Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
| Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf | |
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Ivan Tsarevich Catching the Firebird's Feather. Illustration by Ivan Bilibin. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 550 (Bird, Horse and Princess) |
| Country | Russia |
| Published in | Russian Fairy Tales by Alexandr Afanasyev |
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"Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" (Russian: Сказка об Иване-царевиче, жар-птице и о сером волке) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Russian Fairy Tales.
It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird. Others of this type include "The Golden Bird", "The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener", "The Bird 'Grip'", "How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon", and "The Nunda, Eater of People".