Part 1 Interpretation by Robert Bly: the opening situation, the fishing trip, the moment when the worlds meet, the new life, the maiden Tsar's second visit, on top of Old Smoky, the great disappointment, the tutor as destroyer of imagination, a parallel Mayan story, the maiden Tsar's third visit, using the sword; Baba Yaga's hut on a chicken leg, who is Baba Yaga?, Baba Yaga's question to Ivan, the Saturn who eats people, the Baba Yaga who eats people, why is Baba Yaga female?, the reply to Baba Yaga's question, arriving at the second sister's hut, arriving at the third sister's hut, who goes to the underworld?, how Kali belongs in the malls; the firebird, what is the firebird?, the longing for the firebird, the story - flying with the firebird, the realm of the crone, the crone's news, what can be done, the three mothers; the metaphor of the oak, the metaphor of the coffer, the metaphor of the hare, the metaphor of the duck, the metaphor of the egg, carrying the egg back to the house, ingesting the egg, the wedding. Part 2 Interpretation by Marion Woodman: the maiden Tsar, positive mother vs. stepmother, loss of the positive father, loss of both positive mother and positive father, a vulnerable triumvirate - power without presence, the fishing trip - deep-sea collusion, the pin, the sword, the conscious virgin; the descent -journey into the unconscious, the Baba Yaga, the three horns; the firebird, the crone; the still point, the inner marriage; epilogue - a brief conversation between Robert Bly and Marion Woodman.