Ukrainian Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and Fables

Many of the Ukrainian fairy tales collected here were published in Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales in 1894. The collection's stories from Ukraine originated from the originals by Ivan Rudchenko, Panteleimon Kulish, and M.P. Dragomanov. Bain's collection is believed to be the first translation from Cossack sources to English. Reading these tales, you may notice they share a similarity with Russian fairy tales and that is because they were collected prior to the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917. A.H. Wristlaw also features several Ukrainian tales in his book Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources.The Ukrainian word for "fairy tale" is (kazka). During the course of Ukrainian history, Ukrainians were in contact with nearly the entire Slavic world. Ukrainian folk kazkas are influenced by pan-Slavism, while still reflecting the unique culture of Ukraine.The Beautiful Damsel and the Wicked Old WomanThe Cat, the Cock and the FoxThe Fox and the Cat The Straw OxThe Golden SlipperHow a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the WaterIvan the Fool and St. Peter's FifeThe Iron WolfThe Magic EggOh: The Tsar of the ForestThe Old DogThe Origin of the MoleThe Story of the WindThe Story of Little Tsar Novishny, the False Sister, and the Faithful BeastsThe Story of Tremsin, the Bird Zhar, and Nastasia the Lovely Maid of the SeaThe Story of the Unlucky DaysThe Story of the Forty-First BrotherThe Serpent WifeThe Sparrow and the bushThe Story of Unlucky DanielThe Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the SunThe Serpent-Tsarevich and His Two WivesThe Snake and the PrincessThe Three BrothersThe Tsar and the AngelThe Two PrincesTransformation into a Nightingale and a CuckooTransmigration of the SoulThe Ungrateful Children and the Old Father Who Went to School AgainThe Voices at the WindowThe Vampire and St. MichaelThe WizardThe Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents