| Description |
xxxvi, 340 pages : map ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-329) and index. |
| Contents |
I. Animal tales. Sister Fox and the Wolf -- The Peasant, the Bear, and the Fox -- THe Pig Set Off for the Games -- The Fox as Keener -- The Fox as Confessor -- A Wolf, Gray and Daring -- The Fox and the Jug -- The Bear and the Beam -- The Peasant, the Bear, the Fox, and the Gadfly -- The Case of the Beekeeper and the Bear -- The Bear -- The Mushrooms -- The Sun, the Wind, and the Moon -- II. Tales of heroes and villains. Nikita the Tanner -- Ivan the Mare's Son -- Maria Morevna -- The Witch and the Sun's Sister --The Milk of Wild Beasts -- Baba Yaga and the Nimble Youth -- Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf -- The Maiden Tsar -- Elena the Wise -- The Frog Tsarevna -- The Petrified Tsarevna -- Fenist and Bright Falcon Feather -- How the Tsar's Daughter Came to Know Need -- Go Where You Know Not Where, Bring Back You Know Not What -- The Mares' Head -- Baba Yaga -- The Swan-Geese -- Vasilisa the Beautiful -- III. Tales of magic. A Prince and His "Uncle" -- The Golden Slipper -- Burensushka the Little Red Cow -- Sivko-Burko -- The Pig with the Golden Bristles -- Dirty Face -- Ivan Tsarevich, the Gray Wolf, and Elena thee Most Beautiful -- The Rejuvenating Applies -- The Three Sons-in-Law -- The Everlasting Piece -- Little Boy Green -- The Fiddler in Hell -- The Snow Maiden -- The Armless Maiden -- IV. Legends. The Poor Widow -- The Serpent -- The Hermit and the Devil -- The Proud Rich Man -- The Bigamist -- The Old Woman in Church -- The Golden Saucer and the Silver Apple -- Kasian and Nikolai --Why Women Lost Their Rights -- A Tale of a Drunkard -- Who Brought Vodka to Rus -- The Forest Spirit -- The Skomorokh Vavilo |
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V. Tales of love and life.The Self-Playing Gusli -- About Ivan the Fool -- The Philosopher and the Cripple -- The Soldier Erema the Crafty -- The Peasant and the Devil -- The White-Bearded Old Man -- The Tsar and the Two Craftsmen -- The Wise Seven-Year-Old Girl -- Tsar Peter and the Clever Woman -- The Clever Daughter (or the Dispute over a Colt) -- How I Became Head of the Division -- The Merchants' Daughter -- A Hunter Rescues a Maiden -- The Woman from the Grave -- About Savvushka -- The Son-in-Law Teaches His Wife and Mother-in-Law -- How Peter and a Hunter Went Hunting -- Peter the Great Ate the Murzovka -- The Carefree Monastery -- Why There Is Treason in Rus -- Eaten by a Wolf -- How a Lad Bought Wisdom -- Why They Stopped Banishing Old Men -- How the Bear Killed the Robbers -- The Soldier and Death -- The Golden Pitcher -- Peter the Great and the Three Soldiers -- The Monk and the Abbess -- VI. Tales of clever fools. Balda the Laborer -- The Laborer and the Priest -- Horns -- How Klimka Stole the Landlord's WIfe -- Shabarsha the Laborer -- About a Sly Peasant and a Priest -- About Egibikha (Baba Yaga) -- A Lad Who Watched Rusalki -- The Tsar and the Peasant -- The Peasant and the Devil -- The Devil Takes the Soldier's Watch -- Whence Came Baba Yaga -- The Wizard -- VII. Anecdotes. The Dog Tsuvarnachka -- Those Folk from Pskov -- A Tailor or a Crayfish -- The Mares' Egg -- Kostia -- The Lord of the Manor -- How the Soldier Stole the Speck -- Unsalted Custard -- If you Don't Like It, Don't Listen! -- The Turnip -- Roundsides -- The Sad Story of a Raven -- VIII. Serial tales from the Far North. Fear-Bogatyr -- Ondrei the Shooter -- Ivan Medvedevich the Bear's Son. |
| Subject |
Tales -- Russia (Federation)
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Tales. |
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Russia (Federation) |
| Added Author |
Haney, Jack V., 1940-2015.
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| ISBN |
9780765623058 cloth alkaline paper |
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0765623056 cloth alkaline paper |
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