Russian Myths

The Russian fairy tale about Tsarevich Ivan and his wife, Vasilisa the Wise, who was enchanted to be a frog, was recorded by the renowned folklorist Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1826–1871), who collected and published more than 600 Russian folk tales in the middle 19th century.

The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf is a Russian fairy tale collected by a Russian Slavist and ethnographer Alexander Afanasyev. A king's apple tree bore golden apples, but every night, one was stolen. Guards reported that the Firebird stole them. The king told his two oldest sons that the one who caught the bird would receive half his kingdom and be his heir. They drew lots to see who would be first, but both fell asleep; they tried to claim it had not come, but it had stolen an apple. Finally Ivan Tsarevich, the youngest son, asked to try; his father was reluctant because of his youth but consented.

Russkaja narodnaja skazka - proizvedenie ustnogo tvorchestva russkogo naroda, odin iz vidov fol'klornoj prozy. V russkih skazkah russkij narod pytalsja vyskazat' svoe nacional'noe mirooshhushhenie, nastavit' svoih detej v pervobytnoj, no glubokoj zhiznennoj mudrosti, - razreshaja lezhavshie na ego serdce zhiznennye, nravstvennye, semejnye, bytovye i gosudarstvennye voprosy.

Russia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Over a thousand years this multifaceted nation of shifting borders has been known as Rus, Muscovy, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Thirty years ago, it was reinvented as the Russian Federation. Russia is not an enigma, but its past is violent, tragic, sometimes glorious, and certainly complicated. Like the rest of us, the Russians constantly rewrite their history. They too omit episodes of national disgrace in favour of patriotic anecdotes, sometimes more rooted in myth than reality.

Возвращаясь в поезде в Петербург с заболевшим сыном, он под стук колес рассказывал ему сказку про крокодила. Ребенок очень внимательно слушал. Прошло несколько дней, Корней Иванович уже забыл о том эпизоде, а сын запомнил все, сказанное тогда отцом, наизусть. Так родилась сказка "Крокодил", опубликованная в 1917 году.

Vasilisa the Beautiful is a Russian fairy tale collected by a Russian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator Alexander Afanasyev. It tells the tale of a beautiful girl named Vasilisa. When her mother dies, she gives her a magic doll. Her father remarries, and she gains an evil stepmother and two stepsisters. Despite the stepmother's attempts to diminish Vasilisa's beauty, she continues to grow more beautiful.

Finist Clear Falcon 's feather is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki (1855-1863). The story of a daughter who asks only for a scarlet flower when her father goes to market, instead of the luxuries her two sisters ask for. Two times her father forgets; the third time, he buys a scarlet flower from a mysterious old man as long as the daughter agrees to marry his son, Finist the Falcon. This sets in motion a tale of love, jealousy, and adventure as the two overcome many obstacles to their love.

Marya Morevna is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Marya was a warrior queen who ruled a small kingdom and for some 10 years, kept Koschei the Deathless a captive in her castle's tower. The character Koschei is an evil immortal man who menaces young women with his magic.She fell in love with Ivan Tsarevitch, and while she was away on a campaign, he accidentally released Koschei. The evil wizard then abducted the queen and Ivan Tsarevitch was forced to find some way to kill him. Ivan was successful and was reunited with Marya.

Sister Alenushka, brother Ivanushka is a Russian fairy tale collected by Russian Slavist and ethnographer Alexander Afanasyev. A classic Russian fairy tale about Alyonushka and her naughty brother turned into a goatling.

Великий сказочник Ханс Кристиан Андерсен создал целый волшебный мир, полный добра, светлых чувств, любви к людям, фантазии и юмора. Читая или слушая Андерсена, дети учатся самому главному в жизни - душевной чистоте и стойкости, благородству и самоотверженности, щедрости и справедливости.

The book contains the myths of Odysseus set out on the basis of Homer's "Odyssey".

The book contains the myths of the "Agamemnon, and his son Orestes" and "Theban Cycle" myth of King Oedipus, Antigone, and Alcmaeon set out by the tragedies of Aeschylus '"Agamemnon" and Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex".

The book contains myths of the Trojan cycle outlined by the poem of Homer's "Iliad," the tragedies of Sophocles, poems of Virgil, Ovid's "Heroines", and fragments of other works.

The book contains the myths about the Argonauts set out on the basis of the poem of Apollonius of Rhodes'"Argonavtika".

The book contains the myths about the "Heroes" set out on the works of Hesiod, Ovid, Aeschylus, Homer, Moschus, Sophocles, Pausanias, Pindar, Euripides.

The book contains a story about the gods of ancient Greece, written on the basis of the great works "Iliad", "Odyssey", "Aeneid".

Все сказки кончаются свадьбой. А мои приключения ею начинаются. 

Музыкальный аудиоспектакль "Малуся и Рогопед" по книге Андрея Усачева - одного из самых талантливых и востребованных современных детских писателей. "Малуся и Рогопед" не просто сказка об удивительных приключениях девочки Маруси, попавшей в волшебную страну, где коровы сочиняют стихи, моляки плавают "по селедке", и происходит множество самых невероятных вещей… Это еще и настоящее логопедическое пособие. И если вы произносите: "Оторвали миске лапу" или "Мама мыла ламу" - значит, самое время – послушать эту замечательную историю" Андрей Усачев

Сборник чудесных рождественских сказок пера всеми любимого Ганса Христиана Андерсена — что еще нужно, чтобы провести уютный зимний вечер? Захватывающее повествование одного из известнейших детских писателей унесет вас в мир волшебства.

Знаменитые немецкие филологи-фольклористы братья Гримм, Якоб (1785 - 1863) и Вильгельм (1786 - 1859) до сих пор остаются одними из самых известных сказочников планеты.