The Folktale in Russia: What Is a Folktale? | |
Kinds of Folktales | |
Structure | |
Classification | |
The Narrative | |
The Narrator | |
The Audience | |
The Language of the Folktale | |
Recordings and Collections | |
Priests, Skomorokhs, and Tellers of Tales | |
The Russian Ritual Milieu: A Background for Interpretation: Ditheism | |
The Ancient Heritage | |
Creation Myths | |
The Sacrifices | |
Rituals of Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century Russia | |
Birthing | |
Female Initiation Rites | |
Male Initiation Rites | |
The Wedding | |
The Funeral | |
The Russian Folktale as a Source for Understanding Ritual: Bear Rituals in Folk Tradition | |
The Horse in Ancient Eurasian Ritual and the Russian Folktale | |
The Horse in Slavic Ritual and Folktale | |
The Complete Russian Folktale: An Overview | |
Animal Tales | |
Wondertales | |
Legends | |
Tales of Everyday Life and Anecdotes | |
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