Rusalka - in Fiction

In Fiction

• The novel Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay features beings called riselka that are based on rusalki.
• The Rusalka trilogy of novels by C. J. Cherryh feature and revolve around a Rusalka named Eveshka.
• The third story, "A Grain of Truth," from the short story collection "The Last Wish" by Andrzej Sapkowski features a bruxa, named Vereena, who is initially mistaken for a rusalka.
• "Rusalka" is an opera by Antonín Dvořák.
• "Rusalka" is an opera by Alexander_Dargomyzhsky.
• The third tale "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" from the short story collection "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" by Nikolai Gogol.
• The short story "Byezhin Prairie" in A Sportsman's Sketches" by Ivan Turgenev has a mention of an encounter with a rusalka.
• The second tale, "Urchins, While Swimming" from the short story collection "Ventriloquism" by Catherynne M. Valente, features a rusalka and her daughter.
• It is perhaps of note that the creatures from Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid were translated as "rusalka".
• The video game "Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia" features a boss called "Rusalka", who attacks the player with water and giant waves.
• The video game Quest for Glory 4 features a "rusalka" who the player can chose to set her soul to rest by finding the man who murdered her (found out to be a miserly wraith guarding his treasure).
• One of Alexander Pushkin's short tragedies is titled "Rusalka". It features a young woman who, drowning herself after being jilted by her lover the prince, becomes the rusalkas' queen. The play is unfinished; the title was given by editors after Pushkin's death.
• The Magic: the Gathering card set Guildpact features five "Rusalka" creatures. Each is a female ghost with an ability relating to the way she died.
• In the 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, the Rusalka is a Cuba-based Soviet cargo ship housing an underwater broadcast station.
• Poul Anderson's novel The Merman's Children features a rusalka.
• Rusalkas and Vilas are mentioned in Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, traveling together to Lookout Mountain to assist the Old Gods in the battle with the New Gods.
• In the video game Devil May Cry 4, the Rusalka is a puppet used by "Bael & Dagon" to attract victims.
• "Rusalka" is the title of a track in the album "Κata Τon Daimona Εaytoy (Do What Thou Wilt)", by the Greek Black Metal band Rotting Christ.