	Wij, der König der Erdgeister^?Wij, der Koenig der Erdgeister [as by Nikolai Gogol]
1988	Italian	Vij [as by Nikolaj Gogol']
1995	French	Vij [as by Nikolaï Vassilievitch Gogol]
1999^ⓘTranslated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky	English	Viy [as by Nikolai Gogol]
2001	English	Viy [as by Nikolai Gogol]
2017^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	English	Viy [as by Nikolai Gogol]
2023^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand (and date)	English	Viy [as by Nikolai Gogol]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Das Gespensterbuch	1913-00-00	ed. Felix Schloemp	Georg Müller^?Georg Mueller			viii+ 352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Paul Scheurich
The Mantle and Other Stories	1916-00-00	Nicholas Gogol	T. Werner Laurie			249	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
And the Darkness Falls	1946-04-00	ed. Boris Karloff	World Publishing Co.		$2.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 631	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fantastique, soixante récits de terreur	1958-07-00	Roger Caillois	Club français du livre (Récits #25)			575	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Dr. Jekyll en mr. Hyde en andere beroemde gruwelverhalen	1962-00-00	ed. Tim Maran	H. Meulenhoff (Flamingo-Reeks #36)			192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Khing
The Vampire	1963-00-00	ed. Valeria Riva, Ornella Volta	Neville Spearman			286	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Histoires étranges et récits insolites	1965-00-00	ed. Hubert Juin	Le Livre-club du libraire	189		241	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Vampire	1965-00-00	ed. Valeria Riva, Ornella Volta	Pan Books	M112	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	W. F. Phillipps
Nouvelles histoires étranges	1966-00-00	ed. Jean Palou	Casterman			345	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome II : France Espagne Italie Amérique latine Haïti Pologne Russie Finlande Extrême-Orient	1966-04-16	ed. Roger Caillois	Gallimard		F32.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	612	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Миргород^?Mirgorod	1967-00-00	Николай Гоголь^?Nikolai Gogol	Художественная литература^?Khudozhestvennaya literatura			240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Л. Быков^?L. Bykov
Von denen Vampiren oder Menschensaugern: Dichtungen und Dokumente	1968-00-00	ed. Dieter Sturm, Klaus Völker^?Klaus Voelker	Hanser (Bibliotheca Dracula #2)		DM 24.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	607	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Uwe Bremer
The Ghouls	1971-02-15	ed. Peter Haining	W. H. Allen	0-491-00027-8	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	383	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Ghouls	1971-04-08	ed. Peter Haining	Stein and Day		$7.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	383	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mark Abraham
The Ghouls	1971-06-00	ed. Peter Haining	Stein and Day / BCE	3378		382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mark Abraham
Mirgorod	1972-00-00	Nikolai Gogol	Aufbau		M 7.50^?M: East German mark. ISO code: DDM in 1948-1990	372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Vampire	1972-00-00	ed. Valeria Riva, Ornella Volta	Pan Books	0-330-20112-3	£0.30^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Ghouls	1972-04-00	ed. Peter Haining	Pocket Books	0-671-78182-0 / 78182	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ [1]+ 400	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	A. Magee
Nouvelles histoires de vampires	1972-04-09	ed. Valerio Riva, Ornella Volta	Le Livre de Poche			316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
17 Horror-Stories	1974-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #43)	3-453-45016-7	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	255	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Horrorscope: Volumen 2	1974-00-00	ed. Juan Antonio Molina Foix	Alfaguara (Nostromo #8)	84-85118-16-2		247	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Diego Lara
The Ghouls: Book Two	1974-10-00	ed. Peter Haining	Orbit	0-86007-808-6	£0.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	201	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	John Holmes
Fem öppna gravar : fem noveller... lika kusliga som fem öppna gravar^?Fem oeppna gravar : fem noveller... lika kusliga som fem oeppna gravar	1976-00-00	ed. uncredited	B. Wahlström^?B. Wahlstrom B. Wahlstroem ( Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning^?Kalla Karar, ryslig midnattslasning Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning #36)	91-32-41146-4	skr 5.50^?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Josep Marti Ripoll
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome II : France Espagne Italie Amérique latine Haïti Pologne Russie Finlande Extrême-Orient	1977-00-00	ed. Roger Caillois	Gallimard			612	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Histoires d'occultisme	1977-03-08	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1461)	2-266-00289-9		434	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	C. Broutin
