![]() ![]() The plot of this fairy tale vaguely resembles the story of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. He collected the main fairy tales and published them in Russian Folk Tales. In the end, many of the fairy tales written by specific authors became such an integral part of the national psyche that not everybody remembers now which stories are folk tales and which were the fruit of a writer's imagination.Īlexander Afanasyev, a writer in the 19th century, played a great part in the preservation of Russian folklore heritage. ![]() It was these fairy tales that shaped the character of the Russian people and ensured its cultural continuity.Īll Russian writers and poets were brought up on Russian folk tales, and many adapted or used their traditional plots in their works. These stories were morality tales inspired by everyday life, fables about animals and about fantastic creatures that lived in forests, rivers and swamps, or fairy tales about princesses and princes. ![]() Listening to fairy tales was a favorite pastime not only for children, but for adults too, who gathered together in the evenings to listen to a good yarn while weaving bark shoes or doing other work. A long time ago, when most Russians were illiterate, they invented thousands of fairy tales that were handed down from generation to generation. ![]()
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