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Folk-lore and Legends: Russian and Polish

In this volume I present selections made from the Russian chap-book literature, and from the works of various Russian and Polish collectors of Folklore—Afanasief, Erben, Wojcicki, Glinski, etc. The chap-book tales, and many of those of Glinski, are, there is little doubt, of foreign origin, but since Russia and Poland are the countries in which these tales have found their home, and since they have there been so adapted by the people as to incorporate the national customs and lore, they appear to me to belong properly to the present volume. - Summary by Charles John Tibbets (4 hr 38 min)

Chapters

Introductory Note

The Poor Man and the Judge

The Wind Rider

The Three Gifts

Snyegurka

Prince Peter and Princess Magilene

The Old Man, his Wife, and the Fish

The Golden Mountain

The Duck that laid Golden Eggs

Emelyan the Fool

Ilija, the Muromer

The Bad-Tempered Wife

Ivashka with the Bear’s Ear

The Plague

The Peasant and the Wind

The Wonderful Cloth

The Evil Eye

The Seven Brothers

Sila Czarovitch and Ivaschka

The Stolen Heart

Prince Slugobyl

Princess Marvel

The Ghost