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Russian Folk-tales

Russian Folk-tales

by A. N. Afanas'ev

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Author
Afanas'ev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1826-1871
Title
Russian Folk-Tales
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Folklore -- Russia
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62509
Release Date
June 28, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.RUSSIAN FOLK-TALES (TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN) WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.THE PRONUNCIATION OF RUSSIAN WORDS
  4. 4.CONTENTS — THE DUN COW
  5. 5.A TALE OF THE DEAD
  6. 6.A TALE OF THE DEAD
  7. 7.A TALE OF THE DEAD
  8. 8.THE BEAR, THE DOG, AND THE CAT
  9. 9.EGÓRI THE BRAVE AND THE GIPSY
  10. 10.DANÍLO THE UNFORTUNATE
  11. 11.THE SORRY DRUNKARD
  12. 12.THE WOLF AND THE TAILOR
  13. 13.THE TALE OF THE SILVER SAUCER AND THE CRYSTAL APPLE
  14. 14.THE FOUNDLING PRINCE
  15. 15.THE SUN AND HOW IT WAS MADE BY DIVINE WILL
  16. 16.THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS
  17. 17.BÁBA YAGÁ AND ZAMORÝSHEK
  18. 18.THE MIRACULOUS HEN
  19. 19.MARK THE RICH
  20. 20.BY COMMAND OF THE PRINCE DANIEL
  21. 21.THE THOUGHTLESS WORD
  22. 22.THE TSARÍTSA HARPIST
  23. 23.THE TALE OF IVÁN TSARÉVICH, THE BIRD OF LIGHT, AND THE GREY WOLF
  24. 24.THE PRIEST WITH THE ENVIOUS EYES
  25. 25.THE SOLDIER AND DEATH
  26. 26.THE MIDNIGHT DANCE
  27. 27.VASILÍSA THE FAIR
  28. 28.THE ANIMALS IN THE PIT
  29. 29.THE POOR WIDOW
  30. 30.ILYÁ MÚROMETS [20] AND SVYATOGÓR THE KNIGHT
  31. 31.THE SMITH AND THE DEVIL
  32. 32.THE PRINCESS WHO WOULD NOT SMILE
  33. 33.THE TSARÉVICH AND DYÁD’KA [21]
  34. 34.PRINCE EVSTÁFI
  35. 35.VASILÍSA POPÓVNA
  36. 36.THE DREAM
  37. 37.THE SOLDIER AND THE TSAR IN THE FOREST
  38. 38.THE TALE OF ALEXANDER OF MACEDON
  39. 39.THE BROTHER OF CHRIST
  40. 40.ALYÓSHA POPÓVICH [25]
  41. 41.GOD’S BLESSING COMPASSES ALL THINGS
  42. 42.SHEMYÁK THE JUDGE
  43. 43.A STORY OF SAINT NICHOLAS
  44. 44.THE POTTER
  45. 45.THE WITCH AND THE SISTER OF THE SUN
  46. 46.MÁRYA MORYÉVNA
  47. 47.THE REALM OF STONE
  48. 48.THE STORY OF TSAR ANGÉY AND HOW HE SUFFERED FOR PRIDE
  49. 49.THE FEAST OF THE DEAD
  50. 50.THE QUARRELSOME WIFE
  51. 51.ELIJAH THE PROPHET AND ST. NICHOLAS
  52. 52.THE PRINCESS TO BE KISSED AT A CHARGE
  53. 53.THE WOOD SPRITE
  54. 54.THE REALMS OF COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD
  55. 55.CHUFÍL-FÍLYUSHKA
  56. 56.DONOTKNOW
  57. 57.THE SEA TSAR AND VASILÍSA THE WISE
  58. 58.THE ANIMALS’ WINTER QUARTERS
  59. 59.THE STORY OF THE BRAVE AND DOUGHTY KNIGHT ILYÁ MÚROMETS AND THE NIGHTINGALE ROBBER
  60. 60.NIKÍTA THE TANNER
  61. 61.THE SINGING-TREE AND THE SPEAKING-BIRD
  62. 62.AT THE BEHEST OF THE PIKE
  63. 63.THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
  64. 64.VAZÚZA AND VÓLGA
  65. 65.THE ENCHANTED TSARÉVICH
  66. 66.THE SNAKE PRINCESS
  67. 67.BEER AND BREAD
  68. 68.SORROW
  69. 69.IVÁSHKO AND THE WISE WOMAN
  70. 70.NEVER-WASH
  71. 71.CHRIST AND THE GEESE
  72. 72.CHRIST AND FOLK-SONGS
  73. 73.THE DEVIL IN THE DOUGH-PAN
  74. 74.THE SUN, THE MOON, AND CROW CROWSON
  75. 75.THE LEGLESS KNIGHT AND THE BLIND KNIGHT
  76. 76.A CURE FOR STORY-TELLING
  77. 77.NOTES — The Crystal Apple and the Silver Saucer — The Dream. Notes — Midnight Dance. General Notes to this Story
  78. 78.GLOSSARY

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