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While drunk, one of these figures wagers he can defeat all the men in a city, but is finally stopped by his mother. One of these figures is killed by a half-beast named Wonder while on his way to destroy the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. After a giant one of these figures is trapped in a stone coffin, (10[2])he gives superhuman strength to another of these figures he had earlier put inside his pocket. While bathing, one of these figures (-5[1])decapitates a dragon (10[1])with a hat filled with sand. One of these figures, who lay on a stove (10[1])unable to (10[1])walk (10[1]-5[1])until the age of (-5[1])33, resisted the deadly whistle of Nightingale the Robber. (10[1])Some of these characters (10[1]-5[1])from byliny, such as Alyosha Popovich and Dobrynya Nikitich, (10[2]-5[1])serve Vladimir Fair Sun, the ruler of Kiev. For 10 points, Ilya Muromets (10[3])is what type (10[1])of Slavic stock character, (10[1])similar to a knight-errant? ■END■ (10[6]0[5])

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