The island of Buyan mentioned in the story of Koshei the Deathless ties into the story of the Lost City of Kitezh. It's Koschei's path to deathlessness that Lara's father was researching before he died, and using his notes Lara follows in his footsteps. The idea of achieving immortality by removing the soul from the body and housing it in an external object is explored in Rise of the Tomb Raider.
On his horse, Ivan fights and kills Koschei, then burns his body to ash. Koschei kills Ivan, but Ivan is revived by three wizards and receives a magical horse from the fabled witch Baba Yaga. Ivan is tricked into giving Koschei 12 buckets of water, which restore Koschei's magical powers and allows him to escape. In this tale, a man named Ivan Tsarevitch marries a beautiful warrior woman named Marya Morevna, who keeps Koschei locked up in her basement. If the possessor opens the egg and breaks the needle, Koschei dies.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot'sĪ story called "The Death of Koschei the Deathless" appears in several collections of Russian fairytales, as well as fairytale historian Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book. If both the hare and the duck are killed and someone gets the egg, Koschei will weaken, lose his magical powers and be subjected to their will. If the hare is killed, the duck will try to escape. The myth states that if the chest is dug up and opened, the hare will leap out and try to run away. Koschei can't die so long as his soul is buried and untouched. This isolated island plays into the second myth in Rise of the Tomb Raider, but we'll get to that in a bit. This oak tree resides on an isolated island in the middle of the ocean called Buyan, a mysterious land mentioned in several Slavic myths. This needle was then placed inside an egg in the womb of a live duck, the duck was then placed inside a live hare, and the hare was placed inside a chest made of iron or gold (depends on the storyteller) and buried beneath a green oak tree. Koschei, in a bid to extend his life, removed his soul and placed it inside a needle. He can't be killed by physical harm, because his soul doesn't reside in his body. This story of Koschei the Deathless centers around an antagonistic man named Koschei who is often represented in Russian illustrations as being a very old, ugly and skeletal man who harasses young women with magic. We took a look at these old myths to get a greater sense of what lies ahead for Lara. Crystal Dynamics has taken some creative liberties in meshing these two stories together, but the meaning and symbolism behind each one remains intact on Lara's adventure. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is searching for the secret of immortality, spurred ahead by two Slavic fairytales: Koschei the Deathless and the Lost City of Kitezh.
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