Title Baba Yaga : the wild witch of the East in Russian fairy tales / introduction and translations by Sibelan Forrester ; captions to images by Helena Goscilo ; selection of images by Martin Skoro and Helena Goscilo ; edited by Sibelan Forrester, Helena Goscilo, and Martin Skoro ; foreword by Jack Zipes

Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (liv, 202 pages) Contents Cover -- Contents -- FOREWORD: Unfathomable Baba Yagas -- PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, AND TRANSLATOR'S NOTE -- INTRODUCTION: Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East -- BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER READING -- Tales of Baba Yaga -- "Baba Yaga I" -- "Baba Yaga II" -- "Baba Yaga and the Kid" -- "Baba-Yaga and the Runt" -- "Finist the Bright Falcon II" -- "Go I Don't Know Where, Bring I Don't Know What" -- "Ivanushka" -- "Mar'ia Morevna" -- "Moon and Star" -- "Prince Danila-Govorila" -- "Prince Ivan and Beloy Polyanin" -- "The Bear Tsar" -- "The Bogatyrs Soska, Usynia, Gorynia, and Duginia." "The Brother" -- "The Daughter-in-Law" -- "The Enchanted Princess" -- "The Feather of Finist the Bright Falcon" -- "The Firebird" -- "The Frog and the Bogatyr" -- "The Frog Princess" -- "The Geese and Swans" -- "The Stepdaughter and the Stepmother's Daughter" -- "The Tale of the Daring Young Man and the Apples of Youth" -- "The Tale of the Fine Young Man and the Apples of Youth" -- "The Tale of the Fine Young Man and the Apples of Youth II" -- "The Three Kingdoms" -- "The Three Kingdoms-Copper, Silver, and Gold" -- "The Tsar-Maiden" -- "Vasilisa the Beautiful" -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary Collection of twenty-nine fairy tales featuring Baba Yaga that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales from the lesser-known nineteenth-century collection of Ivan Khudiakov, along with images that show how artists have imagined her for over more than two centuries Notes Translated from the Russian Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 25, 2014) Subject Baba Yaga (Legendary character) SUBJECT Baba Yaga (Legendary character) fast Subject Tales -- Russia SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Tales Russia Form Electronic book Author Forrester, Sibelan E. S. (Sibelan Elizabeth S.), translator, editor. Goscilo, Helena, 1945- editor Skoro, Martin, editor Zipes, Jack, 1937- writer of added commentary. LC no. 2013007578 ISBN 9781617037788 1617037788 9781621039433 1621039439

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