Who doesn't love a good story!
This is a collection of about 200 stories from Russian folklore. Looks like a big project for the collector and bigger for the translator.
The stories are not long, in fact, a lot of them are very short. A lot of them don't make any sense specially which are very small. They are more like a pun rather than a story.
But overall it has that rustic charm of storytelling.
Of course, you can see some common themes which are found in such tales across the cultures like wicked step mothers/sisters, poor family, brothers fighting, marriage, dragon and speaking animals.
The number three is also very important like three days, three years, three sisters, three brothers, three riddles, three tasks, don't know why?
And yes the Baba Yaga. It's funny that to read all the wicked portrayals of Baba Yaga and the famous house on one leg. She is mostly addressed as Granny, and she does provide with food, rest, and bath before expressing her evil intentions.
Worth a read, and since this is a collection you can read piecemeal.
Love!
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