A folk-tale; Russ. skazka, Ger. Märchen.
Kozak, a Cossack, being the ideal human hero of the Ruthenians, just as a bogatyr is a hero of the demi-god type, as the name implies.
A grivna is the tenth part of a rouble, about 2½ d.
Russian Tsarevna, i.e. a Tsar’s daughter.
Pokute, the place of honour in a Ruthenian peasant’s hut, at the right-hand side of the entrance.