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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