Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 7 · page 21 2 3101From the Archangel Government.102[455] _Popovskie_, from _pop_, the vulgar name for a priest, the Greek +pappas+.103[456] The _prosvirka_, or _prosfora_, is a small loaf, made of fine wheat flour.104It is used for the communion service, but before consecration it is freely sold and purchased.105[457] A few lines are here omitted as being superfluous.106In the original the second princess is cured exactly as the first had been.107The doctors then proceed to a third country, where they find precisely the same position of affairs.108[458] _Byely_ = white.109See the "Songs of the Russian People," p. 103, the "Deutsche Mythologie," p. 203.110[459] _Shchob tebe chorny bog ubif!111_ Afanasief, _P.V.S.112_, i. 93, 94.113[460] Afanasief, _P.V.S.114_ iii.115314, 315.116[461] _Lemboi_, perhaps a Samoyed word.117[462] _Lemboi te (tebya) voz'mi!118_119[463] Afanasief, _P.V.S.120_ iii. pp.121314, 315.122[464] _Prolub'_ (for _prorub'_), a hole cut in the ice, and kept open, for the purpose of getting at the water.123[465] _Satana.124_125[466] The word by which the husband here designates his wife is _zakon_, which properly signifies (1) law, (2) marriage.126Here it stands for "spouse."127Satan replies, "If this be thy _zakon_, go hence therewith! to sever a _zakon_ is impossible."128[467] Abridged from Afanasief, _P.V.S.129_ iii.130315, 316.131[468] See the notes in Grimm's _KM.132_ Bd. iii. to stories 100 and 101.133[469] Afanasief, v. No. 26.134[470] Afanasief, v. No. 48.135[471] "Entered upon his matured years," from 17 to 21.136[472] The sleeping-place.137[473] Literally, "to all the four sides."138[474] Haltrich, No. 27.139[475] Afanasief, v. No. 25.140[476] Khudyakof, No. 114.141[477] Chap. i. p. 46.142[478] Afanasief, vii., No. 14.143[479] _Byesenok_, diminutive of _Byes_.144[480] _Chort.145_146[481] Isidore.147[482] Erlenvein, No. 33.148From the Tula Government.149[483] Quoted from Borichefsky, by Afanasief, _Legendui_, p. 182.150[484] _Emy na zdorovie!151_ "Good health to him!"152[485] Afanasief, v. No. 43.153[486] Afanasief, _Legendui_, No. 27.154From the Saratof Government.155This story is merely one of the numerous Slavonic variants of a tale familiar to many lands.156INDEX.157Ad, or Hades, 303158Anepou and Satou, story of, 122159Andrew, St., legend about, 348160Arimaspians, 190161Awful Drunkard, story of the, 46162Baba Yaga, her name and nature, 146; stories about, 103-107, 148-166, 254-256163Back, cutting strips from, 155164Bad Wife, story of the, 52165Beanstalk stories, 35, 296166Beer and Corn, legend of, 339167Birds, legends about, 335168Blind Man and Cripple, story of the, 246169Bluebeard's Chamber, 109170Brandy, legend about origin of, 378171Bridge-building incident, 306172Brothers, enmity between, 93173Brushes, magic, 151174Cat, Whittington's, 56175Chort, or devil, 35176Christ's Brother, legend of, 338177Chudo Morskoe, or water monster, 143178Chudo Yudo, a many-headed monster, 83179Clergy: their bad reputation in folk-tales, 40180Coffin Lid, story of the, 314181Combs, magic, 151182Creation of Man, legends about, 330183Cross Surety, story of the, 40184Curses, legends about, 363185Days of the Week, legends about, 206-212186Dead Mother, story of the, 32187Demons: part played in the Skazkas by, 361; souls of babes stolen by, 363; legends about children devoted to, 364; about persons who give themselves to, 367; dulness of, 375; tricks played upon, 375; gratitude of, 377; resemblance of to snakes, 380188Devil, legends about, 330, 331, 333189Dnieper, Volga, and Dvina, story of the, 217190Dog, legends about, 330-332191Dog and Corpse, story of the, 317192Dolls, or puppets, magic, 167-169193Don and Shat, story of the rivers, 215194Drink, Russian peasant's love of, 42; stories about, 48195Durak, or Ninny, stories about, 23, 62196Eggs, lives of mythical beings connected with, 119-124197Elijah, traditions about, 341-343198Elijah and Nicholas, legend of, 344199Emilian the Fool, story of, 269200Evil, personified, 1861 2 3← previousChapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6next →Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8↑ back to Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-loreThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/page/2/