 | Naville - 1860 - 350 pages
...the Russian tales about Koshchei the Deathless. § "My death" he said to the mother of Prince Ivan, " is in such and such a place. There stands an oak,...in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my death." Prince Ivan went forth to look for Koshchei's death, and having at last secured the egg, smashed it,... | |
 | William Ralston Shedden Ralston - 1872 - 476 pages
...sooner or later Koshchei is generally induced to make some such revelation as this, — " My death is in such and such a place. There stands an oak,...in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my death." And when, after many adventures, the egg has been found and broken, Koshchei dies ; he being " the... | |
 | William Ralston Shedden Ralston - 1873 - 410 pages
...another, and at last said : ' Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei?' ' My death,' he replied, •' is in such and such a place. There stands an oak,...the duck "is an egg, and in the egg is my death.' Having thus spoken, Koshchei the Deathless tarried there a little longer, and then flew away. The time... | |
 | William Ralston Shedden Ralston - 1873 - 406 pages
...and another, and at last said : ' Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei ?' ' My death,' he replied, ' is in such and such a place. There stands an oak,...in the casket is a hare, and in the hare is a duck, arid in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my death.' Having thus spoken, Koshchei the Deathless... | |
 | William Jones - 1880 - 634 pages
...but sooner or later Koshchei is generally induced to make some such revelation as this : " My death is in such and such a place. There stands an oak,...the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my death.'" And when, after many adventures, the egg has been found and broken, Koshchei dies. In another Russian... | |
 | William Ralston Shedden Ralston - 1880 - 404 pages
...another, 'and at last said : " Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei ? " " My death," he replied, " is in such a place. There stands an oak, and under the oak...in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my death." Having thus spoken, Koshchei the Deathless tarried there a little longer, and then flew away. The time... | |
 | 1890 - 1460 pages
...of the Two Brothers. The same is true of the Russian Koshchei the Deathless. " My death," he says, " is in such and such a place. There stands an oak, and under the oak a casket, and in the casket is a hare, and in the hare is a duck, and in the duck is an egg, and in... | |
 | Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) - 1889 - 546 pages
...Russian taies about Koshchei thé Deathless. § "My deatk" he said to thé mother of Prince Ivan, " is in such and such a place. There stands an oak, and under thé oak is a caslcet, and in thé casket is a hare, and in thé hare is a duck, and in thé duck is... | |
 | Duncan MacInnes, Alfred Trübner Nutt - 1890 - 552 pages
...off finds out where the giant's death is. " My death is in such and such a place," said the giant. " There stands an oak, and under the oak is a casket,...in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my death." Prince Ivan, the queen's son, with the help of a wolf, a crow, and a pike, found the egg, and crushed... | |
 | Lord Archibald Campbell - 1890 - 552 pages
...off finds out where the giant's death is. " My death is in such and such a place," said the giant. " There stands an oak, and under the oak is a casket.,...duck, and in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is death." Prince Ivan, the queen's son, with the .- of a wolf, a crow, and a pike, found the egg, and... | |
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is far from here and hard to find, on the wide ocean. In that sea is an island, and on the island there grows a green oak, and beneath the oak is an iron chest, and in the chest is a small basket, and in the basket is a hare, and in the hare is a duck,... 
