The Maiden Tsar

The Maiden Tsar (Russian: Царь-девица) is a Russian folktale. It appeared in print in Alexander Afanasyev's three-volume collection Narodnye russkie skazki, numbered 232 and 233.^[1]

Analysis[]

The tale is classified in the East Slavic Folktale Catalogue (SUS) as type 400/2,^[2] "The Tsar Maiden", which corresponds, in the international catalogue of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, to tale type ATU 400, "The Quest for the Lost Wife".^[3]

References[]

^ Источник: Народные русские сказки А. Н. Афанасьева: В 3 т. Лит. памятники. М.: Наука, 1984—1985.
^ Haney, Jack V. The Complete Russian Folktale. Vol. 1: An Introduction to the Russian Folktale. Armonk, New York; London, England: M. E Sharpe. 2001. pp. 244-247. ISBN 1-56324-489-6
^ Johns, Andreas. Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale. New York: Peter Lang. 2010 [2004]. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-8204-6769-6

Bibliography[]

Alexander Afanasyev. Russian Fairy Tales. NY: Pantheon, 1973. 229-234.

External links[]

The original text of the tale at Wikisource

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[1] Источник: Народные русские сказки А. Н. Афанасьева: В 3 т. Лит. памятники. М.: Наука, 1984—1985.

[2] Haney, Jack V. The Complete Russian Folktale. Vol. 1: An Introduction to the Russian Folktale. Armonk, New York; London, England: M. E Sharpe. 2001. pp. 244-247. ISBN 1-56324-489-6

[3] Johns, Andreas. Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale. New York: Peter Lang. 2010 [2004]. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-8204-6769-6

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Key articles	Skazka Bylina Folklore of Russia Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Pushkin
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Tales by Pushkin	"Ruslan and Ludmila" "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel"
Other	"The Little Humpbacked Horse" "The Scarlet Flower" "The Snow Maiden" "The Hairy Man" "King Kojata" "The Wonderful Birch"