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LEGENDS, part 7 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/page/3/) - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/101/) — From the Archangel Government. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/102/) — \[455\] \_Popovskie\_, from \_pop\_, the vulgar name for a priest, the Greek +pappas+. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/103/) — \[456\] The \_prosvirka\_, or \_prosfora\_, is a small loaf, made of fine wheat flour. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/104/) — It is used for the communion service, but before consecration it is freely sold and purchased. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/105/) — \[457\] A few lines are here omitted as being superfluous. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/106/) — In the original the second princess is cured exactly as the first had been. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/107/) — The doctors then proceed to a third country, where they find precisely the same position of affairs. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/108/) — \[458\] \_Byely\_ = white. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/109/) — See the "Songs of the Russian People," p. 103, the "Deutsche Mythologie," p. 203. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/110/) — \[459\] \_Shchob tebe chorny bog ubif! - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/111/) — \_ Afanasief, \_P.V.S. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/112/) — \_, i. 93, 94. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/113/) — \[460\] Afanasief, \_P.V.S. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/114/) — \_ iii. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/115/) — 314, 315. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/116/) — \[461\] \_Lemboi\_, perhaps a Samoyed word. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/117/) — \[462\] \_Lemboi te (tebya) voz'mi! - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/118/) — \_ - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/119/) — \[463\] Afanasief, \_P.V.S. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/120/) — \_ iii. pp. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/121/) — 314, 315. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/122/) — \[464\] \_Prolub'\_ (for \_prorub'\_), a hole cut in the ice, and kept open, for the purpose of getting at the water. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/123/) — \[465\] \_Satana. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/124/) — \_ - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/125/) — \[466\] The word by which the husband here designates his wife is \_zakon\_, which properly signifies (1) law, (2) marriage. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/126/) — Here it stands for "spouse." - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/127/) — Satan replies, "If this be thy \_zakon\_, go hence therewith! to sever a \_zakon\_ is impossible." - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/128/) — \[467\] Abridged from Afanasief, \_P.V.S. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/129/) — \_ iii. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/130/) — 315, 316. - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/131/) — \[468\] See the notes in Grimm's \_KM. - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/132/) — \_ Bd. iii. to stories 100 and 101. - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/133/) — \[469\] Afanasief, v. No. 26. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/134/) — \[470\] Afanasief, v. No. 48. - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/135/) — \[471\] "Entered upon his matured years," from 17 to 21. - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/136/) — \[472\] The sleeping-place. - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/137/) — \[473\] Literally, "to all the four sides." - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/138/) — \[474\] Haltrich, No. 27. - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/139/) — \[475\] Afanasief, v. No. 25. - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/140/) — \[476\] Khudyakof, No. 114. - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/141/) — \[477\] Chap. i. p. 46. - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/142/) — \[478\] Afanasief, vii., No. 14. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/143/) — \[479\] \_Byesenok\_, diminutive of \_Byes\_. - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/144/) — \[480\] \_Chort. - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/145/) — \_ - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/146/) — \[481\] Isidore. - [147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/147/) — \[482\] Erlenvein, No. 33. - [148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/148/) — From the Tula Government. - [149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/149/) — \[483\] Quoted from Borichefsky, by Afanasief, \_Legendui\_, p. 182. - [150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/150/) — \[484\] \_Emy na zdorovie! - [151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/151/) — \_ "Good health to him!" - [152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/152/) — \[485\] Afanasief, v. No. 43. - [153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/153/) — \[486\] Afanasief, \_Legendui\_, No. 27. - [154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/154/) — From the Saratof Government. - [155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/155/) — This story is merely one of the numerous Slavonic variants of a tale familiar to many lands. - [156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/156/) — INDEX. - [157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/157/) — Ad, or Hades, 303 - [158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/158/) — Anepou and Satou, story of, 122 - [159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/159/) — Andrew, St., legend about, 348 - [160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/160/) — Arimaspians, 190 - [161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/161/) — Awful Drunkard, story of the, 46 - [162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/162/) — Baba Yaga, her name and nature, 146; stories about, 103-107, 148-166, 254-256 - [163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/163/) — Back, cutting strips from, 155 - [164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/164/) — Bad Wife, story of the, 52 - [165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/165/) — Beanstalk stories, 35, 296 - [166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/166/) — Beer and Corn, legend of, 339 - [167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/167/) — Birds, legends about, 335 - [168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/168/) — Blind Man and Cripple, story of the, 246 - [169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/169/) — Bluebeard's Chamber, 109 - [170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/170/) — Brandy, legend about origin of, 378 - [171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/171/) — Bridge-building incident, 306 - [172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/172/) — Brothers, enmity between, 93 - [173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/173/) — Brushes, magic, 151 - [174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/174/) — Cat, Whittington's, 56 - [175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/175/) — Chort, or devil, 35 - [176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/176/) — Christ's Brother, legend of, 338 - [177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/177/) — Chudo Morskoe, or water monster, 143 - [178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/178/) — Chudo Yudo, a many-headed monster, 83 - [179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/179/) — Clergy: their bad reputation in folk-tales, 40 - [180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/180/) — Coffin Lid, story of the, 314 - [181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/181/) — Combs, magic, 151 - [182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/182/) — Creation of Man, legends about, 330 - [183](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/183/) — Cross Surety, story of the, 40 - [184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/184/) — Curses, legends about, 363 - [185](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/185/) — Days of the Week, legends about, 206-212 - [186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/186/) — Dead Mother, story of the, 32 - [187](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/187/) — Demons: part played in the Skazkas by, 361; souls of babes stolen by, 363; legends about children devoted to, 364; about persons who give themselves to, 367; dulness of, 375; tricks played upon, 375; gratitude of, 377; resemblance of to snakes, 380 - [188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/188/) — Devil, legends about, 330, 331, 333 - [189](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/189/) — Dnieper, Volga, and Dvina, story of the, 217 - [190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/190/) — Dog, legends about, 330-332 - [191](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/191/) — Dog and Corpse, story of the, 317 - [192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/192/) — Dolls, or puppets, magic, 167-169 - [193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/193/) — Don and Shat, story of the rivers, 215 - [194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/194/) — Drink, Russian peasant's love of, 42; stories about, 48 - [195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/195/) — Durak, or Ninny, stories about, 23, 62 - [196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/196/) — Eggs, lives of mythical beings connected with, 119-124 - [197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/197/) — Elijah, traditions about, 341-343 - [198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/198/) — Elijah and Nicholas, legend of, 344 - [199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/199/) — Emilian the Fool, story of, 269 - [200](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/200/) — Evil, personified, 186 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/page/3/) - ← previous: [Chapter VI. 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