Eh, I don’t like “other people’s” second-hand books. Keyword- "stranger". Somehow I’m disdainful of buying books that I don’t know where they stood, lived and read. The book is alive. It absorbs the energy of the one who turns the pages...
As a child, I had a book that made me love reading. For the current younger generation this is the book “Harry Potter” (as a rule, it is from this book that children get into reading as a process), but for me it was Afanasyev’s fairy tales with illustrations by Mavrina. But somewhere this book got lost and, unfortunately, disappeared...
I searched for a long time for an alternative, a reissue, but unfortunately I couldn’t find it.
There are a lot of fairy tale books on the book market!
But, in my opinion, Afanasyev’s collection is the most accurate, the most consistent and the most correct. Fairy tales are arranged in ascending order - from simple tales to more complex ones. The tales are amazing and Russian!
In search of my book, from new editions I bought:
Compiled by: Alexander Afanasyev, O. Sklyarova
Languages: Russian
Publisher: Olma Media Group
Series: Classics in illustrations
ISBN 978-5-373-05338-9; 2013
A good edition, excellent cover, paper, excellent print quality, but not the same... That’s not the same at all.. There is no integrity in the book, no fabulousness. The illustrations are all different, sometimes even out of topic. The content is very limited. There are only 45 fairy tales in the book. The book is very flawed.
Illustrator: Nina Babarkina
Editor: Natalya Morozova
Languages: Russian
Publisher: Bright City
ISBN 978-5-9663-0141-5; 2009
I knew that it was not Afanasyev. But I bought it anyway. Do you know what I didn't like? The book is very pretentious and museum-like. Inanimate. Fairy tales shouldn't be like that.
This edition is more or less close to the original.
But in terms of content - only 59.3% (slightly more than half) of the tales are from the old edition.
This collection contains only 70 fairy tales out of 118 fairy tales contained in the Soviet edition.
Everything is processed by Afanasiev. The illustrations are black and white, but this is not a minus.
Disadvantages: large format, dividing the text into two horizontal parts (some kind of nonsense, AST probably hired some kind of fan of dividing the text into two parts - several books have already been laid out using this method, including The Lord of the Rings).
And the illustrations are varied. It feels like everything that was was dumped in a heap.
Here, as an example, is a photo of the spreads (I didn’t take any photos, I took the photo from the Labyrinth):
In general, the conclusion is that I didn’t like it.
Without thinking twice (in this situation), I finally ordered a second-hand book edition of the “good old” Afanasyev with his fairy tales)
Second-hand book edition
Publisher: Fiction
State of preservation: Good
ISBN 5-280-01040-5; 1990
The publication is old, not from 90, but from 89. The book is supported.
You can’t say this, but after I leafed through this book I wanted to wash my hands...((Well, I don’t know who held this book in my hands! I can’t help it.. Probably this will pass and the book will become MINE!
And the book itself is, of course, gorgeous! And it’s as if it came from a fairy tale. I don’t understand why I have these feelings? This is probably personal and very subjective)
The book contains ALL 118 fairy tales! They are arranged in a special way: as I said above - from simple to complex. There is Baba Yaga, and Koschey, and “you’ll go to the right..” - in general, that’s it!) Such a self-sufficient book in content.
And these are page spreads with wonderful illustrations by T. Mavrina:
And what cool “Boring Tales” at the end!!!)))
Just a fairy tale, not a book!)
P.S.: to sum up what has been said, I have a question for experts: please tell me a good alternative to the above edition from a recently published one. I'm sure I missed something. I will be very grateful!
I also really hope that some publishing house will decide and take on this book. And it will make it just as fabulous, readable and bookish. Let it not be just another soulless “fairy tale”, but let it be fairy tales)
A fairy tale is an amazing creation of the people; it elevates a person, entertains him, gives him faith in his own strength and in miracles. We become acquainted with this genre of literature, perhaps the most popular and beloved, in childhood, therefore, in the minds of many people, fairy tales are associated with something simple, even primitive, understandable and small child. However, this is a deep misconception. Folk tales are not as simple as they might seem at first glance. This is a multifaceted, deep layer of folk art that carries the wisdom of generations, enclosed in a laconic and unusually figurative form.
The Russian fairy tale is a special genre of folklore; it has not only an entertaining plot and magical characters, but also an amazing poetry of language that opens up to the reader the world of human feelings and relationships; it affirms kindness and justice, and also introduces Russian culture, wise folk experience, and the native language.
