"Porridge from the ax" ( Kashitsa from the ax ) - the plot of the East Slavic folk tale . Refers to the so-called social and everyday fairy tales [1] . "Porridge from the ax" - one of the most famous types of Russian household fairy tales, the world-wide popular story " Stone soup ". In the index of fairy tale plots has the number 1548 "The soldier cooks porridge (soup) from the ax": the hostess does not want to feed him; gradually he begged for cereals, oils, etc. [2] In 1982, a cartoon of the same name was created based on a fairy tale. Russian versions of the fairy tale - 10, Ukrainian - 2, Belarusian - 2 [3] .
| Ax porridge | |
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| Genre | plot of the East Slavic folk tale |
| Original language | Russian |
In Russian, the phrase “Porridge from an ax” has become a stable expression about something worthwhile, done, despite the lack of components that are part of it [4] .
Content
Story
A soldier walked home from service and was tired on the way. He was very hungry, but he himself had nothing. Approaching the village, I knocked at the first hut, asked to rest, and ask for food. The old woman lived there, let me rest, but she regretted the food for the soldier and said that she herself had nothing. The soldier saw the ax under the bench and offered to cook porridge from it. The old woman gave him a pot, and the soldier washed and put the ax in the pot on the fire, began to stir. Tried, says salt is not enough. The old woman ran off the salt brought. Again the soldier ax cooks. Tries and asked for a handful of cereals. The old woman runs, carries a bag of cereal. Then the soldier asked for oil - the old woman brought oil. Cooked soldiers porridge, they sat down with an old woman there. The old woman is surprised that such an tasty porridge can be cooked from the ax, asks, when will we eat the ax? And the soldier put the ax in his satchel and said that he was undercooked, he would finish it on the way and then eat it. So, the soldier ate porridge and left.
See also
- Stone soup
- Eponymous cartoon
Notes
- ↑ Domracheva L.N. The educational value of Russian folk tales // Conference on the moral and patriotic education of children and adolescents in the context of modern education - Ekaterinburg, 2015
- ↑ 1548. A soldier is cooking porridge (soup) from an ax // Comparative index of plots. East Slavic tale
- ↑ Notes // Folk Russian fairy tales by A. N. Afanasyev: In 3 tons. - M .: Nauka, 1984-1985. - (Lit. Monuments). - Vol. 3. - 1985. - p. 367-438.
- ↑ Porridge from an ax // Big Dictionary of Russian sayings
Links
- Romanenko Yu. A. Literary analysis of the fairy-tale porridge from the ax