The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 4: Russian Wondertales 2 - Tales of Magic and the Supernatural

by Haney,Jack V.

• ISBN13: 9781563244926
• ISBN10: 1563244926
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Technical Note	xi
Glossary	xiii
Introduction	xv
Give Up What You Don't Know Is at Home	3	(1)
The Lazy Spinner	3	(1)
A Prince and His Uncle	4	(5)
The Hunter and the Princess	9	(1)
Serezha, the Merchant's Son	10	(17)
The Serpent and the Fisherman	27	(1)
The Soldier Warrior	28	(4)
The Gratitude of a Corpse	32	(2)
The Golden Slipper	34	(1)
The Hunchback	35	(3)
The Golden Lantern	38	(4)
Burenushka the Little Red Cow	42	(3)
The Bogatyr Warriors	45	(2)
The Airship	47	(2)
Uncle Toropyga the Hustler	49	(2)
The Sorcerer Child	51	(10)
The Peasant's Son Ivanushka	61	(2)
The Moon and the Star	63	(5)
The Footless Warrior and the Blind Warrior	68	(9)
Sivko-Burko	77	(4)
The Pig with the Golden Bristles	81	(6)
Little Lost Son	87	(4)
Know-Nothing	91	(5)
The Cuckoo Helpmate	96	(3)
Dirty Face	99	(3)
Bukhtan Bukhatanovich	102	(2)
Ivan Tsarevich, the Gray Wolf, and Elena the Most Beautiful	104	(6)
Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf	110	(6)
The Rejuvenating Apples	116	(4)
The Three Sons-in-Law	120	(8)
About a Raven	128	(1)
Ivan Tsarevich and the Raven	129	(6)
Anastasia the Beautiful and Ivan the Russian Warrior	135	(11)
Where the Bears Came From	146	(1)
The Greedy Old Woman	147	(2)
The Tsarevna Who Would Not Laugh	149	(2)
The Magic Ring	151	(11)
The Devil's Gratitude	162	(2)
The Little Giant	164	(5)
How the Old Man Gavrila Was Rejuvenated	169	(4)
The Horse, the Tablecloth, and the Horn	173	(2)
A Tale About an Old Man and His Son, a Crane	175	(4)
About the Birch Tree	179	(1)
The Magic Millstone	180	(1)
How the Beggar Paid for His Overnight Lodging	181	(1)
The Magic Tablecloth	182	(1)
Bronze Brow	183	(5)
About Ivan, a Peasant's Son	188	(7)
Twelve Lads out of a Snuffbox	195	(4)
The Wondrous Hares	199	(3)
The Golden Pig	202	(1)
The Wooden Eagle	203	(2)
The Esaul and His Sister	205	(4)
Olesha Popovich	209	(7)
The Hired Man	216	(5)
The Healing Apple	221	(6)
Riazantsev and Miliutin	227	(14)
About Ivan the Russian Merchant	241	(2)
The Two Brothers	243	(4)
The Everlasting Piece	247	(1)
The Louse's Skin	247	(2)
The Snake Groom	249	(1)
About Ivanushka	250	(5)
Ivanko the Bear's Son	255	(2)
The Warriors	257	(2)
Little Boy Green	259	(3)
Il'ia Muromets	262	(6)
About Alyosha Popovich	268	(3)
Vasilii Buslavich	271	(1)
Dunai Ivanovich	272	(3)
Diuk Stepanovich	275	(11)
[The Merchant's Son]	286	(1)
The Seven Simeons	287	(4)
The Seven Semeons	291	(2)
About a Tsar	293	(3)
Light of the Moon	296	(4)
A Tale About a Merchant	300	(3)
The Three Engineers	303	(1)
Sleight of Hand	304	(2)
The Trickster	306	(3)
The Prankster	309	(2)
The Prankster	311	(1)
The Prankster	311	(1)
The Volunteer Soldier	312	(3)
How Grandfather Sold the Stallions	315	(2)
Serpent Teaches a Herder the Language of the Birds	317	(1)
[The Wizard Okh and His Pupil]	318	(5)
The Dreams	323	(3)
A Cunning Gentleman	326	(1)
Emelian the Fool	327	(8)
The Self-covering Hat	335	(1)
[In the Underwater Tsardom]	336	(3)
Sadko	339	(1)
The Fiddler in Hell	340	(2)
The Devils' Guest	342	(2)
When the Old Woman Was a Midwife	344	(1)
Lipuniushka	345	(1)
The Snow Maiden	346	(3)
The Armless Maiden	349	(5)
Ivan Tsarevich and Maria the Yellow Flower	354	(8)
A Tale About an Invisible Cap, a Self-hewing Axe, a Self-laying Tablecloth, and Tsarevich Amafus	362	(8)
Barmynka the King	370	(5)
Prince Bova	375	(3)
About the Warrior Guak and the Maiden Polkan Polkanichna	378	(4)
The Beast-Son	382	(3)
The Magic Mirror	385	(8)
The God-Daughter of the Mother of God	393	(2)
How the Cock Took Away the Tsar's Money	395	(5)
About a Doctor and the Devil	400	(1)
A Pretale	401	(1)
Twelve Mikitas	402	(2)
A Tale About Osip	404	(2)
The Golden Axe	406	(1)
Two Fates	407	(2)
Two Brothers	409	(1)
The Two Brothers and the Cock	410	(1)
The Best Friends	411	(5)
About Two Brothers and a Swallow	416	(1)
Two Brothers	417	(1)
Grishania the Wretch	418	(2)
The Tsar's Daughter	420	(3)
The Tsarevna Talan	423	(6)
Commentaries to Tales	429	(12)
Bibliography	441