Histoires d'occultisme	1978-00-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	France Loisirs (La grande anthologie du fantastique #2)	2-7242-0409-3	F30.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	434	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Benjamin Baltimore
Russian Romantic Prose: An Anthology	1979-00-00	ed. Carl R. Proffer	Translation Press	0-931556-00-7		272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Der Zauberer: Zwei Meistererzählungen^?Der Zauberer: Zwei Meistererzaehlungen Der Zauberer: Zwei Meistererzahlungen	1980-00-00	Nikolai Gogol	Herder (Herder-Bücherei #791)	3-451-07791-4	DM 6.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
La veille de la Saint-Jean	1980-00-00	Nikolaj Gogol	Union générale d'éditions (Les maîtres de l'étrange et de la peur)	2-264-00306-5		294	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Alain Tercinet
Al cinema con il mostro. Volume secondo	1981-11-11	ed. Peter Haining	Mondadori (Oscar #1434)	20570-8	Lit 3,750^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	260	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	John Holmes
Erzählungen^?Erzaehlungen	1984-00-00	Nikolai Gogol	Harenberg-Kommunikation (Die große Erzähler-Bibliothek der Weltliteratur)	3-88379-807-X		237	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Phantastische Erzählungen^?Phantastische Erzaehlungen	1985-09-00	Nikolaj Gogol	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6574)	3-453-02154-1	DM 19.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	204+ 220+ 203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Hans Baldung
Racconti fantastici nella Russia dell'ottocento	1988-04-00	ed. Giovanna Spendel	Mondadori (Oscar #2020)	88-04-30792-7	Lit 8,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Vasilij Surikov
Von denen Vampiren oder Menschensaugern: Dichtungen und Dokumente	1994-00-00	ed. Dieter Sturm, Klaus Völker^?Klaus Voelker	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #306)	3-518-38781-2 / 2281	DM 19.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	609	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Ghouls	1994-04-00	ed. Peter Haining	Bounty Books	1-85152-373-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Vampires	1995-08-00	ed. Francis Lacassin	Christian de Bartillat (Les Belles Pages)	2-84100-054-0	F110.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	458	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
La grande anthologie du fantastique: 3	1997-02-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	Omnibus (France) (La grande anthologie du fantastique (Omnibus) #3)	2-258-03654-2	F155.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	1349	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Arnold Böcklin^?Arnold Boecklin
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol	1999-06-29	Nikolai Gogol	Vintage Books (Vintage Classics)	0-375-70615-1		464	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Darkling Plain #2, Fall 2001	2001-00-00	ed. David M. Cox	Stone Dragon Press		$6.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag	Philip Hoffman
Von denen Vampiren oder Menschensaugern: Dichtungen und Dokumente	2006-02-00	ed. Dieter Sturm, Klaus Völker^?Klaus Voelker	Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors)	978-3-89996-504-9	€9.95^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	795	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique: de E.T.A. Hoffmann à Stephen King^?Chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique: de E.T.A. Hoffmann à Stephen King	2007-08-00	ed. Jacques Goimard	Omnibus (France) (Collection Omnibus)	978-2-258-07526-9	€25.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	xxiv+ 1121	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Yan' Dargent
The Mantle and Other Stories	2011-05-27	Nicholas Gogol	Project Gutenberg	36238	$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Viy: English and Russian Language Edition	2014-01-15	Nikolai Gogol	Sovereign	978-1-910150-47-4	$16.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	98	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Dracula's Brethren	2017-05-23	ed. Richard Dalby, Brian J. Frost	Harper (UK)	978-0-00-821648-1	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	355	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Mike Topping
Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories	2020-09-22	ed. uncredited	Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-83964-187-9	£20.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Witchcraft Classics: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849	2023-03-17	ed. Andrew Barger	Bottletree Books	978-1-933747-67-5	$18.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	152	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)

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