Epic poems (prose translation) · 1886
The Epic Songs of Russia
The Byliny of the Kiev and Novgorod Cycles
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1886)
The great heroic songs of the Russian north: Ilya of Murom and the Nightingale the Robber, Dobrynya the Dragon-slayer, Sadko beneath the sea, and the champions who defend Prince Vladimir's Kiev.
Contents · 30 parts
- Volga Vseslavich the Wizard24 paragraphs
- Volga and Mikula Selyaninovich the Villager's Son22 paragraphs
- Hero Svyatogor24 paragraphs
- Ilya of Murom the Peasant Hero, and Hero Svyatogor52 paragraphs
- Quiet Dunai Ivanovich82 paragraphs
- Stavr Godinovich the Boyar (Noble)68 paragraphs
- Ilya of Murom and Nightingale the Robber45 paragraphs
- Bold Alyosha the Pope's Son48 paragraphs
- The One and Forty Pilgrims58 paragraphs
- Ilya in Disguise26 paragraphs
- Dobrynya the Dragon-Slayer, and Marina35 paragraphs
- Ivan Godinovich59 paragraphs
- Dobrynya and the Adventure of the Pavilion20 paragraphs
- Churilo Plenkovich, the Fop35 paragraphs
- Ilya and the Boon Companions18 paragraphs
- Diuk Stepanovich122 paragraphs
- Vasily the Drunkard and Tzar Batyg32 lines
- Ilya and Idol22 paragraphs
- Dobrynya and the Dragon62 paragraphs
- Ivan the Merchant's Son and His Horse22 paragraphs
- Ilya of Murom and Falcon the Hunter34 paragraphs
- Sweet Mikailo Ivanovich the Rover105 paragraphs
- Nightingale Budimirovich the Sailor Hero38 paragraphs
- Danilo the Huntsman and His Wife30 paragraphs
- Ilya and the Adventure of the Three Roads38 paragraphs
- Dobrynya and Alyosha74 paragraphs
- Ilya of Murom and Tzar Kalin67 paragraphs
- Tzar Solomon and Tzaritza Solomonida53 paragraphs
- Vasily Buslaevich, the Brave of Novgorod100 paragraphs
- Merchant Sadko, the Rich Guest of Novgorod48 paragraphs