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Book EMELYAN THE FOOL   A Russian Fairy Tale

Download or read book EMELYAN THE FOOL A Russian Fairy Tale written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 180 ÿ In this 180th issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Russian story of ?Emelyan the Fool?. A peasant, who had three sons, two of whom were clever, but the third, Emelyan, was a fool. In time the peasant died leaving precious little as an inheritance. The two elder brothers decided to manage the meagre amount and go to the city to try and increase their wealth leaving Emelyan to look after their wives and the farmstead. One day Emelyan cuts a hole in the frozen river and catches a pike. The pike asks Emelyan what he is going to do with him. Why take him home to cook and eat. The pike convinces Emelyan that he has magical powers and that if Emelyan returns him to the river he will grant him every wish he asks for..............??. Download and read this story to find out just what happens to Emelyan? Was the pike really magical or did he take Emelyan for the fool he really was? ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through the Middle East and Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, can be altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture. ÿ

Book Greatest Russian Fairytales   Legends  Illustrated Edition

Download or read book Greatest Russian Fairytales Legends Illustrated Edition written by Arthur Ransome and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-06 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Greatest Russian Fairytales & Legends (Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean The Goat and the Ram The Hungry Wolf The Peasant and the Bear The Dog and the Cock King Frost The Bear's Paw The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters The Straw Ox The Fox and the Blackbird Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka Fire Bird Winged Wolf Self-Playing Harp Seven Brothers Ivan Story of the Golden Mountain Robber Nightingale Renowned Hero Mild Man Duck with Golden Eggs Bulat the Brave Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia The Golden Mountain Morozko Flying Ship Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb Tsarevich Ivan Tale of Little Fool Ivan Little Feather of Fenist Peasant Demyan Enchanted Ring Brave Labourer Sage Damsel Prophetic Dream Two Out of the Knapsack Marko and Vasily Muscovite Folk Tales: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister Emilian the Fool Witch Girl Headless Princess Soldier's Midnight Watch Warlock Fox-Physician Fiddler in Hell Ride on the Gravestone Two Friends Shroud Coffin-Lid Two Corpses Dog and the Corpse Soldier and the Vampire Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas Priest with the Greedy Eyes Hasty Word.....

Book THE GREATEST RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES   FABLES  With Original Illustrations

Download or read book THE GREATEST RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES FABLES With Original Illustrations written by Valery Carrick and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated collection of the greatest russian fairytales & fables has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean The Goat and the Ram The Hungry Wolf The Peasant and the Bear The Dog and the Cock King Frost The Bear's Paw The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters The Straw Ox The Fox and the Blackbird Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka Fire Bird Winged Wolf Self-Playing Harp Seven Brothers Ivan Story of the Golden Mountain Robber Nightingale Renowned Hero Mild Man Duck with Golden Eggs Bulat the Brave Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia The Golden Mountain Morozko Flying Ship Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb Tsarevich Ivan Tale of Little Fool Ivan Little Feather of Fenist Peasant Demyan Enchanted Ring Brave Labourer Sage Damsel Prophetic Dream Two Out of the Knapsack Marko and Vasily Muscovite Folk Tales: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister Emilian the Fool Witch Girl Headless Princess Soldier's Midnight Watch Warlock Fox-Physician Fiddler in Hell Ride on the Gravestone Two Friends Shroud Coffin-Lid Two Corpses Dog and the Corpse Soldier and the Vampire Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas Priest with the Greedy Eyes Hasty Word.....

