Different peoples have different tales. There are a great many of them: about the brave and faithful, about the vile and deceitful, about the brave and cunning. Including - and folk tales about lazy people. And it is no coincidence, because, as they say, Sloth-Mother was born ahead of some. Therefore, stories about characters who do not like to work are so popular in the folklore of many countries.
Russian "sloths"
You can probably say: "Yes, many Russian folk tales are about lazy people." Silushka heroic and laziness - these are the features characteristic of some heroes of this folklore. Even the hero Ilya (not that much lazy, just, as stated in the epic - a patient) lay on the stove for 33 years, and then suddenly he became a famous hero. But here is another matter - like, miraculous healing! But at the same time, it is as if emphasized: it is not difficult to become a hero, it is possible without any labor - without making significant efforts to that. What we get as a result: hope for miracles and traditional Russian chance.
By magic
But Emelya from the fairy tale “By the Pike's Command” is definitely lazy.
Indeed, in fact, the work tells the story of one of the three sons, who does not want to do anything and, for days (and even nights, apparently) is tracked down on a Russian stove. Which, by the way, can be considered as a symbol of Leni-Mother. Having accidentally caught a pike, Emelya makes her fulfill various desires. First: so that the buckets, without splashing, go home themselves. Further - forest. The hero’s appetites played out: the woods climb into the stove themselves, and the sled with chopped wood move independently from the forest to the house. On the
stove Emelya goes to the king, marveling at such a miracle. Further - with the help of a pike command, she makes
herself love Marya Tsarevna. It all almost ended in failure: the young were rolled up in a barrel and thrown into the water. But here, pike (read - luck and miracle) comes to the aid of the protagonist, making him rich and respected, recognized as a king and beautiful. Here they are, folk tales of lazy people, singing a similar character trait.
You can still recall such works of folklore as “Lazy wife”, “Two Frosts”, “Frost”, “12 months”. True, in some of them laziness is rather ridiculed, and characters associated with it are re-educated, often with the help of corporal punishment.
Children's tales of the lazy and hardworking
Alexander Pushkin at first did not plan to write for children. However, shortly after publication and to this day, his poetic tales are a tangible contribution to the treasury of Russian literature. To this topic - folk tales about lazy people - can also be attributed to "The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda." It is no secret that the plot was based on the fairy tale “The Batrak Shabarsha”, written and published by Afanasyev. It is opposed by a lazy landlord and a hard-working farm laborer, the latter, by the way, and a devil can plug in a belt. But retribution for the lazy is not far off. And justice triumphs!
Interesting tales of lazy people
By the way, such works are characteristic not only for Russian folklore and copyright literary tales. Heisaku from the Japanese fairy tale “Fan Tengu” with the help of a wonderful fan found marries a young princess and becomes very rich. He eats white rice, walks in the mountains, sleeps, eats, doing nothing more. And all thanks to the happy will of chance - the magic fan. So the owner of the Cat in boots - the Marquis of Karabas - is a hero who uses sudden magic in order to become famous and rich, without making any effort to do so. As a rule, in fairy tales of other nations, these characters also get married / get married, become rich and noble. Yes, apparently, Sloth-Mother in fiction has the same global scale and the ability to penetrate into the plots of fairy tales of various peoples of the world.