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).
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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