Fairy tales refer to folk art, they do not have an author, but we know the names of the fairy tale researchers who carefully collected and wrote them down. One of the most famous and outstanding collectors of fairy tales was the ethnographer, historian and literary critic A. N. Afanasyev. In 1855–1864 he compiled the most complete collection of fairy tales - “Russian Folk Tales”, which included about 600 texts recorded in different corners Russia. This book has become an example of fairy-tale literature and a source of inspiration for many Russian writers and poets.
The heterogeneity of fairy tales, the wide range of themes and plots, the variety of motives, characters and methods of conflict resolution make the task genre definition fairy tales are very complex. However there is common feature, inherent in all fairy tales, is a combination of fiction and truth.
Today, there is a generally accepted classification of fairy tales, in which several groups are distinguished: fairy tales, fairy tales about animals, social and everyday (or novelistic) and boring fairy tales. A. N. Afanasyev also singled out the so-called “cherished” fairy tales, known for their erotic content and profanity.
In our collection we included fairy tales about animals and fairy tales - as the most common, vibrant and beloved folk tales.
In fairy tales about animals, fish, animals, birds and even insects act; they talk to each other, quarrel, make peace and get married. However, there are almost no miracles in these fairy tales; their heroes are very real inhabitants of the forests.
Man has long been a part of nature, constantly fighting with it, he at the same time sought protection from it, which is reflected in folklore. By depicting animals, people gave these characters human traits, while at the same time preserving their real habits and “way of life.” Subsequently, a fable, parable meaning was introduced into many tales about animals.
There are relatively few tales about animals: they occupy a tenth of the fairy tale epic. Main characters: fox, wolf, bear, hare, goat, horse, raven, rooster. The most common characters in fairy tales about animals are the fox and the wolf, who have constant signs: the fox is cunning and treacherous, and the wolf is angry, greedy and stupid. For other animal characters, the characteristics are not so sharply defined, they vary from fairy tale to fairy tale.
Reflected in the animal epic human life with all her passions, as well as a realistic depiction of human, in particular, peasant life. Most fairy tales about animals are distinguished by a simple plot and brevity, but at the same time the plots themselves are unusually diverse. Tales about animals necessarily contain a moral, which, as a rule, is not stated directly, but follows from the content.
The main part of Russian folklore consists of fairy tales - a unique type of adventure oral literature. In these tales we encounter the most incredible inventions, with the spiritualization of objects and phenomena of the surrounding world. These features are characteristic of fairy tales of all peoples of the world. Their heroes perform amazing feats, kill monsters, obtain living and dead water, free from captivity and save innocents from death; they are endowed with miraculous qualities: they turn into animals, walk along the bottom of the sea, fly through the air. They emerge victorious from all dangers and trials and always achieve what they set out to do. Fantastic, unique heroes of fairy tales are well known to everyone since childhood: Baba Yaga, Koschey, the Serpent Gorynych, the Frog Princess... And who among us sometimes does not dream of having a flying carpet, a self-assembled tablecloth or magic ring, fulfilling all wishes!
In a Russian fairy tale, the image of a positive hero is central; the entire interest of the narrative is focused on his fate. He embodies the people's ideal of beauty, moral strength, kindness, and people's ideas about justice. Numerous dangers, miracles, unexpected trials await the hero, and he is often threatened with death. But everything ends well - this main principle fairy tale, which reflected popular ideas about good and evil, and the heroes became the embodiment of fighters for age-old popular ideals.
The fantastic, magical form of Russian fairy tales reflects descriptions of national life, psychology and folk customs, which gives fairy tales additional cultural value. And the abundance of apt comparisons, epithets, figurative expressions, songs and rhythmic repetitions makes the reader, forgetting about everything, plunge headlong into magical reality.
All peoples of the world have fairy tales. We found it interesting to compare fairy tales that are found in world folklore, to trace their national features, differences and similarities, and compositional features. Based on the works famous researchers fairy tales and our own observations, we included in this book comments on some fairy tales with so-called “wandering” plots.
Before you is not just a collection of fairy tales, but a real chest with gems folk wisdom, the colors and brilliance of which can be admired endlessly. Over the centuries, these imperishable jewels have taught us to love good and hate evil, inspire us with the heroism and resilience of heroes and can serve as real consolation and entertainment in any life situation.
