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CONTENTS
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| INTRODUCTORY NOTE | vii |
| PREFACE | xvii |
| INTRODUCTION | xxi |
| THE ELDER HEROES | |
| VOLGÁ VSESLAVICH THE WIZARD | 3 |
| VOLGÁ AND MIKULA SELYANINOVICH THE VILLAGER'S SON |
7 |
| HERO SVYATOGOR | 11 |
| THE CYCLE OF VLADIMIR, OR OF KIEF | |
| ILYA OF MUROM THE PEASANT HERO, AND HERO SVYATOGOR |
17 |
| QUIET DUNAÏ IVANOVICH | 25 |
| STAVR GODINOVICH THE BOYAR (NOBLE) | 39 |
| ILYA OF MUROM AND NIGHTINGALE THE ROBBER | 49 |
| BOLD ALYOSHA THE POPE'S SON | 58 |
| THE ONE AND FORTY PILGRIMS | 66 |
| ILYA IN DISGUISE | 76 |
| DOBRYNYA THE DRAGON-SLAYER, AND MARINA | 81 |
| IVAN GODINOVICH | 87 |
| DOBRYNYA AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE PAVILION | 96 |
| CHURILO PLENKOVICH, THE FOP | 100 |
| ILYA AND THE BOON COMPANIONS | 107 |
| DIUK STEPANOVICH | 110 |
| VASILY THE DRUNKARD AND TZAR BATYG | 132 |
| ILYA AND IDOL | 136 |
| DOBRYNYA AND THE DRAGON | 140 |
| IVAN THE MERCHANT'S SON AND HIS HORSE | 151 |
| ILYA OF MUROM AND FALCON THE HUNTER | 155 |
| SWEET MIKAILO IVANOVICH THE ROVER | 161 |
| NIGHTINGALE BUDIMIROVICH THE SAILOR HERO | 175 |
| DANILO THE HUNTSMAN AND HIS WIFE | 182 |
| ILYA AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE ROADS | 187 |
| DOBRYNYA AND ALYOSHA | 193 |
| ILYA OF MUROM AND TZAR KALIN | 206 |
| TZAR SOLOMON AND TZARITZA SOLOMONIDA | 216 |
| THE CYCLE OF NOVGOROD | |
| VASILY BUSLAEVICH THE BRAVE OF NOVGOROD | 227 |
| MERCHANT SADKO THE RICH GUEST OF NOVGOROD | 242 |
| APPENDIX | |
| THE ALATYR STONE | 255 |
| VOLGÁ VSESLAVICH | 257 |
| VOLGÁ AND MIKULA | 259 |
| SVYATOGOR | 261 |
| ILYA OF MUROM | 263 |
| THE FAIR SUN PRINCE VLADIMIR | 267 |
| QUIET DUNAÏ IVANOVICH | 268 |
| STAVR GODINOVICH | 269 |
| BOLD ALYOSHA POPOVICH | 270 |
| DOBRYNYA THE DRAGON-SLAYER | 272 |
| IVAN GODINOVICH | 274 |
| CHURILO PLENKOVICH | 275 |
| DIUK STEPANOVICH | 276 |
| VASILY THE DRUNKARD AND TZAR BATYG | 277 |
| SWEET MIKAILO IVANOVICH THE ROVER | 278 |
| NIGHTINGALE BUDIMIROVICH | 279 |
| TZAR SOLOMON AND TZARITZA SOLOMONIDA | 280 |
| VASILY BUSLAEVICH | 281 |
| MERCHANT SADKO THE RICH GUEST OF NOVGOROD | 281 |
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