Project Gutenberg 2020-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 1100 Afanas'ev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1826 1871 Afanesyev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Афанасьев, Александр Николаевич Magnus, Leonard A. (Leonard Arthur) 1879 1924 Magnus, L. A. Magnus, Leonard Arthur Russian Folk-Tales Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Fairy_Tales Produced by Richard Tonsing, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Russian Folk-Tales" by A. N. Afanas'ev is a collection of traditional Russian folk stories compiled during the mid-19th century. The tales gather a variety of narratives that reflect the cultural essence of Russian folklore, illustrating themes of good vs. evil, magic, and morality through the lives of both extraordinary and ordinary characters. The opening portion of the collection introduces the context of these folk-tales, detailing the collection process by early folklorists who transcribed stories from the oral traditions of the Russian peasantry. The introduction emphasizes the rich legacy of storytelling in Russia, contrasting the simple yet profound nature of these tales with those of other cultures like German fairy tales. Several stories, like “The Dun Cow” and “The Tale of the Dead,” are presented in brief snippets, showcasing characters such as a princess, her stepmother, and a clever peasant who revives the dead. Through these enchanting yet raw narratives, readers are invited into a world where reality mingles with the supernatural, echoing life’s unpredictability and moral lessons from the perspective of Russian culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Folklore -- Russia GR Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Russian Literature 694150 2025-07-25T03:55:59.044302 text/html 674376 2024-10-18T04:08:49 text/html 430913 2025-07-25T03:56:10.751248 application/epub+zip 427662 2025-07-25T03:56:00.773328 application/epub+zip 368595 2025-07-25T03:55:59.901313 application/epub+zip 560888 2025-07-25T03:56:17.674224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491057 2025-07-25T03:56:09.757295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432219 2022-09-28T07:39:53.626336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595169 2025-07-25T03:55:57.034338 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 575330 2024-10-18T04:08:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17575 2025-07-25T03:56:17.838205 application/rdf+xml 15269 2025-07-25T03:56:00.036327 image/jpeg 2120 2025-07-25T03:55:59.970294 image/jpeg 324589 2025-07-25T03:55:59.094332 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia ru.wikipedia