Word: handharp
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Story. Sadko, a singer who played on the gousla (ancient Russian handharp), was summoned to entertain banqueting merchants. Instead of praising them, his singing boasted of what he would do with their opportunities, so that they drove him into the streets. Thence he went to the shores of Lake Ilmen, sang sorrowfully until there appeared Volkhova, Princess of the Sea. Instantly she loved Sadko for his song, told him that if he cast his net into the waters he would draw forth three golden fishes which would spell wealth, happiness. Sadko rushed home, cast aside his doting wife, proceeded...
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