Slavic
The mythology and folklore of the Slavic peoples — the Russian skazki with their witches and water-spirits, Baba Yaga and Koshchei the Deathless, Frost and the Leshy, and the older gods remembered inside the peasant tales.
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Most-filed motifs under “russia” in the index
Numskull prepares brother's wedding (father's 2 Animal gets bait from trap by luring another a 2 Treacherous wife 2 The wicked queen reformed. While asleep she is 2 Master brought to say, "You lie!" 2 Man as helper of thundergod 1 Sun-god 1 River-god 1 God of flocks 1 God of fire 1 Milky Way is the Wild Hunt 1 Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in wint 1 Why dogs sniff at one another 1 Horse warns hero of danger 1 Magic bear 1 Wedding of bullfinch with another bird 1 Wedding of titmouse with another bird 1 Wedding of quail with another bird 1 Gradual transformation. (Cf. D701.) 1 Disenchantment by accomplishment of tasks 1 Disenchantment by proper person waking from ma 1 Magic boots 1 Forgetting by stumbling. A name or formula is 1 Years seem moments while man listens to song o 1 Water of Life. Resuscitation by water 1 Dance with the dead. Girl invites dead to come 1 Wandering ghost makes attack. Unprovoked and u 1 Dead persons build fires 1 Life token: blood changes color 1 Life token: gloves drip blood 1