Birds of Sirina. Popular print illustration
Animal Tales
Cat and fox
Once upon a time there was a man; he had a cat, but it was so mischievous that it was a disaster! The guy is tired of him. So the man thought and thought, took the cat, put it in a bag, tied it up and carried it into the forest. He brought it and threw it in the forest: let it disappear! The cat walked and walked and came across a hut in which the forester lived; he climbed into the attic and lies down for himself, and if he wants to eat, he will go through the forest to catch birds and mice, eat to his fill and go back to the attic, and he won’t have enough grief!
One day a cat went for a walk, and a fox met him, saw the cat and was surprised:
“I’ve been living in the forest for so many years, but I’ve never seen such an animal.”
She bowed to the cat and asked:
“Tell me, good fellow, who are you, how did you come here - and what should I call you by name?”
And the cat threw up his fur and said:
“I was sent to you from the Siberian forests as a mayor, and my name is Kotofey Ivanovich.”
“Oh, Kotofey Ivanovich,” says the fox, “I didn’t know about you, I didn’t know; Well, let's go visit me.
The cat went to the fox; She brought him to her hole and began to treat him to various game, and she herself asked:
- What, Kotofey Ivanovich, are you married or single?
“Single,” says the cat.
- And I, fox, - maiden, marry me.
The cat agreed, and they began to feast and have fun.
The next day the fox went to get supplies so that she would have something to live with her young husband; and the cat stayed at home.
Propp sees in folk tales a reminder of totemic initiation rituals. The fairy tale does not describe a system of rituals of any specific stage of culture, but its initiation scenario expresses the ahistorical archetypal behavior of the psyche. In fairy tales there is no exact reminder of any culture: here various historical cycles and cultural styles mix and collide with each other. Only patterns of behavior that could have existed in many cultural cycles and at different historical moments have been preserved here.
The typological correspondence between the fairy tale and the initiation rite, established by Propp in his 1946 book, was only just beginning to develop in the mid-70s in studies comparing folklore narratives and rites of “passage”.
29. Folk demonology. Bylichki.
Demonological stories are one of the types of non-fairy tale prose, including fairy tales and stories; stories about supernatural beings and phenomena. The tales expressed ideas and concepts about supernatural forces, about the intervention of creatures from lower folk demonology. Bylichki - oral stories about goblins, brownies, merman, mermaids, kikimore, bannik, barn, fire snake, living dead/devils and in general about the intervention in human life of creatures from the world of folk religion. They are characterized by the narrator’s firm confidence in the existence of such forces, but unlike former events, the performer may have doubts. Little tales reflect the everyday likes and dislikes of their narrators. The division is made according to characters: about brownies, about goblins, etc.
30. Types of collections of fairy tales. Collection of Afanasyev.
The classification of fairy tales is given based on the research of the Finnish school and in particular A. Aarne, who divided fairy tales into three types - about animals, fairy tales themselves (magic) and anecdotes. Later, jokes were replaced by social and everyday tales. Tales about animals originated in ancient times. They reflected man's attempts to comprehend the laws of the animal world based on life experience. Propp, in the preface to Afanasyev’s collection of fairy tales, divides tales about animals into 1) tales about wild ones (“The Wolf and the Ice-hole”) 2) about wild and domestic ones (“Once upon a time there was a dog”) 3) about humans and wild ones (“The Man and the Bear” ) 4) about domestic animals (“About the Whacked Goat”) 5) about birds and fish (“The Fox and the Crane”) 6) tales about other animals and plants (“Kolobok”). The most important features: animism, anthropomorphism, totemism. In the depiction of animals, there is a desire for typification: the fox is always gray, the hare is cowardly, etc. - all this is the result of anthropomorphism in the explanation of nature. The main purpose of fairy tales about animals is explanatory and educational. They may explain why domesticated animals are domesticated or why a hare changes its skin. On the other hand, fairy tales often contain moral teachings (“The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”). There are also so-called allegorical satirical tales (“The Fox and the Black Grouse”, in which, before eating the black grouse, the fox forces him to confess). In fairy tales about animals, convention is important, not fantasy. There is no magic in them - otherwise they become magical. The most important compositional feature of SOZh is the stringing of episodes in them - all meetings and actions are repeated many times - these tales are cumulative, i.e. have a chain structure (“Kolobok”, “Teremok”). The dialogues are expressed more strongly than in a fairy tale - various songs, sayings, etc.
