Download or read book The Complete Russian Folktale: Russian animal tales written by Jack V. Haney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of "The Complete Russian Folktale".