# The Youngest Son — Russian Folktales character guide

> The Youngest Son in Russian Folktales by A. N. Afanasyev.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-the-dun-cow

## Who they are

A youngest son who succeeds where older brothers fail.

## In the story

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

The bridegroom whose blood is drained by the sorcerer; later revived by the soldier.

### [The Miraculous Hen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-miraculous-hen)

The younger brother who uses the hen's liver to produce gold, wins the princess, is betrayed, acquires magical items, and ultimately transforms the princess into a mare before marrying her.

### [The Midnight Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-midnight-dance)

The poor nobleman who undertakes the task, uses the cap of invisibility, and marries the youngest princess.

### [Prince Evstáfi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/prince-evst-fi)

Prince Evstáfi, a Tsarévich who loves the poor and uses clever symbolism to escape execution.

### [The Quarrelsome Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-quarrelsome-wife)

The youth who marries a quarrelsome wife and later tricks her into a pit.

### [The Princess to Be Kissed at a Charge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-princess-to-be-kissed-at-a-charge)

One of the three sons, but specifically the elder brothers who neglect their father's grave and compete for the princess, only to be outdone by Ványa.

## Links

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