Monday, April 16, 2018

Week 14: Reading Part B: Russian Folktales

The Two FriendsRussian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston (1887)

  • Two friends, must like brothers promised would be invited to each other's weddings whether dead or alive
  • One friend died, but when the other friend past his grave he remembered his promise
  • So he invited his friend to his wedding
  • The dead friend invited him for a drink in his tomb, he was reluctant but did so
  • Together they took 3 shots, each equaling 100 years
  • 300 years had passed from his wedding day
  • When he released what had happened he left the tomb, only to find nothing was the same
  • He found a priest and read about a groom going missing on his wedding day, which was him
Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston (1887)
Teething puppy: Hellonuzzle
  • moujik went out with his dog, but found nothing
  • Where two roads met he saw a white figure and was terrified
  • He had no idea which way to go
  • He decided to go on, dog followed
  • Corpse showed itself and floated above the ground
  • As the corpse approached, the dog grabbed it by its calves
  • Dog destroyed corpse and ran after his master who ran away
  • The dog became evil and tried attacking
  • The grandmother said the dog was so upset because the man did not help him defend against the corpse
  • They ended up tying up the dog for a year
  • One day it got lose and wanted to attack the master
  • They ended up killing the dog

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