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Fanart. Olga Gromyko. Novel "Say a Word for the Poor Koschei".In slavic folklore, Koschei (Russian: Кощей) is an archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife. None of the existing tales actually describes his appearance, though in book illustrations, cartoons and cinema he has been most frequently represented as a very old and ugly-looking man. But my Koschei young beautiful and very sad.
Koschei is also known as Koschei the Immortal or Koschei the Deathless. The spelling in Russian suggests that his name may be derived from the word kost' (Rus. кость) meaning "bone", implying a skeletal appearance.
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Oh wow!
This is so interesting, I might look into this folklore.
He's a beautiful man *o*
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You have depicted his character so well. Quite handsome and so deep.... It made me curious to read about him. 
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Thank you my friend. Glad you liked it. I doubt his beauty. A broken arm and gray hair at the age of 28. But he is very smart and serious. And he is worthy of respect not fear.
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((Whoa, this was an interesting read for such a beautiful image
I shall definitely read up on this folklore a bit more! 
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Thank you very much.
My mom often read to me in childhood this terrible tale. And I was very upset that Koschei always made the villain. People often blame their failures of others. If the person is smarter or more lucky means he is evil magician.
But I love him very much and don't believe fairy tales.
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((^^
As you explained it in the description, and here in this comment, I feel he is an easy character for others to pin blame on, when really he is simply a better person when it comes to things. Perhaps a character some of us could learn from!
It's a very beautiful and reflective thought! Thank you for sharing 
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A lot of superstition and injustice in Slavic folklore. Knowledge is always caused fear. The wizard was in prison for 100 years for their power and knowledge. Why should he spare his enemies? As a child I couldn't understand it.
Well Olga Gromyko in his novel gave him a bit of happiness and justice.
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((Ah but Knowledge is power. Without it, we as humans cannot succeed or learn or grow ^^
I'm glad Gromyko depicted him as such then 
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Me too.
And thank you. I'm so happy you like it.
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