Russian tales and legends
By: retold by Charles Downing. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Contributors: Kiddell-Monroe, Joan
Series: Oxford myths and legends; Oxford myths and legends
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Folklore -- Russia; Tales -- Russia; Legends -- Russia; Fairy tales
Notes: "First published 1956"-T.p. verso

Illustration in shades of red and black; text illustration in black

King Collection copy rebound
Table of contents: value: Heroic poems: Volga; value: Svyatogor's bride; value: Dunay; value: Dobrynia and Alyosha; value: Ilya of Murom and Svyatogor; value: Ilya of Murom and Nightingale the Robber; value: The three journeys of Ilya of Murom; value: Stavr Godinovich and his clever wife; value: Sadko the minstrel; value: Vasili Buslayevich; value: Vasili Buslayevich's pilgrimage; value: Since when there have been no more heroes in Holy Russia. The epic: The lay of Prince Igor. Folk-tales: Death and the soldier; value: I-Know-Not-What of I-Know-Not-Where; value: Sorrow; value: The mountain of gold; value: The Russian and the Tatar; value: The soldier who did not wash; value: The crock of gold; value: One-eyed Likho; value: The death watch; value: The fool and the birch tree; value: Fair Vasilissa and Baba Yaga; value: The frost, the sun, and the wind; value: The angel; value: The magic berries; value: The firebird; value: The hired man; value: The fortunate maiden; value: The wife who liked fairy-tales. Glossary. Acknowledgements