Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 7 · page 31 2 3201Fiddler in Hell, story of the, 303202Fiend, story of the, 24203Fool and Birch-tree, story of the, 62204Fools, stories about, 62205Fortune, stories about, 203206Fox-Physician, story of the, 296207Fox-Wailer, story of the, 35208Friday, legend of, 207209Frost, story of, 221210George, St., legends about, 348; the Wolves and, 349; the Gypsy and, 350; the people of Troyan and, 351211Ghost stories, 295-328212Gold-Men, 231213Golden Bird, the _Zhar-Ptitsa_ or, 291214Golovikha, or Mayoress, story of the, 55215Gore, or Woe, story of, 192216Gossip's Bedstead, story of the, 381217Gravestone, story of the Ride on the, 308218Greece, Vampires in, 323219Gypsy, story of St. George and the, 350220Hades, 303221Hasty Word, story of the, 370222Head, story of the trunkless, 230223Headless Princess, story of the, 276224Heaven-tree Myth, 298225Helena the Fair, story of, 262226Hell, story of the Fiddler in, 303227Hills, legend of creation of, 333228Ivan Popyalof, story of, 79229Katoma, story of, 246230Koshchei the Deathless, stories of, 96-115231Kruchina, or Grief, 201232Kuzma and Demian, the holy Smiths, 82233Lame and Blind Heroes, story of the, 246234Laments for the dead, 36235Leap, bride won by a, 266-269236Legends, 329-382237Leshy, or Wood-demon, story of the, 213238Life, Water of, 237239Likho the One-Eyed, story of, 186240Luck, stories about, 203-206241Marya Morevna, story of, 97242Medea's Cauldron incident, 359, 368243Miser, story of the, 60244Mizgir, or Spider, story of the, 68245Morfei the Cook, story of, 234246Mouse, legends about the, 334247Mythology, &c. Personifications of Good and Evil, 77; the Snake, 78; Daylight eclipsed by a Snake, 81; the Chudo-Yudo, 83; the Norka-Beast, 86; the Usuinya-Bird, 95; Koshchei the Deathless, 96-116; the Bluebeard's Chamber myth, 109; stories about external hearts and fatal eggs, &c., 119-124; the Water Snake, 129; the Tsar Morskoi or Water King, 130-141; the King Bear, 142; the Water-Chudo, 143; the Idol, 144; Female embodiments of Evil, 146; the Baba Yaga, 146-166; magic dolls or puppets, 167; the story of Verlioka, 170; the Supernatural Witch, 170-183; The Sun's Sister and the Dawn, 178-185; Likho or Evil, 186-187; Polyphemus and the Arimaspians, 190; Gore or Woe, 192; Nuzhda or Need, 199; Kruchina or Grief, 201; Zluidni, 201; stories about Luck, 203-206; Friday, 206; Wednesday, 208; Sunday, 211; the Leshy or Woodsprite, 213; stories about Rivers, 215-221; about Frost, 221; about the Whirlwind, 232; Morfei, 234; Oh! the, 235; Waters of Life and Death, 237-242; Symplegades, 242; Waters of Strength and Weakness, 243-245; Magic Horses, 249, 264; a Magic Pike, 269-273; Witchcraft stories, 273-295; the Zhar-Ptitsa or Glow-Bird, 289-292; upper-world ideas, 296; the heaven-tree myth, 296-302; lower-world ideas, 303; Ghost-stories, 308; stories about Vampires, 313-322; home and origin of Vampirism, 323-328; legends about Saints, the Devil, &c., 329; Perun, the thunder-god, 341; superstitions about lightning, 343; legends about St. George and the Wolves, 349; old Slavonian gods changed into demons, 362; power attributed to curses, 364; dulness of demons, 375; their resemblance to snakes, 380248National character, how far illustrated by popular tales, 18249Need, story of Nuzhda or, 199250Nicholas, St., legends about, 343; his kindness, 352-354; story of the Priest of, 355251Nicholas, St., and Elijah, story of, 343252Norka, story of the, 86253Oh! demon named, 2351 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/3/