The Malachite Box them are keepers of hidden underground riches. The Mistress, described as either a beautiful green-eyed woman in malachite gown or a lizard with the crown on her head, is the keeper of gemstones. Poloz is the master of every existing piece of gold. The miners believed that if a gold-bearing lode disappeared, it meant that the Great Snake moved it to a different place. Bazhov introduced numerous daughters of Poloz, including Golden Hair from the tale of the same name. The relationship between Poloz and the Mistress is unclear. Bazhov commented that he asked some story-tellers about it, but they
The Malachite Box Adveyeva sung the Mistress of the Copper Mountain (mezzo-soprano), Dina Potapovskaya sung Katya (coloratura soprano). The 1954 ballet "The Tale of the Stone Flower" was created by Sergei Prokofiev. "Skazy", also called "The Stone Flower", was the 1987 play of the Maly Theatre. A lot of Soviet and Russian composers drew inspiration from "The Malachite Box". The suite "Skazy" was created by Grigory Frid in 1948. Alexey Muravlev based his symphonic poem "Mount Azov" (1949) on the tale "Beloved Name". In 1979 Margarita Kesareva created a series of piano pieces "Ural Book" (Уральская тетрадь), which included the movement "The Bear