Russian Fairy Tales
Tugarin Zmeyevich
Is
a monster which personifies evil, cruelty and appears in the form of a
bogatyr (Russian knight) with dragon like features and personality.
When he approaches another knight to do battle he hisses like a serpent
and his horse makes the sound of a beast. He wears many writhing deadly
and firey snakes which represent the element of fire of which Tugarin
Zmeyevich is a part. Zmeyevich can choke people with smoke or throw
fire at others to burn them to death. He may also take the form of a
dragon, able to fly in the sky which fail when it rains.
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