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Koschei the Immortal with Vasilisa Prekrasnaya
From Russian Коще́й (Koščéj), related to кость (kostʹ, “bone”).
Koschei
- (Slavic mythology) An archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife, and sometimes represented as a skeleton.
Koschei the Immortal
- Armenian: Կոշչեյ (Koščʻey)
- Belarusian: Кашчэ́й m (Kaščéj), Кашчэ́й Бессмяро́тны m (Kaščéj Bjessmjarótny), Кашч m (Kašč)
- Czech: Kostěj m, (East Slavic) Kaščej m
- Finnish: Koštšei, Koštšei Kuolematon
- French: Kochtcheï m
- German: Koschtschei m
- Greek: Κοσέι m (Koséi)
- Japanese: コシチェイ (Koshichei)
- Korean: 카셰이 (Kasyei)
- Polish: Kościej m, Kościej Nieśmiertelny m
- Romanian: Koșcei m
- Russian: Коще́й (ru) m (Koščéj), Коще́й Бессме́ртный m (Koščéj Bessmértnyj), Каще́й (ru) m (Kaščéj)
- Slovak: Kostej m, Koščej m
- Spanish: Koschéi m
- Ukrainian: Кощі́й m (Koščíj), Кощі́й Безсме́ртний m (Koščíj Bezsmértnyj), Кості́й m (Kostíj), Кості́й Безду́шний m (Kostíj Bezdúšnyj)
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- Buyan (considered as Koschei's home in some Russian legends)