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LEGENDS, part 7 · page 3 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/page/2/) **3** - [201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/201/) — Fiddler in Hell, story of the, 303 - [202](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/202/) — Fiend, story of the, 24 - [203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/203/) — Fool and Birch-tree, story of the, 62 - [204](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/204/) — Fools, stories about, 62 - [205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/205/) — Fortune, stories about, 203 - [206](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/206/) — Fox-Physician, story of the, 296 - [207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/207/) — Fox-Wailer, story of the, 35 - [208](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/208/) — Friday, legend of, 207 - [209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/209/) — Frost, story of, 221 - [210](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/210/) — George, St., legends about, 348; the Wolves and, 349; the Gypsy and, 350; the people of Troyan and, 351 - [211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/211/) — Ghost stories, 295-328 - [212](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/212/) — Gold-Men, 231 - [213](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/213/) — Golden Bird, the \_Zhar-Ptitsa\_ or, 291 - [214](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/214/) — Golovikha, or Mayoress, story of the, 55 - [215](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/215/) — Gore, or Woe, story of, 192 - [216](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/216/) — Gossip's Bedstead, story of the, 381 - [217](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/217/) — Gravestone, story of the Ride on the, 308 - [218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/218/) — Greece, Vampires in, 323 - [219](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/219/) — Gypsy, story of St. George and the, 350 - [220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/220/) — Hades, 303 - [221](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/221/) — Hasty Word, story of the, 370 - [222](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/222/) — Head, story of the trunkless, 230 - [223](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/223/) — Headless Princess, story of the, 276 - [224](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/224/) — Heaven-tree Myth, 298 - [225](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/225/) — Helena the Fair, story of, 262 - [226](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/226/) — Hell, story of the Fiddler in, 303 - [227](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/227/) — Hills, legend of creation of, 333 - [228](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/228/) — Ivan Popyalof, story of, 79 - [229](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/229/) — Katoma, story of, 246 - [230](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/230/) — Koshchei the Deathless, stories of, 96-115 - [231](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/231/) — Kruchina, or Grief, 201 - [232](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/232/) — Kuzma and Demian, the holy Smiths, 82 - [233](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/233/) — Lame and Blind Heroes, story of the, 246 - [234](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/234/) — Laments for the dead, 36 - [235](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/235/) — Leap, bride won by a, 266-269 - [236](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/236/) — Legends, 329-382 - [237](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/237/) — Leshy, or Wood-demon, story of the, 213 - [238](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/238/) — Life, Water of, 237 - [239](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/239/) — Likho the One-Eyed, story of, 186 - [240](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/240/) — Luck, stories about, 203-206 - [241](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/241/) — Marya Morevna, story of, 97 - [242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/242/) — Medea's Cauldron incident, 359, 368 - [243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/243/) — Miser, story of the, 60 - [244](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/244/) — Mizgir, or Spider, story of the, 68 - [245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/245/) — Morfei the Cook, story of, 234 - [246](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/246/) — Mouse, legends about the, 334 - [247](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/247/) — Mythology, &c. Personifications of Good and Evil, 77; the Snake, 78; Daylight eclipsed by a Snake, 81; the Chudo-Yudo, 83; the Norka-Beast, 86; the Usuinya-Bird, 95; Koshchei the Deathless, 96-116; the Bluebeard's Chamber myth, 109; stories about external hearts and fatal eggs, &c., 119-124; the Water Snake, 129; the Tsar Morskoi or Water King, 130-141; the King Bear, 142; the Water-Chudo, 143; the Idol, 144; Female embodiments of Evil, 146; the Baba Yaga, 146-166; magic dolls or puppets, 167; the story of Verlioka, 170; the Supernatural Witch, 170-183; The Sun's Sister and the Dawn, 178-185; Likho or Evil, 186-187; Polyphemus and the Arimaspians, 190; Gore or Woe, 192; Nuzhda or Need, 199; Kruchina or Grief, 201; Zluidni, 201; stories about Luck, 203-206; Friday, 206; Wednesday, 208; Sunday, 211; the Leshy or Woodsprite, 213; stories about Rivers, 215-221; about Frost, 221; about the Whirlwind, 232; Morfei, 234; Oh! the, 235; Waters of Life and Death, 237-242; Symplegades, 242; Waters of Strength and Weakness, 243-245; Magic Horses, 249, 264; a Magic Pike, 269-273; Witchcraft stories, 273-295; the Zhar-Ptitsa or Glow-Bird, 289-292; upper-world ideas, 296; the heaven-tree myth, 296-302; lower-world ideas, 303; Ghost-stories, 308; stories about Vampires, 313-322; home and origin of Vampirism, 323-328; legends about Saints, the Devil, &c., 329; Perun, the thunder-god, 341; superstitions about lightning, 343; legends about St. George and the Wolves, 349; old Slavonian gods changed into demons, 362; power attributed to curses, 364; dulness of demons, 375; their resemblance to snakes, 380 - [248](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/248/) — National character, how far illustrated by popular tales, 18 - [249](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/249/) — Need, story of Nuzhda or, 199 - [250](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/250/) — Nicholas, St., legends about, 343; his kindness, 352-354; story of the Priest of, 355 - [251](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/251/) — Nicholas, St., and Elijah, story of, 343 - [252](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/252/) — Norka, story of the, 86 - [253](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/253/) — Oh! demon named, 235 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/page/2/) **3** - ← previous: [Chapter VI. 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