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In the ninth or tenth century, Voyslava kills Mlada, bride of Prince Yaromir, with a poisoned ring so she can have Yaromir for herself. Voyslava’s nurse offers her help if she pledges allegiance to Morena, goddess of the underworld. Although Morena bewitches Yaromir, Mlada’s spirit draws him away from Voyslava. He learns that Voyslava murdered Mlada and kills her. Morena destroys the temple and city of Rethra in a storm and earthquake, while Yaromir is united with Mlada in heaven.
At an inn in China, the innkeeper discovers that his daughter Iedi is interested in his servant Muri and orders Muri to leave. A Mandarin arrives looking for his long-lost son; Muri is revealed to be the son he seeks.
In a Caucasian mountain village, Fatima falls in love with a Russian prisoner brought to her as a wedding gift. Her father has chosen Abubeker as her bridegroom. The prisoner is condemned to death, but Fatima frees him and urges him to escape. He tells her that he loves another woman in his homeland and runs away. As the villagers prepare revenge, Fatima stabs herself.
In seventeenth-century Scotland, Mary is being married to Douglas, although she loves William Ratcliff. Ratcliff’s father killed Mary’s mother after an affair, and their ghosts haunt him; he has already killed two men betrothed to Mary. After Douglas wounds Ratcliff in a duel, Ratcliff returns to Mary’s room. A song by her nurse Margaret drives him into a frenzy: he kills Mary and her father, then takes his own life. The ghosts of his parents appear and embrace.
In the ninth or tenth century, Voyslava kills Mlada, bride of Prince Yaromir, with a poisoned ring so she can have Yaromir for herself. Voyslava’s nurse offers her help if she pledges allegiance to Morena, goddess of the underworld. Although Morena bewitches Yaromir, Mlada’s spirit draws him away from Voyslava. He learns that Voyslava murdered Mlada and kills her. Morena destroys the temple and city of Rethra in a storm and earthquake, while Yaromir is united with Mlada in heaven.
At an inn in China, the innkeeper discovers that his daughter Iedi is interested in his servant Muri and orders Muri to leave. A Mandarin arrives looking for his long-lost son; Muri is revealed to be the son he seeks.
In a Caucasian mountain village, Fatima falls in love with a Russian prisoner brought to her as a wedding gift. Her father has chosen Abubeker as her bridegroom. The prisoner is condemned to death, but Fatima frees him and urges him to escape. He tells her that he loves another woman in his homeland and runs away. As the villagers prepare revenge, Fatima stabs herself.
In seventeenth-century Scotland, Mary is being married to Douglas, although she loves William Ratcliff. Ratcliff’s father killed Mary’s mother after an affair, and their ghosts haunt him; he has already killed two men betrothed to Mary. After Douglas wounds Ratcliff in a duel, Ratcliff returns to Mary’s room. A song by her nurse Margaret drives him into a frenzy: he kills Mary and her father, then takes his own life. The ghosts of his parents appear and embrace.