Folk tales are something unique and original. If you want to touch the culture of one or another people, then be sure to read the works of folk art. Each person in our country in childhood listened to Russian fairy tales, and on their examples absorbed Russian culture and concepts about good and evil, about how to act in life. Tales are actually a storehouse of wisdom, even if they, at first glance, are simple and unpretentious, like "Turnip".
Fairy tale "Turnip"
Anyone can tell the tale "Turnip" in Russia by heart. And it is not surprising, because among Russian fairy tales it stands out for its simplicity and brevity - it takes only a few lines.
Russian fairy tale "Turnip" - a fairy tale for children from a very young age. Its simple meaning will be clear even to babies. This is one of the reasons that children remember it well. However, if we consider in more detail, it becomes clear that it contains not only children's wisdom.
What is the fairy tale "Turnip"
In the fairy tale "Turnip" we are talking about an old man who decided to plant a turnip. When she matured, it turned out that she had grown very large. In fact, this is joy, but the old man himself could not pull it out alone. He had to call for help the whole family, first a grandmother, then a granddaughter, a dog, a bug, a cat, and only when the mouse came running, the family still managed to pull it out.
Note that many of its options exist in folk art. For example, in one version, the mouse was not called to pull the turnip. The family got tired, trying to get the vegetable out, and went to bed. The next morning it turned out that at night the mouse ran up and ate the whole turnip.
The tale has a cyclical character, because every time the order of the participants in the harvest is spoken out from the very beginning to the end.
When the fairy tale "Turnip" was first published
The tale "Turnip" for centuries was told only verbally. When the fairy tale "Turnip" was first published, it immediately entered the collection of Russian folk tales. The first publication was published in 1863, and not only well-known characters were recorded in it, but also legs, which also came to the rescue. What the storytellers had in mind under their feet is not completely clear.
The independent book "Turnip" was first published in 1910, and since then it has often been published as a small book for children. After the publication of the fairy tale "Turnip", it became clear that it takes up very little space on paper, so usually many pictures are attached to this fairy tale.
The fairy tale "Repka" is native Russian, however, there were several publications abroad, including in France and Israel.
Different versions of a fairy tale
Today you can find many different versions of the fairy tale "Turnip": some funny, some sad, and sometimes serious. Previously, there were only 5 of its options, among which one was the original, created by the people themselves. When the fairy tale "Turnip" was first published, it was recorded by A.N. Afanasyev in the Arkhangelsk province. Options written by A.N. Tolstoy, K.D. Ushinsky and V.I. Dahlem. Despite the fact that the tale was recorded by different people, its meaning has not changed, only the style of presentation has changed.
Also at different times, A.P. Chekhov, S. Marshak, K. Bulychev and other famous Russian writers.
It should be noted that the fairy tale inspired not only the creation of different versions of the presentation, but also the whole ballet, the creator of which was D. Harms.
The meaning of the tale
The folk tale "Turnip" carries a much deeper meaning than just harvesting. Its main meaning is to show the strength of the family. A man alone cannot do everything, he needs helpers, and in this case the family will always come to the rescue. Moreover, then they will also reap the fruits of labor all together. If we do everything together, it will be good, and even the smallest contribution to the common cause can sometimes decide its outcome. For some reason, this simple, at first glance, truth is often forgotten in life.
But even this is not the whole point. It becomes more understandable if we consider the historical conditions of the time the tale was recorded. So, this was done before the advent of Soviet power, during the reign of the emperor. In those years, there was a strong peasant community in the villages that carried out the work together. In this regard, one can imagine grandfather as one of the members of the community who decided to make the whole thing one. It is commendable, of course, but only without the rest of the members, which are represented by a grandmother, granddaughter and animals, nothing came of it, and could not come out. In the community, even the smallest and frailest member is useful if he makes efforts and tries to do at least something.
Images
Oddly enough, even the simplest tale can inspire artists, such as "Turnip". When the fairy tale "Turnip" was first published, it still did not contain pictures, which is not surprising, because then it was a collection of short stories for adults. However, later, the fairy tale "Turnip" acquired a new breath. Pictures for the fairy tale were first created by Elizabeth Merkulovna Boehm, they were published in 1881. More precisely, these were not pictures, but silhouettes. In the first editions, "Repka" consisted of 8 sheets of silhouettes, and only one page with the text of the fairy tale "Repka". Pictures were later reduced and began to release the whole story on one sheet. From the silhouettes of E.M. Bem was abandoned only in 1946. Thus, for more than half a century, the fairy tale was released with only the same pictures.
Today, drawings for a fairy tale in almost every book are created new, so that children and parents have a choice. When cartoons began to be shot in the country, tapes from a folk tale were also shot.