[24]. Cf. Dante, Inf.
Fitti nel limo dicon; ‘Tristi fummo.
Nel dolce mondo che dal sol s’allegra....
Or c’attristiam’ nella belletta negra.
[25]. This is a prose version of a bylína: Alyósha Popóvich is one of the Kíev cycle.
[26]. The strong man, the Serpent’s son.
[27]. Hut.
[28]. Koról’ king: hence princess.
[29]. I have taken this story as it stands. There are obvious gaps I have not ventured to fill up.
[30]. A mythical city, very probably derived from Θύλε.