Book Greatest Russian Fairytales   Legends  Illustrated Edition   Over 125 Stories Including Picture Tales for Children  Old Peter s Russian Tales  Muscovite Folk Tales for Adults and Fables  Annotated Edition

Download or read book Greatest Russian Fairytales Legends Illustrated Edition Over 125 Stories Including Picture Tales for Children Old Peter s Russian Tales Muscovite Folk Tales for Adults and Fables Annotated Edition written by Valery Carrick and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Greatest Russian Fairytales & Legends (Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages. Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean, The Goat and the Ram, The Hungry Wolf, The Peasant and the Bear, The Dog and the Cock, King Frost, The Bear's Paw, The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters, The Straw Ox, The Fox and the Blackbird. Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka, Fire Bird, Winged Wolf, Self-Playing Harp, Seven Brothers, Ivan, Story of the Golden Mountain, Robber Nightingale, Renowned Hero, Mild Man, Duck with Golden Eggs, Bulat the Brave, Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock, Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia, The Golden Mountain, Morozko, Flying Ship, Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb, Tsarevich Ivan, Tale of Little Fool Ivan, Little Feather of Fenist, Peasant Demyan, Enchanted Ring, Brave Labourer, Sage Damsel, Prophetic Dream, Two Out of the Knapsack, Marko and Vasily. Muscovite Folk Tales: The Fiend, The Dead Mother, The Dead Witch, The Treasure, The Cross-Surety, The Awful Drunkard, The Bad Wife, The Golovikha, The Three Copecks, The Miser, The Fool and the Birch-Tree, The Mizgir, The Smith and the Demon, Ivan Popyalof, The Norka, Marya Morevna, Koshchei the Deathless, The Water Snake, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, The Baba Yaga, Vasilissa the Fair, The Witch, The Witch and the Sun's Sister, Emilian the Fool, Witch Girl, Headless Princess, Soldier's Midnight Watch, Warlock, Fox-Physician, Fiddler in Hell, Ride on the Gravestone, Two Friends, Shroud, Coffin-Lid, Two Corpses, Dog and the Corpse, Soldier and the Vampire, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas, Priest with the Greedy Eyes, Hasty Word ...

Book The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Download or read book The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship written by and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1987-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.

Book Russian Fairytales   Fables  Illustrated Edition

Download or read book Russian Fairytales Fables Illustrated Edition written by Valery Carrick and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique edition of the greatest russian fairytales & fables has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean The Goat and the Ram The Hungry Wolf The Peasant and the Bear The Dog and the Cock King Frost The Bear's Paw The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters The Straw Ox The Fox and the Blackbird Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka Fire Bird Winged Wolf Self-Playing Harp Seven Brothers Ivan Story of the Golden Mountain Robber Nightingale Renowned Hero Mild Man Duck with Golden Eggs Bulat the Brave Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia The Golden Mountain Morozko Flying Ship Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb Tsarevich Ivan Tale of Little Fool Ivan Little Feather of Fenist Peasant Demyan Enchanted Ring Brave Labourer Sage Damsel Prophetic Dream Two Out of the Knapsack Marko and Vasily Muscovite Folk Tales: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister Emilian the Fool Witch Girl Headless Princess Soldier's Midnight Watch Warlock Fox-Physician Fiddler in Hell Ride on the Gravestone Two Friends Shroud Coffin-Lid Two Corpses Dog and the Corpse Soldier and the Vampire .....

Book A RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER   S WONDER TALES   50 Children s Russian Bedtime Stories