Search. mythol. Russian roots fairy tales. Integrity of options. Most of his corrections relate to the language and style of the tales. For the first time, folklore texts are presented in variants; some dialectal features of the performers' speech have been preserved; an extensive commentary has been prepared; Where possible, passport information about published texts was introduced. Let us note that from the point of view of modern requirements, not everything in the collection can satisfy us: Afanasyev did not see anything reprehensible in correct stylistic editing or in the creation of consolidated texts.
The collection “Russian Folk Tales” was compiled by A. N. Afanasyev in 1855-1864. For publication, 75 texts were extracted from the archives of the Russian Geographical Society. Other materials are collected from various sources. Afanasyev himself recorded no more than 10 fairy tales, mainly from his homeland - the Voronezh province. The largest number of texts belongs to the collection of V. I. Dahl. The largest number of fairy tales are fairy tales: animal tales (1-299), fairy tales (300-749), legendary tales (750-849) and novelistic tales (850-999).
Afanasyev's collection has some shortcomings. He depended on his correspondents, and therefore the quality of the recordings was uneven and varied. The places of occurrence of each fairy tale are not indicated.
Russian folk tales
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V. Vasnetsov. Princess at the window
From the publisher
A fairy tale is an amazing creation of the people; it elevates a person, entertains him, gives him faith in his own strength and in miracles. We become acquainted with this genre of literature, perhaps the most popular and beloved, in childhood, therefore, in the minds of many people, fairy tales are associated with something simple, even primitive, understandable even to a small child. However, this is a deep misconception. Folk tales are not as simple as they might seem at first glance. This is a multifaceted, deep layer of folk art that carries the wisdom of generations, enclosed in a laconic and unusually figurative form.
The Russian fairy tale is a special genre of folklore; it has not only an entertaining plot and magical characters, but also an amazing poetry of language that opens up to the reader the world of human feelings and relationships; it affirms kindness and justice, and also introduces Russian culture, wise folk experience, and the native language.
Fairy tales belong to folk art, they do not have an author, but we know the names of fairy tale researchers who carefully collected and wrote them down. One of the most famous and outstanding collectors of fairy tales was the ethnographer, historian and literary critic A. N. Afanasyev. In 1855–1864 he compiled the most complete collection of fairy tales - “Russian Folk Tales”, which included about 600 texts recorded in different parts of Russia. This book has become an example of fairy-tale literature and a source of inspiration for many Russian writers and poets.
The heterogeneity of fairy tales, the wide range of themes and plots, the variety of motives, characters and methods of resolving conflicts make the task of defining a fairy tale by genre very difficult. However, there is a common feature inherent in all fairy tales - a combination of fiction and truth.
Today, there is a generally accepted classification of fairy tales, in which several groups are distinguished: fairy tales, fairy tales about animals, social and everyday (or novelistic) and boring fairy tales. A. N. Afanasyev also singled out the so-called “cherished” fairy tales, known for their erotic content and profanity.
In our collection we included fairy tales about animals and fairy tales - as the most common, vibrant and beloved folk tales.
In fairy tales about animals, fish, animals, birds and even insects act; they talk to each other, quarrel, make peace and get married. However, there are almost no miracles in these fairy tales; their heroes are very real inhabitants of the forests.
Man has long been a part of nature, constantly fighting with it, he at the same time sought protection from it, which is reflected in folklore. By depicting animals, people gave these characters human traits, while at the same time preserving their real habits and “way of life.” Subsequently, a fable, parable meaning was introduced into many tales about animals.
There are relatively few tales about animals: they occupy a tenth of the fairy tale epic. Main characters: fox, wolf, bear, hare, goat, horse, raven, rooster. The most common characters in fairy tales about animals are the fox and the wolf, who have constant characteristics: the fox is cunning and treacherous, and the wolf is angry, greedy and stupid. For other animal characters, the characteristics are not so sharply defined, they vary from fairy tale to fairy tale.
The animal epic reflected human life with all its passions, as well as a realistic depiction of human life, in particular, peasant life. Most fairy tales about animals are distinguished by a simple plot and brevity, but at the same time the plots themselves are unusually diverse. Tales about animals necessarily contain a moral, which, as a rule, is not stated directly, but follows from the content.
