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Russian Fairy Tales.

A CHOICE COLLECTION —OF— MUSCOVITE FOLK-LORE. W. R. S. RALSTON, M. A., PREFACE.

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CONTENTS. STORY-LIST.

RUSSIAN FOLK-TALES.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY.

The Fiend.[18] The Dead Mother.[24] The Dead Witch.[26] The Treasure.[31] The Cross-Surety.[35] The Awful Drunkard.[43] The Bad Wife.[53] The Golovikha.[55] The Three Copecks.[56] The Miser.[58] The Fool and the Birch-Tree.[62] The Mizgir.[66] The Smith and the Demon.[69]

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CHAPTER II.

MYTHOLOGICAL. Principal Incarnations of Evil.

Ivan Popyalof.[74] The Norka.[85] Marya Morevna.[101] Koshchei the Deathless.[112] The Water Snake.[141] The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise.[143] The Baba Yaga.[161] Vasilissa the Fair.[182] The Witch.[206] The Witch and the Sun’s Sister.[216]

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CHAPTER III.

MYTHOLOGICAL. Miscellaneous Impersonifications.

One-Eyed Likho.[224] Woe.[233] Friday.[253] Wednesday.[255] The Léshy.[264] Vazuza and Volga.[268] Sozh and Dnieper. The Metamorphosis of the Dnieper, the Volga, and the Dvina.[272] Frost.[277]

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CHAPTER IV.

MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.

The Blind Man and the Cripple.[318] Princess Helena the Fair.[329] Emilian the Fool.[351] The Witch Girl.[358] The Headless Princess.[364] The Soldier’s Midnight Watch.[366] The Warlock.[375]

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CHAPTER V.

GHOST STORIES.

The Fox-Physician.[380] The Fiddler in Hell.[391] The Ride on the Gravestone.[401] The Two Friends.[402] The Shroud.[404] The Coffin-Lid.[408] The Two Corpses.[409] The Dog and the Corpse.[411] The Soldier and the Vampire.[412]

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CHAPTER VI.

LEGENDS. I About Saints.

Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas.[444] The Priest with the Greedy Eyes.[454]

II. About Demons.

The Hasty Word.[470]

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INDEX.