Dust Devil or Wizard?

The Songs of the Russian People: As Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology and Russian Social Life
By William Ralston Shedden Ralston
Published by Ellis & Green, 1872
The Russian peasant generally attributes such winds to the wild dances in which the devil indulges when celebrating his marriage with a witch; but sometimes, he thinks, a wizard is being whirled [...]

The Poorman and the King of crows

Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and the Magyars: of the Russians, western Slavs, and Magyars
By Jeremiah Curtin
Published by Little, Brown, 1890
” But how wilt thou enter the black castle, since it is covered all around with a stone wall, and whirls unceasingly on a golden cock’s foot? But make no account of [...]