Russian Folk-Tales

Name: Russian Folk-Tales
Author: Afanas'ev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich)

Afanas'ev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich)

Folklore -- Russia

This is a simple instance of the _prískazka_ or preface to a story.

Footnote 13:

  A _sazhén_ is seven feet.

Footnote 14:

  Benjamin.

Footnote 15:

  Father.

Footnote 16:

  The Devil in this story is the popular myth of the water-god or
  spirit, The Vodyanóy.

Footnote 17:

  Countesses.

Footnote 18:

  Village priest.

Footnote 19:

  Death is feminine in Russian.

Footnote 20:

  Ilyá Múromets is one of the heroes of the _Byliny_: his great feat is
  the slaying of the Nightingale Robber. This tale may be eponymous of
  geography; Svyatogór (_Svyáty Góry_, Sacred Mountains) Múrom is on the
  river Oka, in the Province of Vladímir, one of the oldest cities in
  Russia; the village of Karachárovo is not far off.

Footnote 21:

  Affectionate term for old servant, equivalent to uncle.

Footnote 22:

  The word means velvet.

Footnote 23:

  Hut.

Footnote 24:

  Cf. Dante, _Inf._

                Fitti nel limo dicon; ‘Tristi fummo.
                Nel dolce mondo che dal sol s’allegra....
                Or c’attristiam’ nella belletta negra.

Footnote 25:

  This is a prose version of a _bylína_: Alyósha Popóvich is one of the
  Kíev cycle.

Footnote 26:

  The strong man, the Serpent’s son.

Footnote 27:

  Hut.

Footnote 28:

  _Koról’_ king: hence princess.

Footnote 29:

  I have taken this story as it stands. There are obvious gaps I have
  not ventured to fill up.

Footnote 30:

  A mythical city, very probably derived from Θύλε.

Footnote 31:

  Earls.

Footnote 32:

  Diminutive of Iván; so too Ványa.

Footnote 33:

  Hut.

Footnote 34:

  A bold flier.

Footnote 35:

  Bandy-legged.

Footnote 36:

  Sitting behind the stove.

Footnote 37:

  _Ídolishche_, i.e. Big idol.

Footnote 38:

  Θεόφιλος.

Footnote 39:

  An equivalent to the Bába Yagá.

Footnote 40:

  Father.

Footnote 41:

  Hut.

Footnote 42:

  Hut.

Footnote 43:

  Hut.

Footnote 44:

  Hut.

Footnote 45:

  A mock patronymic for the Bull.

Footnote 46:

  Hut.

Footnote 47:

  _v._ note to p. 125.

Footnote 48:

  A great forest in Central Russia, once impenetrable and always
  legendary.

Footnote 49:

  Grandmother.

Footnote 50:

  Father.

Footnote 51:

  Father.

Footnote 52:

  Hut.

Footnote 53:

  Hut.

Footnote 54:

  Hut.

Footnote 55:

  Shovels are used to insert loaves and pots deep into the oven.

Footnote 56:

  “_n_” and “_k_” to be sounded distinct as in _pin-case_.

Footnote 57:

  Uncle: term of affection.

Footnote 58:

  Princesses.

Footnote 59:

  Earls.

Footnote 60:

  Hut.

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Russian Folk-TalesAfanas'ev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich)

General

Russian Folk-Tales

Afanas'ev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich)

Folklore -- Russia

This is a simple instance of the _prískazka_ or preface to a story.

Footnote 13:

  A _sazhén_ is seven feet.

Footnote 14:

  Benjamin.

Footnote 15:

  Father.

Footnote 16:

  The Devil in this story is the popular myth of the water-god or
  spirit, The Vodyanóy.

Footnote 17:

  Countesses.

Footnote 18:

  Village priest.

Footnote 19:

  Death is feminine in Russian.

Footnote 20:

  Ilyá Múromets is one of the heroes of the _Byliny_: his great feat is
  the slaying of the Nightingale Robber. This tale may be eponymous of
  geography; Svyatogór (_Svyáty Góry_, Sacred Mountains) Múrom is on the
  river Oka, in the Province of Vladímir, one of the oldest cities in
  Russia; the village of Karachárovo is not far off.

Footnote 21:

  Affectionate term for old servant, equivalent to uncle.

Footnote 22:

  The word means velvet.

Footnote 23:

  Hut.

Footnote 24:

  Cf. Dante, _Inf._

                Fitti nel limo dicon; ‘Tristi fummo.
                Nel dolce mondo che dal sol s’allegra....
                Or c’attristiam’ nella belletta negra.

Footnote 25:

  This is a prose version of a _bylína_: Alyósha Popóvich is one of the
  Kíev cycle.

Footnote 26:

  The strong man, the Serpent’s son.

Footnote 27:

  Hut.

Footnote 28:

  _Koról’_ king: hence princess.

Footnote 29:

  I have taken this story as it stands. There are obvious gaps I have
  not ventured to fill up.

Footnote 30:

  A mythical city, very probably derived from Θύλε.

Footnote 31:

  Earls.

Footnote 32:

  Diminutive of Iván; so too Ványa.

Footnote 33:

  Hut.

Footnote 34:

  A bold flier.

Footnote 35:

  Bandy-legged.

Footnote 36:

  Sitting behind the stove.

Footnote 37:

  _Ídolishche_, i.e. Big idol.

Footnote 38:

  Θεόφιλος.

Footnote 39:

  An equivalent to the Bába Yagá.

Footnote 40:

  Father.

Footnote 41:

  Hut.

Footnote 42:

  Hut.

Footnote 43:

  Hut.

Footnote 44:

  Hut.

Footnote 45:

  A mock patronymic for the Bull.

Footnote 46:

  Hut.

Footnote 47:

  _v._ note to p. 125.

Footnote 48:

  A great forest in Central Russia, once impenetrable and always
  legendary.

Footnote 49:

  Grandmother.

Footnote 50:

  Father.

Footnote 51:

  Father.

Footnote 52:

  Hut.

Footnote 53:

  Hut.

Footnote 54:

  Hut.

Footnote 55:

  Shovels are used to insert loaves and pots deep into the oven.

Footnote 56:

  “_n_” and “_k_” to be sounded distinct as in _pin-case_.

Footnote 57:

  Uncle: term of affection.

Footnote 58:

  Princesses.

Footnote 59:

  Earls.

Footnote 60:

  Hut.

                               PRINTED BY
                       WM. BRENDON AND SON, LTD.
                           PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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