Long, long tales from the Russian North / translated and edited by Jack V. Haney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haney, Jack V., 1940- translator, editor.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Tales--Russia (Federation)--Karelia--Translations into English.

Tales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

Summary:

This collection of folktales from the Far North of European Russia features seventeen works by five narrators of the Russian tale, all recorded in the twentieth century. The tales, distinguished by their extraordinary length and by the manner in which they were commonly told, appear to have flourished only in the twentieth century and only in Russian Karelia. Although they are easily recognized as wondertales, or fairy tales, their treatment of the traditional matter is anything but usual.

Contents:

Tales narrated by M. M. Korguev: Dawn lad ; Elena The Beautiful ; Island of gold ; Ivan Sosnovich ; Shkip ; Son of a bitch ; The airplane (How an airplane in a room carried off the Tsar's son) ; The peasant's son and the firebird ; A prophetic dream

Tales narrated by P. Ia. Nikonov: The enchanted kingdom (The rejuvenating apples)

Tales narrated by M. O. Dmitriev: About a wife Svetlana ; Bur-khreber ; Your friend Liubodei

Tale narrated by O. I. Dmitriev: About a mighty warrior, tsar Peregar, who reeked of drink

Tales narrated by F.F. Kabrenov: About an enchanted mill ; Ivan Tsarevich and Koshchei The Deathless

Commentaries to tales.

Notes:

Translated from the Russian.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62103-923-4

OCLC:

806993715