# The Pig — Russian Folktales character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pig

**First appearance:** 0058-the-animals-winter-quarters

## Who they are

A pig that appears in humorous or moral animal tales.

## In the story

### [The Animals in the Pit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-animals-in-the-pit)

Initiates the journey to St. Petersburg and is the first to fall into the pit; ultimately tricked by the fox into tearing its own belly.

### [The Animals’ Winter Quarters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-animals-winter-quarters)

Claims he will burrow into the ground but later threatens to drill the uprights with his snout.

### [The Devil in the Dough-Pan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-devil-in-the-dough-pan)

Pigs that poke at the dough containing Potánka.

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