Download or read book A RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER S WONDER TALES 50 Children s Russian Bedtime Stories written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient Hopi parable states “He who tells stories, rules the world.” The stories which this Russian grandmother tells can be found, with many others, in a collection of “Tales and Legends of South Slavonia.” Here they have been sketched with the background of Russian peasant village life as it existed in some parts of Southern Russia. Because of this, the narrator has been careful to clothe them as nearly as possible in the simple language in which they are retold to-day by many a village fireside in South Slavonia. The 50 children’s stories in this volume are arranged into 24 chapters. Here you will find stories like: The Little Boy and the Grandmother, The Wolf as a Roman, The Sick Lion, Saturday Afternoon, The Fire of Shavings, The Man, the Hare, the Fox, and the Bear, The Bird, the Fox, and the Dog, A Pleasant Surprise, The Patient Little Boy, The Seven Stars, The Wonderful Story, The Bridge, The Korowai, The Basil-Plant, Steelpacha and many, many more. Just as the Hopi’s of North America told their children stories to teach morals and the lessons of life, so did the Russians, the Vikings, the Greeks, the ancient Egyptians as well as the Chinese, Japanese and Zulus. In fact you will find folklore and fairy tales in every nation on earth. Without exception, all have a simple message, good always wins and the evil protagonist will lose and be, at least exiled, or worse. So download this book and make yourself comfortable with a mug full of something hot and steaming and be prepared to be entertained for hours. YESTERDAY’S BOOKS raising funds for TODAYS CHARITIES ========== KEYWORDS: fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, children’s stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, fables, Adventures, Russian, Grandmother, Wonder Stories, Little Boy, Grandmother, Wolf as a Roman, Mother, Fête-Day, Sick Lion, Saturday Afternoon, Whiteling’s War, Isegrim, Fire of Shavings, Bear, Boar, Fox, frost Bite, Toes, Man, Hare, Fox, Bear, After Supper, Reinecke, Revenge, Isegrim, Snowy Day, Bird, Dog, Dove, Election Meeting, Hedgehog, Gockeling, Cock, Disappoint, Cat, Mouse, Pleasant Surprise, Badger, Stag, Patient, Little Boy, Hen, Sheep-Play, Beg, Seven Stars, the Vila, Muhlenberg, Homesick, Short Story, Golden, Apple Tree, Nine Peahens, Peacock, wonderful story, Youth, Sleepless, Golden Castle, Home Again, Prince, Princess, King, Queen, Betrothal, Deserter, Fields, Hunter, Watch Tower, Earth, Heaven, Bridge, Trinity Monday, Born, Die, Enchanted Lambs, Knot-Grass, Threshing, Three Eels, Korowai, Morning, Dew, Wedding, Neverfull, Basil-Plant, Wedding, Steelpacha

Book Russian Tales of Clever Fools  Complete Russian Folktale  v  7

Download or read book Russian Tales of Clever Fools Complete Russian Folktale v 7 written by Jack V. Haney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the concluding installment of a splendid multi-volume work that makes available to English readers a rich folktale tradition that has not been easily accessible or well-known in the West. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, and drawing on both archival and written sources dating back to the early sixteenth century, J.V. Haney has assembled and translated examples of the full range of tales. Nearly all of these tales appear here in translation for the first time. The tales in this volume center on the so-called fool, the village simpleton. However, Ivan, the Russian everyman, turns out to have far more sense than his would-be oppressors. The greedy priests and landlords and dim-witted demons who try to take advantage of him are easily outsmarted. In the end it is they who are shown to be the fools as Ivan outwits or outlasts them. In these unequal contests lies the pleasure of the tales.

Book Russian Fairy Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Source Wikipedia
  • Publisher : University-Press.org
  • Release : 2013-09
  • ISBN : 9781230535135
  • Pages : 34 pages

Download or read book Russian Fairy Tales written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Dunno, Father Frost (fairy tale), Foolish Emilyan and the Talking Fish, Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What, Ivan the Fool (story), Ruslan and Ludmila, Skazka, The Armless Maiden, The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life, The Death of Koschei the Deathless, The Feather of Finist the Falcon, The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, The Golden Slipper, The Hairy Man, The Language of the Birds, The Lute Player, The Magic Swan Geese, The Princess Who Never Smiled, The Scarlet Flower, The Tale of Peter and Fevronia, The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights, The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The White Duck, The Wicked Sisters, The Wise Little Girl, The Witch (fairy tale), The Wonderful Birch, Three Fat Men, To Your Good Health , Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Vasilisa the Priest's Daughter, Yeruslan Lazarevich. Excerpt: Dunno, or Know-Nothing (Russian: , Neznayka; from the Russian phrase ,"" don't know) is a hero created by Soviet children's writer Nikolay Nosov. Dunno, recognized by his bright blue hat, canary-yellow trousers, orange shirt, and green tie, is the title character of Nosov's world-famous trilogy, The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends (1954), Dunno in Sun City (1958), and Dunno on the Moon (1966). There have been several movie adaptations of the books. His names were translated differently in various languages: in Albanian: , in Chinese: , in Arabic "," in Bengali as "Anari," in Latvian: , in Lithuanian: , in Ukrainian: , in Spanish: , in German: , in Czech: , in Slovak: , in Romanian: , in Hungarian: , in Hindi: and in Vietnamese: . The three fairy tale novels...

