The two themes that significantly link the three Russian folktales are sin and survival. The first theme is the sin because each main characters of the folktale did something bad and unrighteous. In the folktale, the Shemiaka Judgement, the poor brother tries to commit suicide and manipulate the judge to make everyone pay the poor brother in rubies. After winning the trial, the poor brother said, “Yes, it is for the judge. I would have never killed him if he hadn’t tried me to my advantage (452).” In the Tale of Savva Grudtsyn, Savva’s sin is having an affair with his father’s friend’s wife, and he knew what he did was wrong. Savva realized his sin, and “he began to ponder himself: How could I do such a wicked deed (455). “In Frolskobeev, the
