The Norka
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The Norka is a Russian and Ukrainian fairy tale published by Alexander Afanasyev in his collection of Russian Fairy Tales, numbered 132.
The youngest prince defeats the fierce Norka by the sea cliffs. Illustration from The Red Fairy Book.
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.