Showing posts with label Russian Tales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russian Tales. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2010

Scarlett flower

Once upon a time,
in a far away village, a merchant was preparing his packages for a long journey.
This merchant had three daughters, and
he asked all of them,

          "My precious daughters, what do you would like as gifts when Dad returned from this voyage?"

"I like a golden crown!, make me look like a princess.." said the first daughter loudly from bedroom.
"Crytal mirror with gold engraving is perfect for my gift." said the second one while choosing ribbon for her hair.
"the first little scarlet flower that Dad see when come home. "said the third daughter while preparing their father's mantle.

The merchant take to the road on his journey.
It didn't very difficult to find a beautiful golden crown and a engraving crystal mirror.
He had difficulty finding the third gift, the scarlet flower.
When the merchant go to home, he see the beautifull rose garden mansion.
He search over the huge mansion.
Deep and deep, the merchant can not found the owner. So, he take one beautiful scarlet flower and back to the fence. The merchant was close with the fence when hear the deep voice call him.

Unexpectedly, the youngest daughter rose make badly deal with the big beast. Who picking flower in his garden must be send one daughter or family to live with the beast forever, the merchant can't turn back the time, the scarlet flower already picked. Inevitably, the merchant must be accept the deal or die.

Upon recieving the scarlet flower, the merchant's youngest daughter agreed to go to the beast.
She walk alone into the forest and found the huge mansion where she would live forever.

Evidently, she lived there very happily.
The beast showered her daily with kindness and gifts.
She started to grow quite fond of her invisible keeper, and one day asked that he show himself.
The beast reluctantly gave into her plea, and just as he had feared, she recoiled in terror at the site of him.


That night the girl had a bad dream about her father falling deathly ill.
She begged the beast to release her, so that she could find her dying father.
Touched by her concern, the beast released her on one condition - that she return to him in three days time.

The girl found her father, and prepared to return to the beast in the alloted time.
However, her sisters altered the time on the clocks, making her arrive late.

There upon her arrival the girl was horrified at what she encountered. The beast was dead, lying there clutching her scarlet flower.
Heartbroken, the girl embraced the dead beast, and declared her love for him.

Having done this, she unknowingly broke the evil spell, and
her beloved beast awoke,
turning into a handsome prince.
They lived happily ever after

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Vassilisa, the Frog Princess II

"please, kindly grandfather, "said the Prince Ivan hopefully."OK. I'll roling this yarn. follow this! if you are wise enough, you will be able to find her."
Prince Ivan very grateful, and then follow the rolling yarn, and only stopped when passing through dense forest and reached the open ground.

There, Prince Ivan saw a bear and intend to shoot.

"Do not kill me, Prince," cried the bear."One day I'll help you."
He felt sorry and let the bear go. The journey was resumed. When the ball of thread to stop, he saw a male swan who flew in the air. He was about to shoot,

"Do not kill me, Prince. One day, I will repay you." Said the goose.
Prince was released. Prince met various animals on her way to a ball of yarn. he met a rabbit, fish, until he found a hen who was scrambling near the small hut.

"Little shack!" cried Prince Ivan."Turn your back against the tree, so I can go."The shed was turned to the door to Prince Ivan. Prince Ivan went to see Baba Yaga, a witch was lying near the fireplace. Long nose touched lagit-sky.

"why are you here?" asked Baba Yaga. Prince Ivan replied, he was looking for Princess Vassilisa.

"Nothing can beat the Old Bones King,because his life is saved at the end of the needle,where the needle was located in a goose egg.The goose was in a rabbit, andthe rabbit was in a stone case at the top of an oak tree, guarded by the king .. "said Baba Yaga.

After thanking, Prince Ivan is looking for an oak tree. He found it, but did not find a way to retrieve the stone case. All of a sudden ...

A bear pulled up to his case oak tree fell,
from the stone case jumped a rabbit,
one rabbit bites another run through the body torn apart,
the swan flewfrom the rabbit into the sky,
The other swan ambush another until the egg fell,
the egg fell into the lake,
Prince Ivan went sad again ......

Then came a fish that had helped Prince Ivan, squeezing the eggs in his mouth.

Eggs were immediately solved,
curved needle until it broke until King of Old Bones dead.

Prince Ivan has now found Vassilisa and their daughter live happily ever after.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Vassilisa, the Frog Princess I

This tales known as "Frog Prince" by Grimm Brother, because of the strong maternal lines in the Russian tradition so the main character hold by woman. the real headline is " Tsarevna Lyagushka".

Long time ago, in Russian empire life a king with three sons.
when these princes had grown, the king said, "My children, now it's time you start a family. Shoot your arrows into the air and seek your brides in Land of arrows fell!"
Princes complied, they asked permission and went to the paddocks behind the palace.

Eldest prince's arrow fell in the house of a nobleman and collected by his daughter.

Middle Prince' arrow fell in the house of merchant, and taken by his daughter,

Now the youngest prince's turn...his arrow blowing up into the air and picked up by a FROG.The youngest prince, Ivan Tsarevich, he was forced to marry a frog.

one day....
The king then assigns his three prospective daughters-in-law various tasks, such as spinning cloth and baking bread. In every task, the frog, Princess Vassilisa, always please king's heart. However that, the prince ivan still be ashamed by his froggy bride.

At that night, the King held a royal party, he invite the princes and the daughters-in-law. Princess Vassilisa throw her frog skin and turn into charming princess, she make the king and the guests fascinated with the beauty and the behaviour.

While Princess Vassilisa dancing, a sparkling pond and the white geese out of hand.
Prince Ivan very proud, secretly he came home and burned the skin of frogs.
Vassilisa very sad see the frog's skin already burns, she turn into bird and fly away.

Now, Prince Ivan feel sad...
He then left to wander seeking the Princess.
On the way, Prince Ivan meet the Old man.
After hearing the story, the old man said

" Poor man, you should not burn that skin, the frog is the manifestation of the wise princess, Vassilisa. She have more wisdom than her father, the King be mad and cursed her daughter into a frog."


.................to be continued