The Songs of the Russian People, As Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology And Russian Social Life
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The Bear finds them out and carries them off. During his absence a hawk takes them on its wings, and tries to fly away with them. But the Bear returns, catches sight of them, strikes his head against the ground, and sends forth a flame, which burns the hawk's wings, and compels it to drop the fugitives. An eagle next attempts to rescue them, but meets with the same fate as the hawk. At last, ' For a detailed account of " Swan-Maidens," see Baring-Gould's " Curious Myths," etc., Second Series, p.... 296. STORILAND BEINGS. 183 • however, a bull-calf succeeds in carrying them off safely. Acting on its directions the royal children consume it with fire, and from its ashes spring a horse, a dog, and an apple-tree, all of which play important parts in the second half of the story ^ The bear [Medvyed'] is a weU-known symbol of the thunder, said to be chosen partly on account of its fondness for honey [Med, which, in mythological language means rain]. The hawk, the eagle, and the buU, are all equally famihar symbols of the cloud.
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