Jean de l'Ours
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Jean de l'Ours or John the Bear, John of the Bear, John-of-the-Bear, John Bear, is the leading character in the French folktale Jean de l'Ours classed as Type 301B in the Aarne–Thompson system; it can
Jean de l'Ours. An artist's visualization with bear's ears.
Jean-de-l'Ours as a child, here a foundling adopted by a widow abducted by a bear. —illustration by Édouard Zier.
Hero Joan del'Ors releases the princess in the underground palace from her serpentine captor. Illustration by Édouard François Zier for Les Légendes de France (1883).
Jean-de-l'Ours combats the archdemon who uses a shark as his mount. —illustration by É. Zier.
The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. The character
Sorcerer Koschei the Deathless abducts Marya Morevna. Illustration by B. V. Zvorykin.
Koschei roams the steppes. Illustration by B. V. Zvorykin (1903).
Koschey revived by Ivan with water, in the tale Marya Morevna. Illustration from The Red Fairy Book (1890).