 | William Jones - 1898 - 670 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,...hare is a duck, and in the duck is an egg, and in the f£g is my death." And when, after many adventures, the egg has been found and broken, Koshchei dies.... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1900 - 522 pages
...a land that is called Poland, there is a great lake, and in the lake is a dragon, and in the dragon is a hare, and in the hare is a duck, and in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my heart. It is in good keeping, you may trust me. Nobody is likely to stumble upon it." However, the... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1910 - 412 pages
...the giant. 'Under the threshold is a stone, and under the stone is a sheep, and in the sheep's body is a duck, and in the duck is an egg, and in the egg is my soul. But it is late, and I must feed the horses'; and he brought them the hay, but they only bit and... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1913 - 434 pages
...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, and in the duck is an egg ; and he who finds the egg and breaks it, kills me at the same time." The prince naturally procured the fateful... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1919 - 608 pages
...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, and in the duck is an egg ; and he who finds the egg and breaks it, kills me at the same time." The prince naturally procured the fateful... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1919 - 606 pages
...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, and in the duck is an egg ; and he who finds the egg and breaks it, kills me at the same time." The prince naturally procured the fateful... | |
 | Jack V. Haney - 1999 - 506 pages
...is: in the sea, in the ocean, there stands an oak, and beneath the oak is a trunk, and in the trunk is a hare, and in the hare is a duck, and in the duck is an egg, and there is my death." "Oh, my dear friend, now I am calm. And where did you acquire your horse?" "I acquired... | |
 | Jack V. Haney - 1999 - 498 pages
...mighty warrior will achieve my death. There is the sea, and next to it is an oak, and beneath the oak is a duck, and in the duck is an egg, and in that egg is my death." Rusa-Rusa told Ivan Tsarevich about it the next day. He pondered it. "Well,... | |
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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,... 
