More violent, wild, and yet more Christian - in some ways - than other fairy tale collections. Since there are over 600 of these tales, we only cover the four most popular, found in all available compilations of the works of Afanasyev, the Russian who originally compiled Russian tales in the 1800s: Ivan and the Wolf, Marya Morevna, Vasilissa the Beautiful, and Frog Princess.

We get into the nature of fairy tales and why the world they present is important. We also comment on some matters like gender, marriage, sexuality that may be rated “PG-13”.

Good versions of these tales:

Russian Fairy Tales, Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin option 1

Russian Fairy Tales, Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin option 2

Vasilisa The Beautiful

Tale Of The Firebird - a personal favorite

* 00:00 Introduction

* 01:03 Brief Overview

* 06:06 Story of Ivan Tsarevich And The Gray Wolf

* 30:31 Story of Vasilissa The Beautiful

* 41:43 Story Of Marya Marevna

* 1:01:16 Story of Tsaervna Frog (The Frog Princess)

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