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# The Inscription on the Stone in Vasnetsov's "Knight at the Crossroads"
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/na-kamne-u-vitiazia-na-raspute-vasnetsova-napisano/
- Published: 2024-06-16T10:49:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:33:30.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Books, Ethnography

"Go straight ahead, and you'll not stay alive; there is no way for rider, walker or flyer."

Yet, by Vasnetsov's own account, the text has a continuation, borrowed from the epic tale (*bylina*) and hidden by him beneath a layer of moss:

"Go to the right, and you will be wed; go to the left, and you will be rich."