he presents the swords as distinct from one another, since the kladenets sword needs to be wielded by a bogatyr. Other sources however, present these two swords (mech-kladenets and mech-samosek) as equivalent, for example, a mythology dictionary with Yeleazar M. Meletinsky as supervising editor. The reasoning is not well-clarified, but this dictionary explains its view that kladenets (treasure) is often connected with the motif of being hidden inside a wall, and in the tale example it gives, the "Tale of the City of Babylon" (Skazanie o Vaviloné grade ), the samosek-sword is also called "Asp The Serpent" (), and it was ordered hidden inside the wall by the sword's owner, Nebuchadnezzar. Elsewhere, the self-swinging sword under command of St. George beheads a Tatar tsar. See also Kusanagi no Tsurugi Explanatory notes References Bibliography e-text [Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) ed. (2001), Pechora Byliny: North European Russia (Dictionary of Folklore series, vol. 2), p. 602] [Second Section of the Imperial Academies of the Sciences ed. (1907), Dictionary of the Russian Language, Volume 4: K–Kampilyt, p. 917] Russian mythology Mythological swords Fictional swords