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A knight would find himself at a fork in the road where he'd see a standing stone with an inscription on it that reads, \"If you ride to the left, you will lose your horse; if you ride to the right, you will lose your head,\" or words to that effect. The implication is that he had a choice between two undesirable outcomes and had to choose between the two in order to continue his adventures.\n[/quote]\n\nMy knowledge of Russian is a little limited, but I can somewhat read the inscription:\n[i]Какъ прямоу ѣхати\nЖивоу нр[?]ывати\nНѣтъ пути \nНи проѣзжем[...]\nНи прохожем[...]\nНи пролетном[...][/i]\n\nIt's probably Church Slavonic since I recognize a few forms that are not present in modern Russian. I can't exactly translate it, though it seems to say something like:\n\n[i]How to go straight forward [?]\nI live [...]\nNo path [?][/i]\n\nAnd then gives three 'alternatives' which I can't really understand, but they seem forms derived from verbs of motion.\n\nEdit: of course I noticed that it had already been translated only after making the comment. Lol.", "created_at": "2026-04-15T14:01:40.230-04:00", "creator_id": 1717514, "creator_name": "FarthingInYourPenny", "do_not_bump_post": false, "id": 9772070, "is_hidden": false, "is_sticky": false, "post_id": 6172204, "score": 2, "updated_at": "2026-04-16T01:49:19.924-04:00", "updater_id": 1717514, "updater_name": "FarthingInYourPenny", "warning_type": null, "warning_user_id": null }, { "body": "[quote]\"clawstripe\":/users/14014 said:\nIt seems this is a common motif in Russian folk tales. A knight would find himself at a fork in the road where he'd see a standing stone with an inscription on it that reads, \"If you ride to the left, you will lose your horse; if you ride to the right, you will lose your head,\" or words to that effect. The implication is that he had a choice between two undesirable outcomes and had to choose between the two in order to continue his adventures.\n[/quote]\n\nVery interesting because this is different from the knights from what become england or spain that is tales of glory and the knights always gaining something in the tales", "created_at": "2026-02-07T10:22:30.728-05:00", "creator_id": 1404914, "creator_name": "bababoeey567", "do_not_bump_post": false, "id": 9622505, "is_hidden": false, "is_sticky": false, "post_id": 6172204, "score": 1, "updated_at": "2026-02-07T10:22:30.728-05:00", "updater_id": 1404914, "updater_name": "bababoeey567", "warning_type": null, "warning_user_id": null }, { "body": "It seems this is a common motif in Russian folk tales. 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