Hubbs Joanna. Mother Russia: The Feminine Myth in Russian Culture

Indiana University Press, 1993. — 320 p.Introduction: Russia as Mother.
The First Mothers.
Reconstructing the Russian Great Goddess: Rusalki and Baba Yaga.
Reconstructing the Russian Great Goddess: Mother Earth.
The Coming of Christianity: Mary and Paraskeva-Piatnitsa.
Mothers Sons.
Epic Heroes and Disobedient Sons.
From Saintly Son to Autocratic Father: The Myth of the Ruler.
Pushkin and Other Champions from the Intelligentsia.
Conclusion: The Mother as Russia.
Notes.
Selected Bibliography.