Masterpieces of Russian folklore

According to Alexander Afanasyev (1826-1871), oral folk art reminds us of those distant times when the "myth and poetry were the same thing and the interest of infant peoples was completely focused on mother nature. It was an amazing time when our ancestors were not only conceived by metaphors, but their life itself was for them a real fairy tale, the epic, affection. Those times have long passed, but fortunately, the crust of Russian folk creativity is great and immense, thanks to the works of outstanding and little-known collectors. You have a significant arch of Russian folklore - from fairy tales to proverbs, prepared on the basis of well-known and rare, but unfairly forgotten assembly of the XIX century