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"Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" (Russian: Сказка об Иване-царевиче, жар-птице и о сером волке) is a Russian fairy tale [1] collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Russian Fairy Tales. [2] It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird.
The friends and foes of Ivan Tsarevich are often mythic figures, from magical animals to deathless beings. The most famous folktale featuring Ivan as the protagonist is "Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf". In this story, a magical wolf aids Ivan as he captures the firebird and wins the hand of a beautiful tsarevna. The firebird ...
Prince Ivan returning on a magic carpet with the caged firebird. The Firebird concept has parallels in Iranian legends of magical birds, in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about The Golden Bird, and related Russian magical birds like the Sirin. The story of the quest itself is closely paralleled by Armenian Hazaran Blbul. In the Armenian tale ...
The Firebird's capture by Ivan is depicted with sforzando chords in the horns, and exotic melodies in the oboe, English horn, and viola play as she begs to be released. After the Firebird is freed, Ivan takes one of her feathers, and thirteen enchanted princesses (all captives of Koschei) enter the garden to play a catching game.
The story was combined with Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf as the plot of Mercedes Lackey's Firebird, wherein Ilya Ivanovich (son of self-styled Tsar Ivan) encounters Koschei the Deathless and, with the assistance of the titular Firebird, manages to slay him and free the maidens that the sorcerer had kept trapped. [citation needed]
Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf also commonly known as Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf (Russian: Иван Царевич и Серый волк, romanized: Ivan Tsarevich i Seriy volk) is a 2011 Russian animated film directed by Vladimir Toropchin.
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In the tale, also known as "The Death of Koschei the Deathless", Ivan Tsarevitch encounters Koschei chained in the dungeon of Marya Morevna (Ivan's wife). He releases and revives Koschei, but Koschei abducts Marya. Ivan tries to rescue Marya several times, but Koschei's horse is too fast and he easily catches up with the escaping lovers.