Russian Folk-Tales

CONTENTS

	Page
Introduction	v
The Pronunciation of Russian Words	xi
The Dun Cow	1
A Tale of the Dead	6
A Tale of the Dead	8
A Tale of the Dead	9
The Bear, the Dog and the Cat	13
EgÓri the Brave and the Gipsy	17
DanÍlo the Unfortunate	22
The Sorry Drunkard	30
The Wolf and the Tailor	33
The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Crystal Apple	36
The Foundling Prince	42
The Sun and how it was Made by Divine Will	43
The Language of the Birds	45
BÁba YagÁ and ZamorÝshek	48
The Miraculous Hen	52
Mark the Rich	61
By Command of the Prince Daniel	64
The Thoughtless Word	70
The TsarÍtsa Harpist	75
The Tale of IvÁn TsarÉvich, the Bird of Light, and the Grey Wolf	78
The Priest with the Envious Eyes	91
The Soldier and Death	96
The Midnight Dance	106
VasilÍsa the Fair	109
The Animals in the Pit	119
The Poor Widow	121
IlyÁ MÚromets and SvyatogÓr the Knight	125
The Smith and the Devil	128
The Princess who would not Smile	133
The TsarÉvich and DyÁd’ka	137
Prince EvstÁfi	145
VasilÍsa PopÓvna	147
The Dream	151
The Soldier and the Tsar in the Forest	154
The Tale of Alexander of Macedon	160
The Brother of Christ	162
AlyÓsha PopÓvich	165
God’s Blessing Compasses all Things	170
ShemyÁk the Judge	173
A Story of Saint Nicholas	176
The Potter	185
The Witch and the Sister of the Sun	188
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