| Sivko-Burko | |
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.jpg) The hero, on the fiery Sivko-Burko, kisses the princess, located in the highest tower. Study by Victor Vasnetsov (1926). | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Sivko-Burko |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 530 (The Princess on the Glass Hill) |
| Country | Russia |
| Published in | Russian Fairy Tales by Alexandr Afanasyev |
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Sivko-Burko (Russian: Сивко-бурко, romanized: Sivko-burko) is a Russian fairy tale (skazka) collected by folklorist Alexandr Afanasyev in his three-volume compilation Russian Fairy Tales. The tale is a local form in Slavdom of tale type ATU 530, "The Princess on the Glass Mountain", wherein the hero has to jump higher and reach a tower or terem, instead of climbing up a steep and slippery mountain made entirely of glass.