Sitting comfortably under a blanket, the child every evening looks forward to when this amazing moment comes. Mom enters the room where the lamp is muffled, and, stroking the baby’s head, begins an amazing story about fearless warriors, proud heroes and pirate robbers. A velvet voice sounds that accompanies to uncharted countries, transfers to huge ships that cut through the waves of the oceans and head to dangerous uninhabited shores. Tale ... On a quiet evening, this is the best cure for boredom and fear.
This amazing and instructive genre has leaked from the depths of centuries. Surely at the dawn of human history, the first people told instructive stories and passed them on to future generations. It is well known that most of them were based on real events and conveyed to the listener in a comic or exaggerated form the true state of things. Fairy tales became not only a part of cultural heritage, but also performed important educational work. The author's speculations only slightly decorated them, making them more action-packed and interesting.
Rich cultural heritage
The keen interest of modern readers is national folklore, namely, Belarusian folk tales. They are distinguished by their excellent artistic style and amazing originality. The deepest folk wisdom is subtly conveyed through entertaining stories and narratives. She is able to educate and nurture high spiritual values ​​and moral strength in children.
The distinguishing feature that Belarusian fairy tales conceal is easy to notice. This is an amazing and unshakable faith in the bright side of human nature. The following stories can serve as an example: “Ivanka soldier”, “Sorcerer musician”, “Blue retinue overturned shit”. The moral and physical chastity instilled in such stories is an invaluable lesson that will affect the whole future life of the child. Few things in the world can be more instructive. In such narrations, the authors have always tried to look a little beyond the limits of what is possible - whether it be aircraft rugs or boots, walkers.
The invaluable benefits of short pieces
The desire for something unknown and unfamiliar always attracted people. Belarusian fairy tales open the door to the magical world of talking animals and plants. Children spellbound listen to them and draw in their imagination a different world: kind, naive and unspoiled. Some skeptics undertake to claim that such stories knock the soil of reality from under the feet of children. Mythical creatures and conversations of unspiritualized objects supposedly develop in the child a misconception about the living and real world.
However, I want to note that more than one generation has grown up reading Belarusian folk tales. And this in some negative way did not affect the emotional and psychological state of children. It is well known: a fairy tale in itself implies fiction, therefore no one is sure in advance that it carries exclusively truthful information. These kind, even fictitious stories do not claim to be true. Belarusian folk tales were created and called upon to touch feelings and convey life's thoughts in a satirical light.
The most popular among children are stories about animals, such as “Sparrow and mouse”, “Bump and sparrow”, as well as “Light bread”. In these stories, the main roles are assigned to people and animals. In each of these narratives, the urgent problems of the people are raised. So, the fairy tale “Epic and Sparrow” conveys to readers the importance of mutual assistance between people, and the story “Easy bread” helps children understand what hard work and honesty are. Here good always triumphs over evil, and justice triumphs.
Reflects the life of the people
Since the Belarusian people are inherently hardworking and agricultural, most of the stories revolve around the daily lives of people and animals, their way of life, work and rest. Such are the works of “The Grandmother-Sheptukh”, “Husband and Wife”, “Inective Son” and others. The tale is as close as possible to the needs of the population, and this means that its readers will be able to feel the atmosphere and the experiences of the main characters from beginning to end. Famous writers and critics claim: according to the picturesqueness and beauty contained in the stories, Belarusian fairy tales have no equal in the world.
The wisdom of generations
The philosophical problems of human existence are reflected in many literary works. Belarusian folk tales in the Belarusian language are an indicator that such a simple and short narrative can carry a deep cultural value. For a long time of its existence, folklore has absorbed the thoughts and feelings of many generations. The life experience contained on their pages is a storehouse of wisdom and the key to understanding human nature.
Belarusian fairy tales in the Belarusian language are the artistic heritage of the nation, which combines deep content and sublime poetic forms.