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Russian fairytales & art. Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov. a famous Russian artist. May 15, 1848 — July 23, 1926.
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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov a famous Russian artist May 15, 1848 — July 23, 1926
Russian folklore has always been a source of inspiration for the Russian people, especially for Russian artists. One of the most famous is Viktor Vasnetsov. Through his illustrations Russian fairy tales were introduced in all its glory to people in all over the world. Vasnetsov tried to understand the spirit of the Russian people and pass it with his paintings. Today we have the opportunity to immerse yourself in that amazing and fascinating world!
AlyoshaPopovich Ilya Muromets Dobrynya Nikitich Bogatyrs
Bogatyrs • The Russian bylina* feature bogatyrs, knights-errant who served as protectors of their homeland, and occasionally as adventurers. Some of them are presumed to be historical figures, while others are fictional and descend from mythology. Three popular Russian knights—Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich (famously painted by Victor Vasnetsov). *bylina – the Russian name for fairytales, which are based on real historical events
Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf • The tsar told his two oldest sons that the one who find the magic Firebird would receive half his kingdom and be his heir. The older brothers were too lazy to cope with the task. The younger brother Ivan Tsarevichwandered for a very long time, he lost his horse and met the Grey Wolf, who decided to help him. Together, they found a kingdom where the Firebird lived. The tsar of this kingdom said that he would give Ivan the Firebird in exchange for the most beautiful princess Helen the Beautiful. Ivan rode the wolf to her castle. The wolf carried her off, but Ivan was able to assuage her fears. Ivan brought her back to the Second tsar, but wept because they had come to love each other. The wolf turned itself into the form of the princess and had Ivan exchange it for the Firebird. Ivan and Helen rode off together with the Firebird. The wolf escaped the Second tsar. It reached Ivan and Helen, and Helen and Ivan rode the wolf. They returned to his own kingdom with Helen and the Firebird. Ivan married Helen, and they lived happily together.
Kovyor-Samolyot • A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary carpet that can be used to transport persons who are on it instantaneously or quickly to their destination. In some tales Ivan used it to steal the Firebird and rescue the tsarevna.
Kovyor-Samolyot The Firebird in a gold cage Magic Carpet or Flying Carpet
Sivka-Burka • Sivka-Burka is a beautiful and very strong magic horse, which father had given to his favorite youngest of the three sons Ivan, because he was a model son. The tsar (a king) made a contest for the hand of Tsarevna: who would get up to the window of the tallest tower where the tsarevna lives, he would marry her. Sivka-Burka helped Ivan to win the tournament. Ivan and Tsarevna got married and lived happily ever after.
Tsarevna The Never-Laughing • Once there was a very sad Tsarevna who never laughed. The tsar (her father) had tried everything already and announced the competition for the award: the one who can laugh tsarevna, he would take her as a wife.
Tsarevna The Never-Laughing • All the tsarevichs from the neighboring kingdoms gathered, but no one could have her laugh. Only a simple peasant-worker Ivan the Fool was able to make laugh the Tsarevna. The tsarhad to keep his word, and they got married and lived happily ever after.
Tsarevna The Frog or The Frog Princess
Tsarevna The Frog • The Russian variant of this tale includes the Frog Princess or TsarevnaThe Frogknown also as VasilisaThe Wise. • The tsar (the king) sets his three sons to marry, and tests their chosen brides. The tsartells them to shoot arrows and find their brides where the arrows land, and the youngest (Ivan Tsarevich) brother's arrow landed in the mouth of a frog in a swamp, who turns into a princess Tsarevna The Frog is usually a beautiful, intelligent, friendly, skilled girl. • The tsar assigns his three prospective daughters-in-law various tasks, such as spinning cloth and baking bread. In every task, the frog far outdoes the lazy brides-to-be of the older brothers. Still, the young tsarevichis ashamed of his froggy bride, until she is magically transformed into a princess. Her last test was dancing which is on the painting.
Snegurochka or The Snow Maiden • A folk tale about a girl made of snow and named Snegurochka. She is the daughter of Spring the Beauty and Father Frost, and yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows with and used to like a shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love. Her mother takes pity and gives her this ability, but as soon as she falls in love, her heart warms and she melts. • Snegurochkais also known as the granddaughter and helper of DedMoroz(the Russian version of Father Christmas) during the New Year parties for children.
Koschei The Deathless and Marya Morevna
Koschei The Deathless • Koscheiis an evil, immortal man who kidnaps and menaces young beautiful women with his magic. He has been most frequently represented as a very old and ugly-looking man. His name was derived from the Russian word meaning 'bone', because he’s very raw boned and scraggy. • Koscheicannot be killed by conventional means targeting his body. His soul (or death) is hidden separate from his body inside a needle, which is in an egg, which is in a duck, which is in a hare, which is in an iron chest , which is buried under a green oak tree, which is on the island named Buyan in the Ocean. As long as his soul is safe, he cannot die. If the egg or needle is broken, Koschei will die. • Koschei took the wife of Ivan Tsarevich– MaryaMorevna, when Ivan went to war. But Ivan had rescue her when he found the way how to kill Koschei.
Baba Yaga • Baba Yaga is a supernatural being, who appears as a ferocious-looking ugly very old woman. She is a witch. Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a broom (or just on a broom), and dwells deep in the forest in a house usually described as standing on chicken legs. • She steals and eats people, especially young naughty children who go to play away from home to her forest. Parents sometimes frighten their children who misbehave by Baba Yaga.
