Russian Folk-Tales
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RUSSIAN FOLK-TALES
DEDICATED
J. C.
LEONARD A. MAGNUS, LL.B.
EDITOR AND TRANSLATOR OF “THE ARMAMENT OF IGOR (A.D. 1185)” ETC.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON AND CO.
First Published October 1915
Second Impression September 1916
A. N. Afanas'ev
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INTRODUCTION
THE PRONUNCIATION OF RUSSIAN WORDS
CONTENTS
THE DUN COW
A TALE OF THE DEAD
A TALE OF THE DEAD
A TALE OF THE DEAD
THE BEAR, THE DOG, AND THE CAT
EGÓRI THE BRAVE AND THE GIPSY
DANÍLO THE UNFORTUNATE
THE SORRY DRUNKARD
THE WOLF AND THE TAILOR
THE TALE OF THE SILVER SAUCER AND THE CRYSTAL APPLE
THE FOUNDLING PRINCE
THE SUN AND HOW IT WAS MADE BY DIVINE WILL
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS
BÁBA YAGÁ AND ZAMORÝSHEK
THE MIRACULOUS HEN
MARK THE RICH
THE THOUGHTLESS WORD
THE TSARÍTSA HARPIST
THE TALE OF IVÁN TSARÉVICH, THE BIRD OF LIGHT, AND THE GREY WOLF
THE PRIEST WITH THE ENVIOUS EYES
THE SOLDIER AND DEATH
THE MIDNIGHT DANCE
VASILÍSA THE FAIR
THE ANIMALS IN THE PIT
THE POOR WIDOW
THE SMITH AND THE DEVIL
THE PRINCESS WHO WOULD NOT SMILE
PRINCE EVSTÁFI
VASILÍSA POPÓVNA
THE DREAM
THE SOLDIER AND THE TSAR IN THE FOREST
THE TALE OF ALEXANDER OF MACEDON
THE BROTHER OF CHRIST
GOD’S BLESSING COMPASSES ALL THINGS
SHEMYÁK THE JUDGE
A STORY OF SAINT NICHOLAS
THE POTTER
THE WITCH AND THE SISTER OF THE SUN
MÁRYA MORYÉVNA
THE REALM OF STONE
THE STORY OF TSAR ANGÉY AND HOW HE SUFFERED FOR PRIDE
THE FEAST OF THE DEAD
THE QUARRELSOME WIFE
ELIJAH THE PROPHET AND ST. NICHOLAS
THE PRINCESS TO BE KISSED AT A CHARGE
THE WOOD SPRITE
THE REALMS OF COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD
CHUFÍL-FÍLYUSHKA
DONOTKNOW
THE SEA TSAR AND VASILÍSA THE WISE
THE ANIMALS’ WINTER QUARTERS
THE STORY OF THE BRAVE AND DOUGHTY KNIGHT ILYÁ MÚROMETS AND THE NIGHTINGALE ROBBER
NIKÍTA THE TANNER
THE SINGING-TREE AND THE SPEAKING-BIRD
AT THE BEHEST OF THE PIKE
THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
VAZÚZA AND VÓLGA
THE ENCHANTED TSARÉVICH
THE SNAKE PRINCESS
BEER AND BREAD
SORROW
IVÁSHKO AND THE WISE WOMAN
NEVER-WASH
CHRIST AND THE GEESE
CHRIST AND FOLK-SONGS
THE DEVIL IN THE DOUGH-PAN
THE SUN, THE MOON, AND CROW CROWSON
THE LEGLESS KNIGHT AND THE BLIND KNIGHT
A CURE FOR STORY-TELLING
NOTES
The Crystal Apple and the Silver Saucer
The Dream. Notes
Midnight Dance. General Notes to this Story
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