The Heroic Ballads of Russia

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Sometimes, too, we find a son Lontek or Tarakashka. The same well-known Turanian word kara, black, probably lies at the root of the other variants of this THE BOGATYRt 105 latter name, Korablikov and Kerannik, assimilated to kordbl (ship) and karat' (chastise).
The description of Vasili in the KirSyevski tales is neariy the same as that in Rybnikov. The hero is said always to wear long skirts^"^ in which he gets entangled, and does ambassa- dorial service to the Tatars, especially to the Tsar b
...eyond the Don. He is a sworn brother of Ilya Muromets ; and, when at home, lives naked on the stove in the pothouse.
Despite his enormous strength, he is easily persuaded, whether by Vladimir or the enemy. A note in I. F. Hapgood's Epic Songs of Russia suggests some faint historical foundation.
Batu in 1240 besieged Kiev ; and in 1381 Tokhtamysh Moscow. On the latter occasion, " ' Taken unawares,' says the Chronicle, ' and deprived of all power of defending themselves, nearly all the inhabitants gave themselves over to drunkenness.


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