The magical meaning of numbers in fairy tales. Numbers in Russian folk tales Fairy tales with numbers in the title for children

100 to 1. Which fairy tale has a number in its title?

To the question: In the title of which fairy tale is there a number? there will be answers like this

For 40 points - the number is in the title of the fairy tale 12 months

For 80 points - the number is in the title of the fairy tale 3 little pigs

For 120 points - the number is in the title of the fairy tale 1000 and one night

For 160 points - the number is in the title of the fairy tale About the seven heroes

For 200 points - the number is in the title of the fairy tale Masha and the three bears

For 240 points - the number is in the title of the fairy tale Snow White and the seven dwarfs

There are many fairy tales and different nations, in the name of which there are numbers, these fairy tales were read by everyone in childhood, and then again to their children and the most famous of them

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

twelve months

three pigs

seven semions, seven workers

the tale of the sleeping princess and the seven heroes

the wolf and the seven Young goats

There are so many fairy tales, in the names of which there are numerals, that it will be possible to remember a sufficient number of them even offhand. It would be possible to make a more extensive list, but the players 100 to 1 limited to the following:

1 (40) - Twelve months;

2 (80) - Three little pigs;

3 (120) - A thousand and one nights;

4 (160) - The tale of the sleeping princess and the seven heroes;

5 (200) - Masha and three bears;

6 (240) - Snow White and the seven dwarfs.

With the question about fairy tales, it was a little more difficult, the players suggested several names of fairy tales, where there is a number, and the correct answers to this question are

The first correct name of the fairy tale is 12 months

The second fairy tale, where there is a number in the title - Three Little Pigs

Third guessed option - 1000 and one night

The fourth clue, a fairy tale - About the seven heroes

The fifth line on the scoreboard was filled with a fairy tale - Masha and the Three Bears

Completed the game fairy tale - Snow White and the seven dwarfs

You can quickly name the most famous and beloved by all such fairy tales:

1 - 12 months 15 points

2 - Three little pigs 30 points

3 - 1001 and one night 60 points

4 - The Tale of the Seven Bogatyrs 120 points

5 - Masha and the three bears 180 points

6 - Snow White and the seven dwarfs 240 points.

The responses to the opposite game of the television version were 100 to 1 distributed as follows:

12 months - 15 points;

three pigs - 30 points;

1001 and one night - 60 points;

about seven heroes - 120 points;

masha and three mezhvezhya - 180 points;

snow white and the seven dwarfs - 240 points.

There are a lot of fairy tales in the title of which numbers are mentioned, but the players in 100 to 1 choose the following answers:

Twelve months - 15 points is the most common answer;

Three little pigs is already 30 points;

Thousand and one nights - 60 points;

The Tale of the Seven Bogatyrs - 120 points;

Masha and three bears is already 180 points;

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - This answer will be rated as the maximum, for it you can get 240 points.

Which story has a number in its title?

1. 12 months is the most popular answer 15 points.
2. Three little pigs - the cost of the answer is 30 points.
3. 1001 and one night - by answering this we will earn 60 points.
4. About seven heroes - for the answer we earn 120 points.
5. Masha and three bears - accruals are 180 points.
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - we get 240 points.

• Fairy tales are a favorite genre of my childhood, and, probably, not only mine. I have no doubt that the players easily and quickly pressed the answers to this question. In this game, it is important to correctly indicate the answers. The order is:

  12 months - 15 points earned this fairy tale

  Three little pigs - 30 points rated this answer

  1001 and one night - 60 points for fairy tales for adults

  The Tale of the Seven Bogatyrs - 120 points and I don't remember the content at all

  Masha and the three bears - 180 points for this famous fairy tale

  Snow White and the seven dwarfs - 240 points earned the last answer.

  Offhand, I'll try to remember the first thing that came to mind.

  1. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
  2. Seven Simeons.
  3. The wolf and the seven Young goats.
  4. Three pigs.
  5. Twelve months.
  6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
  7. The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs.

• In fact, it occurs in many fairy tales. In the game, people responded as follows:

  1 - 12 months - for such a name in the game they will give exactly - 15 points,

  2 - Three little pigs - for such a name in the game they will give exactly - 30 points,

  3 - 1001 and one night - for such a name in the game they will give exactly - 60 points,

  4 - The Tale of the Seven Bogatyrs - for such a name in the game they will give exactly - 120 points,

  5 - Masha and the three bears - for such a name in the game they will give exactly - 180 points,

  6 - Snow White and the seven dwarfs - for such a name in the game they will give exactly - 240 points.

  Entertainment scenario for children of the preparatory group. Fairytale KVN

  Kryuchkova Svetlana Nikolaevna, music director of MDOU Kindergarten No. 127 "Northern Fairy Tale", Petrozavodsk
  Work description: entertainment scenario is intended for music directors, educators of preparatory groups. Entertainment is held as a result of the theater week in kindergarten. You can hold KVN between the teams of two preschool institutions.

