Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and the Magyars (Classic Reprint) Book

AFEW tens of years ago it was all-important to under-stand and explain the brotherhood :mc1 blood-bond of Aryan nations, and their relation (o the Semitic race; to discover and set forth the meaning of that which in mental work, historic strivings, and spiritual ideals tics the historic naiions to one another. At the present time this work is clone, if not completely, at least measurably well, and a new work awaits us, to demonstrate that there is a higher and a mightier bond, - the relationship of created things with one another, and their inseverable connection with That which some men reverence as God, but which other men call the Unknowable, the Unseen.This new work, which is the necessary continuation of the first, and which alone can give it completeness and significance, will be achieved when we have established the science of mvtholoffv.Of course all that may be attempted in a volume like the present is to throw out a few hints, and to mention some of the uses of mythology Table of Contents introduction v)i; RUSSIAN MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES,; The Three Kingdoms, - Tun CoT'Fkk, the Silver; and the Golden i; Ivan Tsakevicii, The Fire-Bird, am> the Gray; WOLF 20; Ivan the Peasant's Sox and the Little Man Himself One - fingkr Tall, his Mustache; Seven Yersts in Length 37; Thk Fkather of Bright Fixist the Falcon 47 The Pig with Gold 1>k>stles, the Deku with Golden Horns, and the Golden-Mankd Steed; with Golden Tail 59; Wati-k of Youth, Water of Life, and Water of; Death 72; The Footless and Blind Champions 82; The Three Kingdoms 97; Koshchfci Without-Death 106; Vassilissa Golden Tress Bareheaded Beauty 124; The Ring with Twelve Screws 137; The Footless and the Blind 149; Koshchlt Without-Death 1 (5s; Go to the Verge of Destruction and Bring Back; Siimat-Razum 179; Makya Moukvna 203; Variant of thc Kescuc of Iv*a;i Tsarevicli and tbe Win-; nmg of the Colt 217; Y к lex лRead More