Folk tales where the main heroine girl. Image of a woman in russian fairy tales

Female roles
Tales and their heroes are sometimes very interesting manifested in our everyday modern life. Look around, and you will probably see a few familiar role around yourself. Notice that in Russian fairy tales positive characters - women are more often achieved at all by beauty, but with their humility, honesty, and hard work. While men, if they suddenly brings a delete, more often, they simply tame a magic assistant and most often a female kind - pike, heat-bird, goldfish, gray wolf - and then get all the gift. So if a woman does not have any kind of unique abilities (like Marya-Skinnik) or magic, then her path is solely humility and hard work. And if you look at these familiar fabulous images in the realities of modern life, then such types are obtained.

Cinderella (she is sleeping prini from a fairy tale about seven heroes or a tiny-havel, stepdaughter from the "twelve months").
She is not afraid of labor and is confident that it is only a "poor relative" compared to all other people in the office. It seems to feel unworthy, unequal among them, so does not see anyone unfair in their requests or orders, even if it goes beyond its professional duties. Of course, she dreams that one day "they all will see her true face will see and appreciate her efforts. She does everything for everyone and does not pour, and only sometimes feels used. People face her. And not because it is really unworthy, but because she is too trying to be good. The remuneration she is waiting is not to be released from numerous duties, and often not even money. And just gratitude and recognition. And she will be happy to continue working for three on one small salary. Decent example of an eternal performer.

Sister Alenushka.
Perfectionism, which always scolds himself for what "did not finish", "not watched," takes responsibility for others, less raw, employees. It may also be the head of a small department.
She was forced to put forward to a responsible position, but she does not know how to lead people - it does not cope, they do not listen at all. Then she sighs and does everything herself, because, unlike them, it perfectly imagines all the consequences of prettybery and non-fulfillment of instructions. But she can't be angry - she is sorry for his employees, she always enters their position and can only mourn their painful position.

Princess Frog.
Gray cardinal with hidden capabilities and levers of influence. You would never have thought that under this inexpressible frog hides such an impact force. But one day it seems to show itself to show - to express a very similar idea at the general meeting or shine competence on some conference. And all those who had previously ignored her or even laughed at it, sincerely amazed. She flashes this recognition, but for some reason, for some reason, the previous role of a quiet imperceptible employee is important. She is not ready to part with it. Only who will she believe now? Then she writes a statement about leaving and forces the authorities to overcome the mass of obstacles to persuade it to return back - on very other conditions and in a much more respected status.

Tsarevna Nesmeyana.
Maybe two types: a high-ranking, an uncommunicative woman, whom everyone is trying to be unsuccessful to please (the image of the manteller-crust from the film "Service Roman"). Or an employee of any rank, which most of the working time spends on a complaint against his failed life. She crys about health, children, parents, husbands (losers or tyras), etc. And it is absolutely impossible to console it, because she likes (or even profitable!) Stay a victim, the poor thing.

Baba Yaga.
The evil chief, (most likely, middle), or even just an employee of accounting, archive, personnel department. As a rule, a woman who is offended by men is "blue stocking". It has the power and competence, inaccessible to other employees, but people will keep awune, does not trust them. Prefers to have his own office - "hut on an elevation". And if the stage does not fly and dried snakes on the walls does not hang out, then in any case, it often has information about "where death is kept" (that is, vulnerable places of bosses).
At first glance, it seems evil and intense, but if you liked it or could scare it, the hidden features of her character become noticeable - loneliness, insufficient of underestimation and sadness of the departed youth. ("After all, I, first, just a woman, and only secondly - Yaga"). She is looking for recognition and respect, so it is ready to help (lively water, knowledge, magic gloves, office gossip) to the one who worshius her, - and she does not matter to her, to which camp you belong.

Tsarina-sorcerer from a fairy tale about Snow White (in the Russian version - a fairy tale about sleeping princess and seven heroes)
It took her throne not that completely illegal, but she replaced the deceased beloved wife of the king. Therefore, it always feels extremely uncertain, sincerely believing that impeccable beauty is its only dignity. Looking at such characters in real life, you always understand that they are not dressed at all for men, but for other women.
In the office, this may be the favorite of the Chef - arrogant, jealous, not tolerating competition and ready to destroy any potential rival. Another, more quiet option - any of the employees who sincerely believes that the woman does the appearance, and not competence. She has always a new wardrobe and impeccable manicure, every day she gets up at 6 am to make stacking. She brings to work fashion magazines, willingly give advice on makeup or diet, (but only if you are a gray mouse and you never shines to become better than she herself!). With other women, she is not so kind - she compares, evaluates, yazvit, gossiping and is always in a tone of light anxiety. Because suddenly one day it turns out that "Tsarevna is all the Mile, all the rosy and whiter?"

