Zavulon is a character in Sergei Lukyanenko ’s novels “ Night Watch ”, “ Day Watch ”, “ Twilight Watch ”, “ Last Watch ”, “ New Watch ”, “ Sixth Watch ” and the films “ Night Watch ” and “ Day Watch ” directed by Timur Bekmambetov - Supreme Dark Other, magician , head of the Moscow branch of the Day Watch . The exact age is unknown (at least two thousand years), looks thirty-forty years old, but gives out a look. Zebulun is extremely pragmatic, and people and Others are consumables for him, including employees and mistresses (young witches). Known in the circle of friends as Arthur (" Face of the Black Palmyra "). The twilight appearance is a classic demon: “His body has changed, acquiring the classic features of a demon - dull scales instead of skin, irregular shape of the skull, covered with some fallen hair instead of hair, narrow eyes with vertical pupils. A hypertrophied member dangled, a short bifurcated tail hung from the tailbone ”
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Etymology
The name "Zebulun" is taken from Lukyanenko from the Old Testament , where he was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the last of six sons born of Leah. The song of Deborah from the Old Testament says: “Zebulun is a people who doomed their soul to death” [1] .
Movie Role
In the films “ Night Watch ” and “ Day Watch ”, the role of Zavulon is played by Victor Verzhbitsky .
If Geser's visualization is a Soviet official, then Zebulun is a “new Russian” [2]
In the film, Zebulun, turning into a demon, pulled a spine from his back, turning into a sword (it is believed that this is a reference to Star Wars [2] ).
Zebulun, who constantly plays computer games, is at the same time the author and participant in the intrigue - the game [2] .
In films, the image of Zebulun almost does not coincide with the image in books, which applies to other characters.
Scientific Bibliography
- Radchenko D. A. Network folklore as a way of understanding actual reality (inaccessible link) // Folk-art-net: new horizons of creativity. From tradition to virtuality. Digest of articles. M .: GRTSRF, 2007.S. 63-75.
- M.V. Shutova, O. Tkachenko. The interaction of mass and elite cultures (for example, the analysis of the film "Night Watch") // Autumn School - 2005. Folk text and rite.
- Khristoforova, Olga Borisovna . About magicians, muggles and patrols: new old social myths // Myth in folk traditions and culture of modern times. (Readings on the history and theory of culture. Issue 57). M .: RGGU, 2009.S. 35-48.
Notes
- ↑ Questions about books. The cycle of "Dozors" . Official site of Sergey Lukyanenko. Date of treatment March 13, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Folklore and post-folklore: structure, typology, semiotics