The main part of Russian folklore consists of fairy tales - a unique type of adventure oral literature. In these tales we encounter the most incredible inventions, with the spiritualization of objects and phenomena of the surrounding world. These features are characteristic of fairy tales of all peoples of the world. Their heroes perform amazing feats, kill monsters, obtain living and dead water, free from captivity and save innocents from death; they are endowed with miraculous qualities: they turn into animals, walk along the bottom of the sea, fly through the air. They emerge victorious from all dangers and trials and always achieve what they set out to do. Fantastic, unique heroes of fairy tales are well known to everyone since childhood: Baba Yaga, Koschey, the Serpent Gorynych, the Frog Princess... And who among us does not sometimes dream of having a flying carpet, a self-assembled tablecloth, or a magic ring that can do everything? wishes!
In a Russian fairy tale, the image of a positive hero is central; the entire interest of the narrative is focused on his fate. He embodies the people's ideal of beauty, moral strength, kindness, and people's ideas about justice. Numerous dangers, miracles, unexpected trials await the hero, and he is often threatened with death. But everything ends well - this is the main principle of a fairy tale, which reflects popular ideas about good and evil, and the heroes became the embodiment of fighters for age-old folk ideals.
The fantastic, magical form of Russian fairy tales reflects descriptions of national life, psychology and folk customs, which gives fairy tales additional cultural value. And the abundance of apt comparisons, epithets, figurative expressions, songs and rhythmic repetitions makes the reader, forgetting about everything, plunge headlong into magical reality.
All peoples of the world have fairy tales. We found it interesting to compare fairy tales that are found in world folklore, to trace their national features, differences and similarities, and compositional features. Based on the work of famous fairy tale researchers and our own observations, we included in this book comments on some fairy tales with so-called “wandering” plots.
What you see here is not just a collection of fairy tales, but a real chest with gems of folk wisdom, the colors and brilliance of which you can admire endlessly. Over the centuries, these imperishable jewels have taught us to love good and hate evil, inspire us with the heroism and resilience of heroes and can serve as real consolation and entertainment in any life situation.
Birds of Sirina. Popular print illustration
Animal Tales
Cat and fox
Once upon a time there was a man; he had a cat, but it was so mischievous that it was a disaster! The guy is tired of him. So the man thought and thought, took the cat, put it in a bag, tied it up and carried it into the forest. He brought it and threw it in the forest: let it disappear! The cat walked and walked and came across a hut in which the forester lived; he climbed into the attic and lies down for himself, and if he wants to eat, he will go through the forest to catch birds and mice, eat to his fill and go back to the attic, and he won’t have enough grief!
Publisher: Rech, 2017
Series: Gift of Speech
ISBN: 978-5-9268-2471-8
Pages: 320 (Offset)
The book was made to order from Labyrinth, so it is sold only there!
A luxurious collection of Russian folk tales was published by the Rech publishing house. Just a holiday for the soul! A collection of fairy tales with illustrations by Tatyana Mavrina!
Tatyana Alekseevna Mavrina is called “the most Russian of all artists.” Mavrina is the only Soviet artist awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for his contribution to the illustration of children's literature.
Her works are easily recognizable. Opening a book, any book illustrated by Tatyana Mavrina, you immediately find yourself in a fairy tale. She creates her own fairy world from bright colors and colors. Here good fellows gallop on mighty horses, there is a hut on chicken legs in the deep forest, and beauties live in high towers.
The book includes 23 full-page illustrations.
Not enough - it will be(
There is no such thing as too much beauty)
Tatyana Mavrina also drew an intricate initial letter for each fairy tale.
The book is in a convenient format. Embossed cover. The spine is fabric. The book was printed in Latvia.
The book contains a large number of fairy tales It is impossible to list all the tales included in this collection. The contents of the book alone span three pages. There are 70 fairy tales in total.
These tales are truly folk tales, because they were collected by Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev, an outstanding Russian scientist, cultural historian, ethnographer and folklorist. Many of us grew up reading these fairy tales.
Moreover, for this edition, Rech selected the most interesting and not the most famous fairy tales.
Fairy tales are not suitable for very young children. There is no Turnip or Kolobok here) The tales are intended for older children. For primary school age.
The font is unusual, the letters are slightly elongated. Comfortable for reading.
The book will become one of the pearls of your home library.
Just like Mavrina’s Fairytale ABC!