Old woman Shapoklyak.
Grilling a cleaner, watch, or any other woman who does not enjoy his position at all. She would like to have more power and respect, and she is kept for small attendants, and she has long been desperate to "glorify good things." Therefore, she has to make himself noticeable with the help of the power of small pavos - not to let, spoil, throw an offense comment in the back, pursue and create any inconvenience.
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Speech - about the bride of the main character. Whether he is Ivan-Tsarevich or Ivanushka-fool, he will certainly find Vasilisa to do or Vasilisa lovely. The girl is relying first to save, and then marry - all honor on honor. That's just a gigless girl. It can hide in the image of a frog, possess some kind of wizard and abilities, be able to talk with animals, sun, wind and moon ... In general, she is clearly a difficult girl. At the same time, some kind of "classified". Judge for yourself: finding information about it is much more difficult than any other fabulous character. In the encyclopedias (both in classical, paper and new, networks), extensive articles about Ilya Muromster and Dobryne Nikitich, about the blazes of the Immortal and Baba Yaga, about mermaids, ledgers and water, but there is nothing about Vasilis and not . On the surface there is only a short article in a large Soviet encyclopedia, which says:

"Vasilisa Revinde - a character of Russian folk magical fairy tales. In most of them, Vasilisa recreately - the daughter of the sea king, endowed with the wisdom and the ability to transform. The same female appears under the name of Marya-Tsarevna, Maryia Morava, Elena beautiful. Maxim Gorky called Vasilis, wise one Of the most advanced images created by the folk fantasy. In nature, the disadvantaged sirot - Vasilisa is beautiful in the unique text of Afanasyev. "

Let's start, perhaps, with Vasilisa-senior, with the one that the bitter identified with Marya-Princess, Marya Morrevoy and Elena beautiful. And there were all the foundations. All these characters are very similar, for example, by the fact that nothing about them in fairy tales is not said. Like, the Red Maiden, which light did not see - and that's it. Neither a detailed description of appearance, no character traits. Just a female function, without which there will be no fairy tale: because the hero must win the princess, and who she is there - the tenth thing. Let Vasilisa be.

The name, by the way, hints at high origin. The name "Vasilisa" can be translated from Greek as "royal." And this royal girl (sometimes in fairy tales it is called - the tsar-maiden) begins to expose hero to the trials. That is, sometimes it does it not, and some fabulous villain like the blasphemy of the immortal or snake of Gorynych, who kidnapped the princess and keeps in captivity (at best) or is going to die out (at worst).

Sometimes the Father of the Potential Bride speaks as a villain. In a fairy tale, where Vasilisa appears the daughter of the Water Tsar, the Lord of the Sea Waters repairs the hero of obstacles to destroy him, but loses, because the enemy suddenly turns out to be his daughter's heart, and no witchcraft can overcome him. But everything is more or less clear: there is some evil power (dragon, magicians or evil parents of the girl), and the hero must fight the enemy. Actually, this is how he becomes a hero. And the princess, the Kingdom or Tsarevna (no matter) - award for the hero.

However, it also happens that Ivan-Tsarevich or Ivan-Fool or another central fabulous character is forced to undergo tests not because of the dragons or sorcerers - he is tormented by the bride itself. Then the hero needs to be buried to the windows of her Svetlitsy and kiss the beauty in the mouth of sugar, then you know the girl among the twelve girlfriends who look like her, then you need to catch a fuzzy - or demonstrate enviable hemita to hide from proud so that That did not find it. At worst, the hero is invited to solve riddles. But in one or another form of Vasilisa will be checked.

It would seem that unusual in trials? Testing a man - is it in general in the female character: is he good enough to tie his life with him or give birth to him offspring, does he have strength and mind to be a decent spouse and father? From a biological point of view, everything is completely correct. However, there is one small detail. If the unfortunate Ivan does not fulfill the tasks, then death awaits him - and it is repeatedly emphasized in dozens of Russian fairy tales.

It is asked why the beautiful princess demonstrates bloodthirstiness, which is more likely to the face of the snake of Gorynych? Because in fact she does not want to marry at all. Moreover, she ends with the hero, believes the famous researcher of Russian folklore Vladimir Prippet in his book "Historical roots of a magical fairy tale":

"The task is asked as the test of the groom ... But these tasks are also interesting to others. They contain a moment of threats:" If you don't do - cut down the head of the head. "This threat gives another motivation. In tasks and threats it is not only a desire to have the best groom to have the best groom. But the secret, hidden hope that there will be no such a groom at all.

