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Map Preface | |
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Introduction: The Folktale | |
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Glossary | |
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Animals Tales | |
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Sister Fox and the Wolf | |
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The Peasant, the Bear, and the Fox | |
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The Pig Set Off For the Games | |
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The Fox as Keener | |
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The Fox ad Confessor | |
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A Wolf-Gray and Daring | |
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The Fox and the Jug | |
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The Bear and the Beam | |
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The Peasant, the Bear, the Fox, and the Gadfly | |
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The Case of the Beekeeper and the Bear | |
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The Bear | |
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The Mushrooms | |
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The Sun, the Wind, and the Moon | |
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Tales of Heroes and Villains | |
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Nikita the Tanner | |
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Ivan the Mare's Son | |
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Maria Morevna | |
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The Witch and the Sun's Sister | |
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The Milk of Wild Beasts | |
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Baba yaga and the Gray Wolf | |
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Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf | |
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The Maiden Tsar | |
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Elena the Wise | |
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The Frog Tsarevna | |
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The Petrified Tsarevna | |
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Fenist the Bright Falcon Feather | |
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How the Tsar's Daughter Came to Know Need | |
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Go Where You Know Not Where, Bring Back you Know Not What | |
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The Mare's Head | |
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Baba Yaga | |
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The Swan-Geese | |
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Vasilisa the Beautiful | |
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Tales of Magic | |
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A Prince and His Uncle | |
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The Golden Slipper | |
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Burenushka the Little Red Cow | |
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Sivko-Burko | |
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The Pig with the Golden Bristles | |
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Dirty Face | |
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Ivan Tsarevich, the Gray Wolf, and Elena the Most Beautiful | |
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The Rejuvenating Applies | |
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The Three Sons-in-Law | |
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The Everlasting Piece | |
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Little Boy Green | |
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The Fiddler in Hell | |
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The Snow Maiden | |
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The Armless Maiden | |
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Legends | |
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The Poor Widow | |
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The Serpent | |
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The Hermit and the Devil | |
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The Proud Rich Man | |
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The Bigamist | |
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The Old Woman in Church | |
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The Golden Saucer and the Silver Apple | |
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SS. Kas'ian and Nikolai | |
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Why Women Lost Their Rights | |
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The Tale of a Drunkard | |
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Who Brought Vodka to Rus | |
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The Forest Spirit | |
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The Skomorokh Vavilo | |
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Tales of Love and Life | |
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The Self-Playing Gusli | |
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About Ivan the Fool | |
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The Philosopher and the Cripple | |
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The Soldier Erema the Crafty | |
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The Peasant and the Devil | |
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The White-Bearded Old Man | |
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The Tsar and the Two Craftsmen | |
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The Wise Seven-Year-Old Girl | |
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Tsar Peter and the Clever Woman | |
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The Clever Daughter (or the Dispute Over a Colt) | |
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How I Became Head of the Division | |
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The Merchant's Daughter | |
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A Hunter Rescues a Maiden | |
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The Woman From the Grave | |
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About Savvushka | |
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The Son-in-Law Teachers His Wife and Mother-in-Law | |
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How Peter and a Hunter Went Hunting | |
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Peter the Great Ate the Murzovka | |
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The Carefree Monastery | |
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Why There Is Treason in Rus | |
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Eaten By a Wolf | |
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How a Lad Bought Wisdom | |
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Why They Stopped Banishing Old Men | |
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How the Bear Killed the Robbers | |
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The Soldier and Death | |
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The Golden Pitcher | |
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Peter the Great and the Three Soldiers | |
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The Monk and the Abbess | |
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Tales of Clever Fools | |
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Balda the Laborer | |
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The Laborer and the Priest | |
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Horns | |
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How Klimka Stole the Landlord's Wife | |
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Shabarsha the Laborer | |
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About a Sly Peasant and a Priest | |
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About Egibikha (Baba Yaga) | |
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A Lad Who Watched Rusalki | |
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The Tsar and the Peasant | |
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The Peasant and the Devil | |
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The Devil Takes the Soldier's Watch | |
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Whence Came Baba Yaga | |
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Thw Wizard | |
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Anecdotes | |
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The Dog Tsuvarnachka | |
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Those Folks From Pskov | |
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A Tailor or a Crayfish | |
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The Mare's Egg | |
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Kostia | |
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The Lord of the Manor | |
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How the Soldier Sold the Speck | |
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Unsalted Custard | |
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If You Don't Like It, Don't Listen! | |
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The Turnip | |
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Roundsides | |
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The Sad Story of a Raven | |
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Serial Tales From the Far North | |
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Fear-Bogatyr | |
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Ondrei the Shooter | |
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Ivan Medvedevich the Bear's Son | |
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Story Credits | |
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Sources Cited in Russian Selected Bibliography of Works in English | |
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Index of Tale Type and Motifs | |
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About the Editor | |