Richly represented in the Russian folktale tradition, the legends in this work are religious tales in a peasant village setting. Among the standard themes is the return of Christ, who wanders through rural Russia with his disciples. Satan appears too, as do a cast of spirits and lesser devils.

Chapter 401 The Poor Man; Chapter 402 A Tale; Chapter 403 About Ivanushka; Chapter 404 The Poor Widow; Chapter 405 The Guest; Chapter 406 The Serpent; Chapter 407 The Envious Rich Man; Chapter 408, The Rich Peasant; Chapter 409 A Magic Threshing; Chapter 410 About Il'ia; Chapter 411, The Blacksmith and the Devil; Chapter 412 The Hermit and the Devil; Chapter 413 Saying Your Soul; Chapter 414 Sin and Repentance; Chapter 415 The Archpriest's Daughter; Chapter 416 A Thief Forgiven; Chapter 417 The Proud Rich Man; Chapter 418, Tsar David's Lust; Chapter 419 Ivan the Merchant's Son Tells Off the Tsar's Daughter; Chapter 420 Money; Chapter 421 The Death of the Miser; Chapter 422 The Landowner's Revenge; Chapter 423 Are There Priests Without Sin?; Chapter 424 Laboring for the Forest Spirit; Chapter 425 The Fiddler in Hell; Chapter 426 Money is Evil; Chapter 427 The Devil and the Landowner; Chapter 428 Infanticide Punished by Serpents; Chapter 429 The Bigamist; Chapter 430 Dusk Burnt Over; Chapter 431 (Sts. Kuz'ma and Demian and the Piglets); Chapter 432 The Old Woman in Church; Chapter 433 The Priest Musician; Chapter 434 (Curse the Mub); Chapter 435 Mother; Chapter 436 The Greedy Sons; Chapter 437 The Cursed Son; Chapter 438 The Golden Saucer and the Silver Apple; Chapter 439 My Brothers Killed Me; Chapter 440 Father and Daughter; Chapter 441 The Ass's Ears; Chapter 442 The Priest and Nikolai the Wonderworker; Chapter 443 The Unlucky Peasant and Nikolai the Gracious; Chapter 444 Kas'ian and nikolai; Chapter 445 Whoever Desires Less Will Be Given More (Version 1); Chapter 446 Why Women Lost Their Rights (Version 2); Chapter 447 Why People Don't Know When They're Going to Die; Chapter 448 An Angel on Earth; Chapter 449 The Angel of God and the Passerby; Chapter 450 The Pilgrim; Chapter 451 God's Godson; Chapter 452 A Tale of a Drunkard; Chapter 453 To Heaven or to Hell?; Chapter 454 A Shoemaker in Heaven; Chapter 455 About a Sly Soldier; Chapter 456 The Devil and the Smith;