The words "perhaps, I agree, only performing three tasks" full of cunning. The bridegroom is sent to death ... In some cases, this hostility is completely pronounced. It manifests itself out when the task has already been completed and when all new and new and more dangerous tasks are set. "

Why is Vasilisa, she is Marya Morrevna, she is Elena beautiful, against marriage? Perhaps in fairy tales, where she constantly chintes the goat to the main hero, this marriage is simply not necessary. She or himself rules the country - and she does not need a husband as a competitor to power, or she is a king's daughter who will overthrow her with a potential spouse to capture the throne. Quite logical version.

As all the same proppage writes, the plot of the goat, which hero rejuvenates the future father-in-law with her daughter or in order to her, could well have real foundations. According to proppap, the struggle for the throne between the hero and the old king there is a phenomenon is quite historical. The fairy tale here reflects the transfer of power from the testing towards the son-in-law through a woman, through daughter. And this once again explains why in fairy tales there is so little about the appearance and character of the bride - this is a character-function: or a prize of a hero, or a means of achieving power. Sad story.

Meanwhile, in the Russian tradition there is a fairy tale that tells about childhood, adolescence and youth Vasilisa. Just about it mentioned bitter, saying that it is not like the usual image of the princes, which tries to conquer the hero. In this fairy tale Vasilisa - orphan girl. Not the fact that it is the same character. Nevertheless, this Vasilisa, unlike other fairy tale sick, is absolutely a full-blooded heroine - with a biography, character and so on.

Dotted line sketching the storyline. A spouse dies at the merchant, leaving him a little daughter. Father decides to marry again. Maghi has his daughters, and the whole new company begins to Tyraen Vasilis, loading it with unbearable work. In general, it is very similar to a fairy tale about Cinderella. It seems that yes not quite, because the Fairy-godfather helped Cinderella, and Vasilisa was a terrible witch from the forest.

It turned out this is like. Stepmother and her daughters said that there was no more fire in the house, and sent Vasilis to the forest to Baba Yaga, of course, hoping that she would not return. The girl listened. Her road through the dark forest was terrible - and strange: she met three riders, one whites, another red, and the third black, and they were all drove towards Yaga.

When Vasilisa got to her dwelling, she met her a high fence from stakes seated by human skulls. No less terrible was the house of Jagi: for example, instead of servants, the witch had three pairs of hands that appeared nowhere and disappeared anywhere. But the most terrible thing in this house was Baba Yaga.

The witch, however, accepted Vasilis favorably and promised that the fire would give her if Vasilisa would fulfill all her tasks. Performing difficult tasks - the indispensable path of the hero. Unlike fairy tales, a woman passes in this, there is a woman, therefore her tasks for her female, just their too much: the courtyard is cleaned, and the hut is reciprocating, and take the lingerie, and cook dinner, and get the grains, and all - in a day. Of course, if the tasks be performed badly, Baba Yaga promised Vasilis to eat.

Vasilisa wrapped the clothes of Yagi, removes her house, prepared her food, then learned to separate healthy grains from infected, and Mac - from dirt. After Yaga allowed Vasilis to ask her a few questions. Vasilisa asked about three mysterious riders - white, red and black. The witch replied that this is a clear day, the Red Sun and the Black Night, and all of them - her faithful servants. That is, Baba Yaga in this fairy tale is an extremely powerful sorceress.

After she asked Vasilisa, that she does not ask further, about dead hands, for example, and Vasilisa replies that, they say, if you know a lot - soon you will build up. Yaga looked at her and, squinting, said that the answer was faithful: she did not like too curious and eats. And after asked how this Vasilisa manages to answer her questions without mistakes and how she managed to fully fulfill all the work.

Vasilisa replied that her mother blessing helped her, and then the witch pushed her for the threshold: "I don't need a blessed here." But in addition gave the girl of the fire - she took off the skull from the fence, whose socies were fluent in the flame. And when Vasilisa returned home, the skull burned her tormentors.

Creepy fairy tale. And her essence is that Vasilisa is beautiful, performing the tasks of Baba Yaga, she learned a lot. For example, the erasing of the clothes of Yagi, Vasilisa literally saw, from which the old woman was stitched, writes in his book "Running with Wolves" a well-known researcher in the fairy tales of Clarissa Estes:

"In the symbols of archetype, clothing corresponds to the person, the first impression we produce on others. Person is something like camouflage, which allows other things that we ourselves, and no more. But ... person is not only a mask for which You can hide, but the presence of the eclipse of the usual person.

