The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 1: An Introduction to the Russian Folktale
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The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 1: An Introduction to the Russian Folktale

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The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 1: An Introduction to the Russian Folktale

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This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of The Complete Russian Folktale.

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INDEX

Aarne, Antti, Finnish folklorist, 9, 14
Aarne-Thompson index, 14
Afanas’ev, A.N., Russian folklorist, 14, 20, 27, 29–33, 36, 116
Aleksei Mikhailovich, Russian tsar, 40, 67
Andreev, N.A., Russian folklorist, 9, 14, 17
Anna Ioannovna, Russian empress, 40, 87
Avdeeva, E.A., Russian ethnographer, 25-26
Awakum Petrovich, seventeenth-century arch priest and schismatic, 39
Azadovskii, M.K., Russian folklorist, 27–28, 44, 103
Baba Yaga, Russian witch, 14, 98–101
Baiburin, A.K., Russian ethnographer, 47, 53, 55, 62
Balashov, D.M. Russian folklorist, 110
Barag, L.G., Belarusian folklorist, 102
Baryshnikova, A.K. (Kupriianikha), storyteller, 16, 35
Bast (chap) books (lubok), 25, 116
Bathhouse (bania), 53, 61–63
Batiushkov, K.N., Russian romantic poet, 24–25
Becker, Richarda, German folklorist, 106, 120
Bear:
as fertility symbol, 66
as spouse, 59, 66, 69
baiting in Moscow, 67
banned from public entertainments, 40
holidays devoted to, 68–69, 118
hunting of, 67–68
identified with god Veles, 66, 68
in folktales, 69, 118
in sacrifices, 66,70–71
origins of, 69,
stuck in honey tree, 3
taboo status of, 66
Belinskii, V.G., Russian social critic, 25
Bernshtam, T.A., Russian ethnographer, 47
Birthing, rituals connected with, 55–56
Briggs, Katharine M., British folklorist, 115
Brodskii, N.L., Russian folklorist, 42
Buslaev, F.I., Russian academician, 32
Catherine II, the Great, Russian empress, 41, 87
Chudinskii, E.A., collector of Russian folktales, 32, 34
Clement VII, sixteenth-century pope, 3
Collins, Samuel Dr., seventeenth-century British collector of Russian tales, 23
Contaminated (combination of tale-types) t...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Technical Note
  8. I. The Folktale in Russia
  9. II. Recordings and Collections
  10. III. Priests, Skomorokhs, and Tellers of Tales
  11. IV. The Russian Ritual Milieu
  12. V. The Russian Folktale As a Source for Understanding Ritual
  13. VI. The Complete Russian Folktale
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. About the Author