At the Pike's Behest
| At the Pike's Behest! | |
|---|---|
Emelian rides on the horseless sled. Illustration by Valery Kurdyumov, 1913. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | At the Pike's Behest! |
| Also known as | Emelian, the Fool Emelya the Simpleton |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 675 (The Lazy Boy) |
| Region | Russia |
| Published in | Narodnye russkie skazki by Alexander Afanasyev |
| Related | Peruonto The Dolphin Half-Man Foolish Hans (de) Peter the Fool (fr) |
Emelya the Simpleton (Russian: Емеля-дурак) or At the Pike's Behest (Russian: По щучьему веленью) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.