# The Master — Russian Folktales character guide

> The Master in Russian Folktales by A. N. Afanasyev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** master

**First appearance:** 0008-the-bear-the-dog-and-the-cat

## Who they are

A generic master figure in tales of servants and animals.

## In the story

### [A Tale of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/a-tale-of-the-dead)

The miller who warns the soldier about the sorcerer and offers him lodging for the night.

### [The Language of the Birds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-language-of-the-birds)

The ship's master who adopts Vasíli and later becomes his servant, fulfilling the Nightingale's prophecy.

### [The Smith and the Devil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-smith-and-the-devil)

The rich husband who is burned to death by the smith in a failed attempt to rejuvenate him, later restored by the devil.

### [The Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-dream)

The peasant who hosts the old man and interprets the dream's symbols as reflections of his family's moral and spiritual condition.

### [A Cure for Story-Telling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/a-cure-for-story-telling)

The porter who schemes to cure his wife's love of stories by inviting a storyteller and then beating her when she interrupts.

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