Cossack Fairy Tales
by Robert Nisbet BAIN (1854 - 1909)
This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special as most children will not have heard them a hundred times before, and as they take listeners into a different region of the realm of the fairy tale. The Cossacks are a group of people living mostly in what is now Ukraine and Russia. The fairy and folk tales contained in this volume allow a glimpse into both the cultural traditions of the Cossack people, as well as into how this culture was perceived by others. - Summary by Carolin
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Cossack Fairy Tales:
Ivan the Fool and St. Peter's Fife ,
Oh, the Tsar of the Forest ,
The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox ,
The Fox and the Cat ,
The Golden Slipper ,
The Iron Wolf ,
The Magic Egg ,
The Old Dog ,
The Origin of the Mole ,
The Serpent-Tsarevich and his Two Wives ,
The Serpent-Wife ,
The Sparrow and the Bush ,
The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun ,
The Story of Little Tsar Novishny, the False Sister, and the Faithful Beasts ,
The Story of the Forty-First Brother ,
The Story of the Unlucky Days ,
The Story of the Wind ,
The Story of Tremsin, the Bird Zhar, and Nastasia, the Lovely Maid of the Sea ,
The Story of Unlucky Daniel ,
The Straw Ox ,
The Three Brothers ,
The Tsar and the Angel ,
The Two Princes ,
The Ungrateful Children and the Old Father who went to School again ,
The Vampire and St. Michael ,
The Voices at the Window ,
The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents