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Marion Chilton Harrison. Byliny Book: Hero Tales of Russia
Byliny Book: Hero Tales of Russia
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHARACTERS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Hero Tales of Russia. I. THE STORY OF VOLGÁ
II. MIKÚLA THE VILLAGER’S SON
III. SVYATOGÓR
IV. SVYATOGÓR AND ILYÁ OF MÚROM
V. ILYÁ OF MÚROM AND NIGHTINGALE THE ROBBER
VI. THE THREE WAYS
VII. ILYÁ OF MÚROM AND KING KÁLIN
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Marion Chilton Harrison
Published by Good Press, 2022
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ILYÁ OF MÚROM AND KING KÁLIN.
But though the heroes lived so long ago, they are never forgotten. The Russian children in the village schools learn about Volgá and Ilyá as soon as they can read, and old minstrels in far away villages beyond lake Onéga and even in Siberia sing the Byliny, the songs of What-has-Been to the peasants as they sit round the fire at night. I have seen a picture of one of these singers, an old peasant over seventy, with a long white beard and shaggy hair and bright deep-set eyes. He could not write or read, and his voice was rather cracked, but when he sang the old songs he was all on fire, and he sang them so splendidly that the villagers crowded round to hear. The old men say that the young ones will not learn to sing the songs because they are gramotnye, “grammar-people,” who read books and learn to write—what a pity. [x]
