Cossack Fairy Tales


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This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special as most children will not have heard them a hundred times before, and as they take listeners into a different region of the realm of the fairy tale.
The Cossacks are a group of people living mostly in what is now Ukraine and Russia. The fairy and folk tales contained in this volume allow a glimpse into both the cultural traditions of the Cossack people, as well as into how this culture was perceived by others. - Summary by Carolin (6 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Introduction 5:41 Read by Adam Wilkans
Oh, the Tsar of the Forest 23:21 Read by Kurt
The Story of the Wind 33:16 Read by Deon Gines
The Voices at the Window 8:10 Read by Kurt
The Story of Little Tsar Novishny, the False Sister, and the Faithful Beasts 53:37 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Vampire and St. Michael 15:50 Read by Anthony Castellani
The Story of Tremsin, the Bird Zhar, and Nastasia, the Lovely Maid of the Sea 14:51 Read by C. Morey
The Serpent-Wife 8:10 Read by Kurt
The Story of Unlucky Daniel 16:28 Read by Kurt
The Sparrow and the Bush 4:44 Read by Kurt
The Old Dog 2:01 Read by Devorah Allen
The Fox and the Cat 3:50 Read by Devorah Allen
The Straw Ox 8:50 Read by Kurt
The Golden Slipper 15:46 Read by Kurt
The Iron Wolf 8:48 Read by Kurt
The Three Brothers 5:26 Read by Kurt
The Tsar and the Angel 18:49 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun 7:39 Read by Kyle Donelan
The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox 4:41 Read by Kyle Donelan
The Serpent-Tsarevich and his Two Wives 12:50 Read by Kurt
The Origin of the Mole 2:44 Read by jenno
The Two Princes 9:39 Read by Patrick Saville
The Ungrateful Children and the Old Father who went to School again 14:19 Read by Garth Burton
Ivan the Fool and St. Peter's Fife 12:01 Read by Kurt
The Magic Egg 26:57 Read by jenno
The Story of the Forty-First Brother 8:44 Read by jenno
The Story of the Unlucky Days 4:13 Read by Devorah Allen
The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents 36:26 Read by Kurt