Russia · Folktales and oral traditions
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Russia
- Tales
- 2
- Dated records
- 2
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Vassilissa Golden Tress in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1890 collection tells of a tsar’s daughter who wants to go outside. The move from a window with a golden lattice to an open meadow connects the opening scenes. The Atlas link opens this particular Vassilissa tale at its heading.
Tales in the Atlas
Vassilissa Golden Tress
1890 · Jeremiah Curtin · Vassilissa Golden Tress, Bareheaded Beauty
Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga
1873 · W. R. S. Ralston · Russian Folk-Tales · Vasilissa the Beautiful
Tales found across countries
No tales linked to multiple countries are listed for this country yet.