Кощей
Koshchei (Russian: Коще́й, romanized: Koshchey, IPA: [kɐˈɕːej]), also Kashchei (Russian: Каще́й, romanized: Kashchey, IPA: [kɐˈɕːej]), often given the epithet "the Immortal", or "the Deathless" (Russian: Бессме́ртный), is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore.
The most common feature of tales involving Koshchei is a spell which prevents him from being killed. He hides "his death" inside nested objects to protect it. For example, his death may be hidden in a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on the faraway mythical island of Buyan. Usually Koshchei takes the role of a malevolent rival figure, who competes for (or entraps) a male hero's love-interest.
The origin of the tales is unknown. The archetype may contain elements derived from the pagan Cuman-Kipchak (Polovtsian) leader Khan Konchak (died 1187), who appears in the 12th-century epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign; over time Christian Slavic story-tellers may have distorted or caricatured a balanced view of the non-Christian Cuman Khan.
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