“Wooden Eagle” ( Tsar Masters, the Sunflower Kingdom ) is the plot of Eastern Slavic folk tales. In the Index of Fairy Plots (CMS) Aarne has the number 575 “Wooden Eagle (Dove)” [1] . The plot is fixed in all East Slavic peoples: 25 Russian, 5 Ukrainian and 2 Belarusian variants are marked. The plot is common in the Russian North and differs only in details: usually the father is locked up in the tower by the father ( Onchukov , Nikiforov ); Variant Korguyev (No. 5) modernizes it by adding an episode about a son forgotten by his parents. In Zaonezhie, this story is also found in the form of a tale (“The Sunflower Kingdom.” Rybnikov ). The variant in the recording by A. Shakhmatova is partially contaminated with the fairy tale “ Finist the Clear Falcon ” [2] .
| Wooden eagle | |
|---|---|
 Book cover. Design: G. Narbut | |
| Genre | folk tale |
| Original language | Russian |
Content
Story
Goldsmiths and a carpenter argued who would be surprised the king more with their skill. To determine the winner, the king ordered to bring each of them by wonder. The first brought the king a golden duck, which swam across the water as if it were alive. A carpenter brought a wooden eagle, but one that cannot be distinguished from a living eagle. The carpenter sat on the eagle, twisted a cog inside, took off on the eagle under the clouds and came back. While the king thanked the master, the prince jumped up on the eagle and flew off to the overseas region. The king accused the carpenter in the disappearance of his beloved son, ordered the master to be imprisoned in a dungeon. At this time, the prince wandered around for two weeks. He learned about the beautiful royal daughter, who was kept in a high tower. The prince flew up on his wooden eagle to the window of the tower, spoke to the princess. They fell in love with each other at first sight. But the king ordered the execution of the brave. Before execution, the young man jumped up on an eagle, and together with the princess flew into his kingdom. There, the wedding was celebrated for the joy, and the skilled carpenter from the dungeon was released.
Filming and Staging
- The Magic Bird (cartoon) is a Soviet cartoon film made in 1953 by director Viktor Gromov based on a fairy tale.
Notes
- ↑ Comparative index plots. No. 575
- ↑ Shakhmatov A. A. Folklore heritage of A. A. Shakhmatov. RAS, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) - SPb .: Publishing House of the RCA, 2005. - 799 p. - p. 676-677
Literature
- Krayushkina T. V. Physiology and Psychology of the Characters of Russian Folk Fairy Tales - Vladivostok: Dal'nauka, 2011. - 258 p. - ISBN 978-5-8044-1236-5
- Rafaeva A. V. How fairy tales change: to the method of research // Problems of linguistic prognostics: Coll. Proceedings / Ed. A. A. Kretova - Voronezh: Science-Unipress, 2007 - p. 111-130