One
of the key characters in Fantasia
was an evil creature called Chernobog. The Ukrainian town
and nuclear reactor Chernobyl
derives its name from the Chernobog (black god of death/Satan)
and the Bylebog (representative of the forces of good) both
of which are mythological creatures of the Slavonic pagan
dualist belief system. Mussorgsky's
Music was inspired by these myths and in the making of Fantasia
the Ukrainian animator Vladimir Tytla brought the Chernobog
to life.
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