The Descent of the White Leopard

The Russian Descendant of the Snow Leopard is based on a famous Kirghizian folktale Apparently the Kirghizian folks had plenty of time to tell this story to print a full synopsis would result in a novelette Essentially the story involves a proud group of highland hunters called the Snow Leopards who in order to survive a brutal winter must request help from the Lowland people The price for this assistance is the hand of the Snow Leopards daughter who is promised in marriage to a wealthy Lowland trader During the Springtime wedding celebration the trader becomes fascinated by a stranger who wins all the athletic contests This male contestant turns out to be a woman who has arrived to seek freedom for her imprisoned husband The subsequent romance between the trader and the beautiful stranger results in disaster and bloodshed for both the Snow Leopards and the Lowlanders