Kornilov Bilibin plate #2 After one of illustrations to a Russian fairytale “Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf”. In this story, the wolf helps Prince Ivan steal Helen the Beautiful for a king. However, they end up falling in love with each other. So the wolf turns itself into the form of the princess and has Ivan give it to the king instead of Helen. Then the wolf escapes the king and catches up with Ivan and Helen. Helen rides the horse and Ivan rides the wolf. Ivan Bilibin
