Reading Notes: Russian Tales, Part A

 Main characters:

  • Non-continuous stories
Important things to remember:
  • The Dead Mother
    • A husband and wife lived happily in a village and everyone envied them
    • The wife bore a son but right after she died
    • The husband hired an old woman to take care of the baby, but it would not eat or drink it would just cry
    • The lady decided to stay up all night and see if anything was wrong with the baby
    • Three straight nights she heard someone come in and check on the baby, and so finally she brought out a light and saw the dead mother in all the clothes she was buried in
    • The dead mother rushed out quickly, and the old woman found the baby was dead now too
  • Friday
    •  A lady did not pay reverence to Mother Friday, and spun flax until she fell into a deep sleep
    • Mother Friday came in and stuffed her eyes with dust while she slept, and the lady woke up unable to see and in distress
    • She begged for Mother Friday to forgive her and fix her
    • When she fell back asleep, Mother Friday came back during the night and removed the dust from her eyes
  • Wednesday
    • A lady was up spinning late on a Tuesday night, but was ready for sleep
    • She asked Mother Wednesday to led her aid and wake her up early in the morning so she could work more
    • She fell asleep and woke up early to someone moving around the room
    • She saw an old lady with a white towel on her head doing work in the kitchen
    • She asked who the lady was and she said she was the one she had called upon, Mother Wednesday
    • Wednesday had the lady go fetch water in a pail, and the neighbor noticed and warned her of Mother Wednesday's way
    • The lady returned home and banged the pails together and yelled that Mother Wednesday's children had been burnt at sea
    • Wednesday ran outside and the lady returned inside and locked her out, crossing up the door with linen
Creepy Urban Legends From Every US State
The Dead Mother, via source

Russian Tales via http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-russian-fairy-tales.html

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