Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
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"Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Russian Fairy Tales.
Ivan Tsarevich Catching the Firebird's Feather. Illustration by Ivan Bilibin.
The Knight at the Crossroads by Viktor Vasnetsov
Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf by Viktor Vasnetsov
On the Gray Wolf, Tsarevitch Ivan guides the beautiful princess and the golden-maned horse. Illustration by Ivan Bilibin.
Firebird (Slavic folklore)
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In Slavic mythology and folklore, the
Firebird is a magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor.
Ivan Bilibin's illustration to a Russian fairy tale about the Firebird, 1899
Prince Ivan returning on a magic carpet with the caged firebird.