Book RUSSIAN LEGENDS   FAIRYTALES  With Original Illustrations

Download or read book RUSSIAN LEGENDS FAIRYTALES With Original Illustrations written by Valery Carrick and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean, The Goat and the Ram, The Hungry Wolf, The Peasant and the Bear, The Dog and the Cock, King Frost, The Bear's Paw, The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters, The Straw Ox, The Fox and the Blackbird; Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka, Fire Bird, Winged Wolf, Self-Playing Harp, Seven Brothers Ivan, Story of the Golden Mountain, Robber Nightingale, Renowned Hero, Mild Man, Duck with Golden Eggs, Bulat the Brave, Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock, Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia, The Golden Mountain Morozko, Flying Ship, Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb, Tsarevich Ivan, Tale of Little Fool Ivan, The Feather of Fenist, Peasant Demyan, Enchanted Ring; Folk Tales: The Fiend, The Dead Mother, The Dead Witch, The Treasure, The Cross-Surety, The Awful Drunkard, The Bad Wife, The Golovikha, The Three Copecks, The Miser, The Fool and the Birch-Tree, The Mizgir, The Smith and the Demon, The Water Snake, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise..

Book The Russian Garland  Being Russian Folk Tales

Download or read book The Russian Garland Being Russian Folk Tales written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Russian Garland, Being Russian Folk Tales" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Book The Russian Garland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Steele
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-01-29
  • ISBN : 9781542834278
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book The Russian Garland written by Robert Steele and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of some of the very best traditional Russian Folk Tales, translated from the original peasant chapbooks dating from 1830s Moscow by famed medievalist Robert Steele. The broad range of the fairy tales-some similar to, but others vastly different from, their Western European equivalents-is superbly captured in this collection, which includes such tempting titles as "The Mild Man and His Cantankerous Wife," and the "Story of the Most Wonderful and Noble Self-Playing Harp." As Steele notes in his introduction, some of the tales are obviously of German origin-adopted and made Russian, like that of the "Seven Simeons" or "Emelyan, the Fool," while others are as evidently Eastern. A few date from the Russian Epics, like that of "Iliya of Murom" and "Ivan the Peasant's Son;" others are of later date, like that of "The Judgment of Shemyaka," who was a historic character who lived about 1446. This delightful collection also offers a fascinating-and refreshing-look into classical Russian culture and folklore, as the editor pointed out: It is hardly necessary to dilate on the peculiar expressions here to be found; how that a child grows "not day by day, but hour by hour," how that when the Tsar wants to drink, "beer is not brewed nor brandy distilled," seeing he is served at once, how the hero passes through "thrice nine lands to the thirtieth country," how brothers are always in threes, and how the youngest always succeeds where his elders fail. Students of folklore will know all about them, and the rest of us must take them on trust. Do you know why you must never go under a ladder? Contents Foreword Story of Lyubim Tsarevich and the Winged Wolf Story of the Most Wonderful and Noble Self-Playing Harp The Seven Brothers Simeon Story of Ivan, the Peasant's Son Story of the Golden Mountain Iliya of Murom and the Robber Nightingale The Renowned Hero, Bova Korolevich, and the Princess Drushnevna The Mild Man and His Cantankerous Wife Story of the Duck with Golden Eggs Story of Bulat the Brave Companion Story of Prince Malandrach and the Princess Salikalla Story of a Shoemaker and His Servant Prituitshkin Emelyan, the Fool The Judgment of Shemyaka Story of Prince Peter with the Golden Keys, and the Princess Magilene Sila Tsarevich and Ivashka with the White Smock Story of the Knight Yaroslav Lasarevich and the Princess Anastasia

