ISBN:
9781617035968
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (257 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Baba Yaga : The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales
DDC:
398.20947
Keywords:
Baba Yaga (Legendary character)
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Baba Yaga (Legendary character)
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Collection of twenty-nine fairy tales featuring Baba Yaga that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales from the lesser-known nineteenth-century collection of Ivan Khudiakov, along with images that show how artists have imagined her for over more than two centuries
Abstract:
Baba Yaga is an ambiguous and fascinating figure. She appears in traditional Russian folktales as a monstrous and hungry cannibal, or as a canny inquisitor of the adolescent hero or heroine of the tale. In new translations and with an introduction by Sibelan Forrester, Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales is a selection of tales that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales from the lesser-known nineteenth-century collection of Ivan Khudiakov. This new collection includes beloved classics such as ""Vasilisa the Beau
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; FOREWORD: Unfathomable Baba Yagas; PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, AND TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; INTRODUCTION: Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East; BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER READING; Tales of Baba Yaga; "Baba Yaga I"; "Baba Yaga II"; "Baba Yaga and the Kid"; "Baba-Yaga and the Runt"; "Finist the Bright Falcon II"; "Go I Don't Know Where, Bring I Don't Know What"; "Ivanushka"; "Mar'ia Morevna"; "Moon and Star"; "Prince Danila-Govorila"; "Prince Ivan and Beloy Polyanin"; "The Bear Tsar"; "The Bogatyrs Soska, Usynia, Gorynia, and Duginia"; "The Brother"; "The Daughter-in-Law"
Description / Table of Contents:
"The Enchanted Princess""The Feather of Finist the Bright Falcon"; "The Firebird"; "The Frog and the Bogatyr"; "The Frog Princess"; "The Geese and Swans"; "The Stepdaughter and the Stepmother's Daughter"; "The Tale of the Daring Young Man and the Apples of Youth"; "The Tale of the Fine Young Man and the Apples of Youth"; "The Tale of the Fine Young Man and the Apples of Youth II"; "The Three Kingdoms"; "The Three Kingdoms-Copper, Silver, and Gold"; "The Tsar-Maiden"; "Vasilisa the Beautiful"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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