The bush on the kuhih nadzhkah is the dwelling of Baba Yaga in Russian fairy tales [1] [2] . “A hut about a chicken leg, about one window, with a covered red porch” [2] ; "On chicken legs, on spindly heels" [2] - stood in the forest on two huge chicken legs, which turned the hut at the first request of the "good fellow" [2] ("Hut, hut, turn to me in front, to the forest - backwards " [3] ," Hut, hut! Become back to the forest, to me in front " [2] ," Turn around with palaces, syudy porch " [2] , " [2] ).
The place of transition from the earthly world into the underworld; turning, the hut opens its door to the world of the living, now to the world of the dead, so the hero cannot step onto the land of the other world and is forced to go along the thread of the unwinding coil. Protects the hut of Baba Yaga [4] .
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Image History
The appearance of the Hut image on chicken legs is historically associated with wooden log cabins, which in ancient times in Russia were placed on hemp with chopped off roots to protect the tree from rotting [1] . In Moscow, one of the old wooden churches was called “Nicola on chicken legs,” because of the swampiness of the area, it stood on stumps [5] .
According to the meaning of the fairy-tale narrative, the Hut on chicken legs blocks the hero’s path to his magical goal and at the same time is the only passage into the “other” world . In it, the hero receives the necessary advice from Baba Yaga, is being tested, which allows him to continue on his way. The mythological image of the Hut on chicken legs - the watchtower into the realm of the dead (the kingdom of Death) [2] .
See also
- Baba Yaga
- Saami
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Hut on chicken legs // Ashukin I. S., Ashukina M. G. Winged words. Literary quotes. Figurative expressions / Ed. ed. V.P. Vompersky; Il A. B. Markevich. - M .: Pravda , 1986. - p. 274.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hut on chicken legs (inaccessible link) (inaccessible link from 14-06-2016 [1141 day]) // Russian Humanitarian Encyclopedic Dictionary: V 3 t. Vol. 2: Z — O. - M .: Humanit. ed. center VLADOS: Filol. fact St. Petersburg state University , 2002. - 720 p .: il.
- ↑ Hut on chicken legs // Michelson M. I. Russian thought and speech. His and others. Experience of Russian phraseology. Collection of figurative words and parables. T. T. 1-2. Walking and apt words. The collection of Russian and foreign quotes, proverbs, sayings, proverbial expressions and individual words. - SPb., Type. Ac Sciences , 1896-1912.
- ↑ Ladygin M. B., Ladygina O. M. A Brief Mythological Dictionary - M .: Publishing House “Polar Star”, 2003
- ↑ Nekrasov A. N. Russian folk art. - M., 1924. - P. 40—41
Literature
- Propp V.Ya. Historical roots of a fairy tale. Scientific editorial, textual commentary by I. V. Peshkov . - M .: Labyrinth, 2000. - 336 p. - ISBN 5-87604-008-8 .