Chapter VI. LEGENDS Chapter VI. LEGENDS of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore»: the whole text, 81 sentences and 295 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.
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2 _Saints, &c._ 3 Legends connected with the Dog, the Izba, the Creation of Man, the Rye, the Snake, Ox, Sole, &c.; with Birds, the Peewit, Sparrow, Swallow, &c.--Legends about SS. 4 Nicholas, Andrew, George, Kasian, &c. 329 5
6 _Demons, &c._ 7 Part played by Demons in the Skazkas--On "Hasty Words," and Parental Curses; their power to subject persons to demoniacal possession--The dulness of Demons; Stories about Tricks played upon them--Their Gratitude to those who treat them with Kindness and their General Behavior--Various Legends about Devils--Moral Tale of the Gossip's Bedstead 361 8 STORY-LIST. 9 PAGE. 10 I. THE FIEND 24 11 II. 12 THE DEAD MOTHER 32 13 III. 14 THE DEAD WITCH 34 15 IV. 16 THE TREASURE 36 17 V. THE CROSS-SURETY 40 18 VI. 19 THE AWFUL DRUNKARD 46 20 VII. 21 THE BAD WIFE 52 22 VIII. 23 THE GOLOVIKHA 55 24 IX. 25 THE THREE COPECKS 56 26 X. 27 THE MISER 60 28 XI. 29 THE FOOL AND THE BIRCH-TREE 62 30 XII. 31 THE MIZGIR 68 32 XIII. 33 THE SMITH AND THE DEMON 70 34 XIV. 35 IVAN POPYALOF 79 36 XV. 37 THE NORKA 86 38 XVI. 39 MARYA MOREVNA 97 40 XVII. 41 KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS 111 42 XVIII. 43 THE WATER SNAKE 126 44 XIX. 45 THE WATER KING AND VASILISSA THE WISE 130 46 XX. 47 THE BABA YAGA 148 48 XXI. 49 VASILISSA THE FAIR 158 50 XXII. 51 THE WITCH 171 52 XXIII. 53 THE WITCH AND THE SUN'S SISTER 178 54 XXIV. 55 ONE-EYED LIKHO 186 56 XXV. 57 WOE 193 58 XXVI. 59 FRIDAY 207 60 XXVII. 61 WEDNESDAY 208 62 XXVIII. 63 THE LESHY 213 64 XXIX. 65 VAZUZA AND VOLGA 215 66 XXX. 67 SOZH AND DNIEPER 216 68 XXXI. 69 THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE DNIEPER, THE VOLGA, AND THE DVINA 217 70 XXXII. 71 FROST 221 72 XXXIII. 73 THE BLIND MAN AND THE CRIPPLE 246 74 XXXIV. 75 PRINCESS HELENA THE FAIR 262 76 XXXV. 77 EMILIAN THE FOOL 269 78 XXXVI. 79 THE WITCH GIRL 274 80 XXXVII. 81 THE HEADLESS PRINCESS 276 ← previous Ghost Stories.next → XXXVIII. the Soldier's Midnight Watch 279↑ back to Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/9/