''Russian Fairy Tales'' (russian: Народные русские сказки, variously translated; English titles include also ''Russian Folk Tales'') is a collection of nearly 600

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and folktales, collected and published by

Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Afanasief, Afanasiev or Afanas'ev, russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Афанасьев) ( — ) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer who published nearly 600 Russian fairy and folk ta ...

between 1855 and 1863.Alexander Afanasyev. Russian Fairy Tale — K. Soldatenkov and N. Shchepkin, 1855—1863. — Vol. 1—8 His literary work was explicitly modeled after ''

Grimm's Fairy Tales ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (german: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, lead=yes, ), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first publis ...

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Vladimir Propp Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irredu ...

drew heavily on this collection for his analyses in his ''

Morphology of the Folktale Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irredu ...

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Fairy tales

Some of the tales included in these volumes: * The Death of Koschei the Immortal *

Vasilisa the Beautiful Vasilisa the Beautiful (russian: Василиса Прекрасная) or Vasilisa the Fair is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Synopsis By his first wife, a merchant had a single daughter, w ...

* Vasilisa the Priest's Daughter * Father Frost * Sister Alenushka, Brother Ivanushka *

The Frog Princess The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins. It is classified as type 402, the animal bride, in the Aarne–Thompson index. Another tale of this type is the Norwegian ''Doll i' the Grass''.D. L. Ashliman, ...

* Vasilii the Unlucky *

The White Duck The White Duck (russian: Белая уточка) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Yellow Fairy Book''. Synopsis A king had to leave his newly-wed wife for a ...

The Princess Who Never Smiled The Princess Who Never Smiled, The Unsmiling Tsarevna or The Tsarevna who Would not Laugh (russian: Царевна Несмеяна, Tsarevna Nesmeyana) is a Russian folk fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazk ...

The Wicked Sisters The Wicked Sisters (russian: По колена ноги в золоте, по локоть руки в серебре) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it, as ...

The Twelve Dancing Princesses "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (or "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes" or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces") (german: Die zertanzten Schuhe) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1815 ( ...

The Magic Swan Geese The Magic Swan Geese or is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki'', numbered 113. It is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 480A*. Synopsis Once there was a couple who had ...

The Feather of Finist the Falcon The Feather of Finist the Falcon or Finist the Falcon (russian: Пёрышко Финиста ясна сокола) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. It is Aarne–Thompson type 432, the p ...

Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf "Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" (russian: Сказка об Иване-царевиче, жар-птице и о сером волке) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Russian Fairy Tales''. It is ...

The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise (russian: Морской царь и Василиса Премудрая, translit=Morskoi Tsar i Vasilisa Premudraya) is a Russian fairy tale published by author Alexander Afanasyev in his collection of ''Russi ...

The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life "The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life" (russian: Сказка о молодце-удальце, молодильных яблоках и живой воде) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narod ...

Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What (russian: Пойди туда, не знаю куда, принеси то, не знаю что, translit. ''Poydi tuda, ne znau kuda, prinesi to, ne znau chto'') is a Russian fairy tale colle ...

The Golden Slipper The Golden Slipper (russian: Золотой башмачок) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine. Synopsis An old man brought back two ...

The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa (russian: Жар-птица и царевна Василиса) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. It is one of many tales written about the mythical Firebir ...

The Armless Maiden The Armless Maiden (russian: Косоручка) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in '' Narodnye russkie skazki''. It is Aarne-Thompson type 706, the girl without hands. Other variants of this tale include '' The Girl Wi ...

The Gigantic Turnip "The Gigantic Turnip" or "The Enormous Turnip" (russian: Репка, ', , literally "small turnip"; ATU 2044, ‘Pulling up the turnip') is a cumulative Russian fairy tale,_collected_in_Arkhangelsk_Governorate.html" ;"title="�олше́бн .. ...

* Emelya the Simpleton *

Dawn, Midnight and Twilight Dawn, Twilight and Midnight or Dawn, Evening, and Midnight (russian: Зорька, Вечорка и Полуночка, translit=Zorka, Vechorka and Polunochka) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Russian folklorist Alexander Afanasyev and publ ...

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or The Vampire (''Upyr'') *

The Lute Player The Lute Player, The Tsaritsa Harpist or The Tsaritsa who Played the Gusli (russian: Царица-гусляр), is a Russian fairy tale. It was published by Alexander Afanasyev in his collection ''Russian Fairy Tales'', as number 338. Andrew ...

The Language of the Birds The Language of the Birds (russian: Птичий язык) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in his compilation of ''Russian Fairy Tales'', numbered 247. Synopsis A merchant's son, Ivan, wanted to learn the language of t ...

The Norka The Norka (Russian: Норка-зверь, "Norka-Animal") is a Russian fairy tale published by Alexander Afanasyev in his collection of ''Russian Fairy Tales'', numbered 132. Origin William Ralston Shedden-Ralston indicated the story originated ...

The Maiden Tsar ''The Maiden Tsar'' (russian: Царь-девица) is a Russian folktale. It appeared in print in Alexander Afanasyev's three-volume collection ''Narodnye russkie skazki'', numbered 232 and 233. Synopsis A merchant and his wife have a son wh ...

* Sivko-Burko

References

Publications

* , 3 vols, (first edition 1859) **alt link
vol. 1

vol. 2

vol. 3
;Translations :Extracts of limited selections of stories from the books have been used several times in translation, these include : * *

External links

* , lists and descriptions of editions of the work
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