Question
The protagonist of a story from this collection is taken away by the devil after he hurls an ax at a being who had given him a spade to dig up treasure under a blooming fern. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this collection that includes the folk horror stories “St. John’s Eve” and “Christmas Eve.” It is narrated by the beekeeper Rudy Panko.
ANSWER: Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka [or Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanʹki]
[10m] This author drew on his upbringing in Poltava for his collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. This author’s collection Mirgorod includes a story about Khoma’s death to the title creature, a “king of gnomes.”
ANSWER: Nikolai Gogol (The other story is “Viy.”)
[10e] The protagonists of the Gogol stories “St. John’s Eve” and “Viy” both contend with these evildoing beings, typified in Russian folklore by Baba Yaga.
ANSWER: witches
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