Koshchei
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Koshchei, also Kashchei, often given the epithet "the Immortal", or "the Deathless", is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore and mythology.
Kashchey the Immortal by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1848–1926
Koschey revived by Ivan with water, from Marya Morevna (The Red Fairy Book, 1890)
Buyan
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In Russian folklore, Buyan, sometimes transliterated as Bujan, is a mysterious island in the ocean with the ability to appear and disappear with the tide. The island is found in byliny and skazki. It
Koshchei
…inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on the faraway mythical island of Buyan. Usually Koshchei takes the role of a malevolent rival figure, who competes for (or entraps) a male hero's love-interest. By at least the 18th century…
Buyan Island, by Ivan Bilibin (1905)