Books in Russian Folk Fairytale series

Russian Folk Fairy Tales is a wonderful collection ofthe most famous Russian fairy tales.The “Russian skazki” (“skazatz” means to tell) arethe mass of folk-tales distributed widely throughoutall the Russias. Handed down, by constant repetition,from generation to generation, a possession commonto peasant’s hut and Prince’s palace from a time whenhistory did not exist, they are to-day, from Archangelto the Black Sea, and from Siberia to the Baltic, almostas much a part of the life of the people as the languageitself.Famous Russian fairy tales are Vasilisa the Beautiful,Sister Alenushka, brother Ivanushka, The Tale of IvanTsarevich and the Gray Wolf, Marya Morevna, PrincessFrog or Frog-tsarevna, Finist Clear Falcon’s feather orFinist the Falcon.

Do you have something that someone special once gave you that seems to offer you strength and protection when you need it the most? In 'Vasilisa the Beautiful', the young girl, Vasilisa, was given a special doll on her mother's deathbed. Let's find out more about this story…'Vasilisa the Beautiful' is a Russian fairytale that features a young girl named Vasilisa and one of the most infamous characters in Russian folklore, Baba Yaga. In this story, the eponymous heroine is pitted against Baba Yaga.Vasilisa the Beautiful is in a collection of Russian folktales known as Russian Fairy Tales or Russian Folk Tales . The stories in this collection were compiled during the 19th century by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, who has been considered the Russian equivalent of the Grimm Brothers.Translated by Elle Brown

Finist the Falcon or The Feather of Finist the Falcon is a Russian folk fairytale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. The Russian skazki (skazatz = to tell) are the mass of folk-tales distributed widely throughout all the Russias. Handed down, by constant repetition, from generation to generation, a possession common to peasant's hut and Prince's palace from a time when history did not exist, they are to-day, from Archangel to the Black Sea, and from Siberia to the Baltic, almost as much a part of the life of the people as the language itself.Other famous Russian fairy tales are Morozko, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Sister Alenushka, brother Ivanushka, The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf, Marya Morevna, Princess Frog or Frog-tsarevna.Finist is Aarne–Thompson type 432, the Prince as bird. Other tales of this type include The Green Knight, The Blue Bird, and The Greenish Bird.