![]() ![]() When Ivan catches up with Koschei, Koschei tells Ivan to let him go, but Ivan does not give in, and Koschei kills him, puts his remains into a barrel and throws it into the sea. ![]() Soon after Ivan finds out that Koschei has captured Marya Morevna, and pursues him. After Koschei drinks twelve buckets of water, his magic powers return to him, he breaks his chains and disappears. Koschei asks Ivan to bring him some water Ivan does so. ![]() ![]() Overcome by the desire to know what the dungeon holds, he opens the door soon after her departure and finds Koschei, chained and emaciated. After a while she announces she is going to go to war and tells Ivan not to open the door of the dungeon in the castle they live in while she will be away. He meets Marya Morevna, a beautiful warrior princess, and marries her. After his parents died and his sisters marry three wizards, he leaves his home in search of his sisters. Ivan Tsarevitch had three sisters, the first was Princess Maria, the second was Princess Olga, the third was Princess Anna. The character Koschei is an evil immortal man who menaces young women with his magic. The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna ( Russian: Марья Моревна) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. Narodnye russkie skazki, by Alexander Afanasyev
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