Keyword: «folklore motives»

The article is devoted to analyses of folklore motives in a fairy tale by A. K. Tolstoy “Zmey Tugarin” and in a poem “A Wanderer and Zmey” by A. N. Tolstoy. Both works are based on Slavic myths and epics and have a number of definite features. The main motive of the works is the motive of Zmey fighting.