In this sense, a person or mask is a sign of rank, dignity, character and power. This is an external pointer, an external manifestation of skill. Erasing the clothes of the jagi, dedicated to the sideline, see how the person's seams look like a dress crouched. "

And so - in everything. Vasilisa sees how and that Yaga eats, how forces the world to spin around him, and the day, the sun and night - to walk in my service cereals. And a terrible skull, having a fire, who witch hands a girl, in this case - a symbol of a special witchcraft knowledge that she received, being at Jagi in novice.

The sorceress, by the way, maybe he would continue their training, will not be Vasilisa Blessed daughter. But it did not work out. And Vasilisa, armed with force and secret knowledge, went back to the world. In this case, it is clear from where Vasilisa magic skills, which are often mentioned in other fairy tales. It is also clear why it can be both kind, and evil.

She is still a blessed child, but the Yaga's Baba School is also not going anywhere. Because Vasilisa ceased to be a meek lipstick: her enemies died, and she herself married Tsarevich and sat down on the throne ...

Fairy tales - a storehouse of folk wisdom! From, it would seem, uncomplicated stories, you can learn a lot of useful information: how to get married to the prince, how to deceive the wrap or like a frog turn into a princess.

Now the fairy tales read only children, but it's never too late to learn women's wisdom! So, what can adult girls and women haroine fairy tales?

Princess Frog

What teaches: The ability to keep himself in any situation and the ability to make a king from an ordinary man.

The princess-frog was not shy of his own kind, since he perceived himself exactly what she was. She understood that beauty is not the main thing, and most importantly - the ability to present himself correctly. It was this skill that she showed at the reception at the king, when the lake and swans appeared from her sleeves during the wave. And thanks to his intelligence and wisdom, she was able to do from the loser Ivan-Tsarevich a successful man.

Princess on the Pea

What teaches: Healthy sleep is important for a woman, and no peas should not be hampered!

In a fairy tale, the prince finds his princess. It would seem, everything will end well, but it was not there! The girl decided to check on the authenticity of her blue blood and put it under the many mattresses and Perin Morochin. In the life of a modern woman, a lot of "pea", preventing sleeping - work, children, problems, household matters, trips, etc. But always need to remember that a healthy dream not only makes it possible to relax, but also contributes to the preservation of beauty.

Vasilisa beautiful

What teaches: Follow your intuition.

One of the strong abilities of a woman is its intuition. But sometimes women simply do not trust her, and they want to do everything logically, like men. Vasilisa received a doll from his mother. It is she who helps her in the future to overcome difficulties. The doll gave advice and helped in everything. This doll can be just compared with intuition.

Nastya from "Morozko"

What teaches: Be a woman to the brain of bones! To put yourself so that the man felt his need for he to wanted to protect and take care of you.

Smered, patient, modest girl Nastya finds her happiness thanks to her kind, responsive nature. A man next to her understands that such a fragile girl needs to take care and does it without any questions.

Cinderella

What teaches: Meet the clothes, accompany the mind.

Not for nothing Marilyn Monroe said: "Give a woman a couple of good shoes and she will conquer the whole world!". The heroine Cinderella teaches tidy, beauty and harmonious appearance. What to say - men like beautiful, well-groomed and stylishly dressed girls. Of course, the prince loved Cinderella not for her appearance, but for kindness, talent and sincerity, but at first she made the effect for its dress, shoes and hairstyle!

Baba Yaga

What teaches: hospitality and economic activity.

Despite the fact that Baba Yaga is a negative character, it can also learn a lot. Remember how this grandmother of good young people met? And Balke Topila, and tea treated, and she laid down. And only after that he asked about things.

Alenushka from the fairy tale "Gus-Swans"

What teaches: Do good and it will be remembered for you.

When the brother was stolen from Alenushka, Alyonushka went on his search. On the way, she met various characters who asked for help, but the girl did not help. When she herself needed help, those who met on her ways also refused to help her. And only when Alenushka herself began to help others, she also came to the rescue.

The Snow Queen

What teaches: Never hold offense in yourself, otherwise your heart will become cold like ice.

Apparently, the snow queen was not easy in his life, since she sharpened herself in the ice castle and stole him in anything that was not the obeda boy Kaya. A stale, evil and cold heart of the Snow Queen does not accept any joys of others, no love nor mercy. And everything from the insult to the whole world, which eventually destroyed it.

Live the realities, but do not forget about good fairy tales - take from them all the lightest and good, which lacks in the modern world. And remember that all the fairy tales end with Hppii Endom! We wish good luck and do not forget to click on the buttons and