Book The Russian Garland of Fairy Tales

Download or read book The Russian Garland of Fairy Tales written by Robert Steele and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Fairy Ring  a New Collection of Popular Tales  Translated from the German of J  and W  G   by J  E  Taylor  With     Illustrations by R  Doyle

Download or read book The Fairy Ring a New Collection of Popular Tales Translated from the German of J and W G by J E Taylor With Illustrations by R Doyle written by Jacob Grimm and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Fairy Ring  a Collection of Tales and Traditions  Translated     by John Edward Taylor  Illustrated by Richard Doyle  New Edition

Download or read book The Fairy Ring a Collection of Tales and Traditions Translated by John Edward Taylor Illustrated by Richard Doyle New Edition written by Jacob Grimm and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Russian Garland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Steele
  • Publisher : Blurb
  • Release : 2017-10-21
  • ISBN : 9781389486203
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book The Russian Garland written by Robert Steele and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Robert Steele. Illustrated by J. R. De Rosciszewski. A selection of some of the very best traditional Russian Folk Tales, translated from the original peasant chapbooks dating from 1830s Moscow by famed medievalist Robert Steele. The broad range of the fairy tales-some similar to, but others vastly different from, their Western European equivalents-is superbly captured in this collection, which includes such tempting titles as "The Mild Man and His Cantankerous Wife," and the "Story of the Most Wonderful and Noble Self-Playing Harp." As Steele notes in his introduction, some of the tales are obviously of German origin-adopted and made Russian, like that of the "Seven Simeons" or "Emelyan, the Fool," while others are as evidently Eastern. A few date from the Russian Epics, like that of "Iliya of Murom" and "Ivan the Peasant's Son;" others are of later date, like that of "The Judgment of Shemyaka," who was a historic character who lived about 1446. This delightful collection also offers a fascinating-and refreshing-look into classical Russian culture and folklore, as the editor pointed out: It is hardly necessary to dilate on the peculiar expressions here to be found; how that a child grows "not day by day, but hour by hour," how that when the Tsar wants to drink, "beer is not brewed nor brandy distilled," seeing he is served at once, how the hero passes through "thrice nine lands to the thirtieth country," how brothers are always in threes, and how the youngest always succeeds where his elders fail. Students of folklore will know all about them, and the rest of us must take them on trust. Do you know why you must never go under a ladder?

Book Greatest Russian Fairytales   Legends

Download or read book Greatest Russian Fairytales Legends written by Arthur Ransome and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This edition represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean The Goat and the Ram The Hungry Wolf The Peasant and the Bear The Dog and the Cock King Frost The Bear's Paw The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters The Straw Ox The Fox and the Blackbird Fairy Tales: Snegorotchka Fire Bird Winged Wolf Self-Playing Harp Seven Brothers Ivan Story of the Golden Mountain Robber Nightingale Renowned Hero Mild Man Duck with Golden Eggs Bulat the Brave Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia The Golden Mountain Morozko Flying Ship Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb Tsarevich Ivan Tale of Little Fool Ivan Little Feather of Fenist Peasant Demyan Enchanted Ring Brave Labourer Sage Damsel Prophetic Dream Two Out of the Knapsack Marko and Vasily Muscovite Folk Tales: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister Emilian the Fool Witch Girl Headless Princess Soldier's Midnight Watch Warlock Fox-Physician Fiddler in Hell Ride on the Gravestone Two Friends Shroud Coffin-Lid Two Corpses Dog and the Corpse Soldier and the Vampire Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas Priest with the Greedy Eyes Hasty Word.....