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The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise (Russian: Морской царь и Василиса Премудрая, romanized: Morskoi Tsar i Vasilisa Premudraya) is a Russian fairy tale published by author Alexander Afanasyev in his collection of Russian Fairy Tales, numbered 219. The tale features legendary characters Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 313, "The Magic Flight" ("Girl Helps the Hero Flee") or "The Devil's (Ogre's/Giant's) Daughter". A human king helps an injured eagle that, in return, the eagle takes the king on a journey and gives him two magical caskets. The human king opens the caskets and cannot close them, until the Sea Tsar appears to him. The Sea Tsar offers to help in exchange for the thing "you do not know is in your own house." What the king does not know, is that he now has a newly born son. The king arrives at home and discovers the terrible mistake he made: he unwittingly surrendered his own son to the creature. Years later, the pr

The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russian fairy tale The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise The Tsarevitch singling out Vasilisa from amongst her identical sisters. Folk tale Name The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise Aarne–Thompson grouping ATU 313 ("The Magic Flight") Region Russia Published in Russian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev Related The Battle of the Birds The Master Maid The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise ( Russian : Морской царь и Василиса Премудрая , romanized : Morskoi Tsar i Vasilisa Premudraya ) is a Russian fairy

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