  Target: expand and consolidate children's knowledge about fairy tales and fairy-tale heroes
  Material for carrying out: Storyteller costume, book of fairy tales, 2 sets of fairy puzzles, letters, chest, 3 nuts, bast shoes, petal, mitten, pipe, jar of jam, spikelet, bucket
  Preliminary work: come up with a team name and greeting.
  Children enter the hall to the music "Fairy tale, come", stand in a semicircle.

  Leading: Guys, today we will step into the world of a fairy tale - the world of fantasy, ingenuity and resourcefulness, the world of funny and fun games.

  The Storyteller appears with a collection of fairy tales.

  Storyteller: I greet you young talents and connoisseurs of fairy tales. Do you love fairy tales? Can you handle my assignments?

  Leading: Dear Cheerful and Resourceful!
  Congratulations on the start of the holiday
  Good luck in the competition, we wish you all,
  Our KVN fairy tales are starting!
  Please take your seats!
  Children are divided into 2 teams

  Leading: And now we present our jury, which will strictly and impartially evaluate each competition. (Jury presentation).

  So, the teams are ready, the jury is fully armed - it's time to start!
  Competition "Greeting" or "Business card".
  (for the preparation of this competition, homework is given in advance)

  Teams need to introduce themselves (name, motto, wishes of the jury, opponents).
  Competition "Warm-up".
  During this competition, teams must take turns to complete the name of a fairy-tale hero:
  1. Koschey… Immortal
  2. Elena… Lovely
  3. Vasilisa ... Wise
  4. Sister ... Alyonushka
  5. Brother ... Ivanushka
  6. Phoenix ... Clear Falcon
  7. Tiny ... Havroshechka
  8. Serpent ... Gorynych
  9. Sivka … Burka
  10. Old man ... Hottabych

  The jury announces the results after each competition.

  Musical pause "Dance of Babka-Ezhka"

  The program continues
  Contest "Guess"

  During this competition, teams take turns answering the storyteller's questions:
  1. How many brothers-months did the heroine of the fairy tale S. Marshak meet at the New Year's fire? (12)
  2. How many brothers did Eliza, the heroine of G.H. Andersen's fairy tale "Wild Swans" have? (11 brothers)
  3. What was the name of Dr. Aibolit's sister? (Barbara)
  4. Who turned Vasilisa the Wise into a frog? (Koschei the Deathless.)
  5. What was the name of the three bears from L. Tolstoy's fairy tale "Three Bears"? (Mikhail Potapych, Nastasya Petrovna, Mishutka)
  6. Which of the three pigs built the most durable house? (naf-naf)
  7. What did the queen say, looking into a magic mirror?
  ("My light, mirror! Tell me,
  Yes, tell the whole truth.
  Am I the sweetest in the world,
  All blush and whiter?")
  8. What boy was supposed to put out the word "eternity"? For this they promised him new skates and the whole world. (Kai)
  9. Where is the death of Koshchei the Immortal? (Wood, chest, hare, duck, egg, needle.)
  10. What was the name of Matroskin's cat's cow? (Murka)
  11. How many times did the old man throw a net into the sea? (3)
  12. How many thieves did Ali Baba outsmart? (40)
  13. What was the name of the genie that Volka freed from the bottle? (Hottabych)
  14. What are the names of the main characters in the fairy tale by E. Uspensky "Vacations in Prostokvashino"? (Uncle Fyodor, cat Matroskin, dog Sharik, postman Pechkin.)

  Competition "Fairytale portrait". Teams collect 2 pictures from fairy tales from large puzzles - "Leopold the Cat", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Three Little Pigs", "Princess Frog"
  (The competition evaluates the speed and cohesion of the team.)

  Musical break Dance "Little Red Riding Hood"

  Competition "Numbers in the names of fairy tales".

  Teams name fairy tales, in the name of which there are numbers. (“Three Bears”, “3 Musketeers”, “Ali Baba and 40 Thieves”, “1000 and One Night”, “Three Nuts”, “The Wolf and the Seven Kids”, “Three Little Pigs”, etc.) The team that named last tale.
  Musical competition "Guess the melody"
  Team members need, after listening to musical fragments, to name a movie or cartoon-tale, the name of a fairy-tale hero.

  1. Little Red Riding Hood
  2. "The Adventures of Pinocchio"
  3. "Lion cub and turtle"
  4. "The Bremen Town Musicians"
  5. "Smile"
  6. "Cheburashka"
  7. "Song of the Cat Leopold"

  Dance warm-up. (at the choice of the music director)

  Competition "Reader".

  Sleeping puppy on the stove
  cat on the porch,
  They dream in a sweet dream
  Two sausages on the window.

  Puppy running across the field
  The cow is driven to the house
  Barks, floods
  Going to bite.

  Competition of captains "Guess the name of the fairy tale." The captains guess and make up the name of the fairy tale from soft puzzles with letters. ("Teremok", "Kolobok"). Captains may choose one assistant from their team.

  Competition "Fairytale Riddles"

  1. For breakfast, he ate only an onion,
  But he was never a crybaby.
  Learned to write with the nose of the letter
  And he planted an inkblot in a notebook.
  Didn't listen to Malvin at all
  Papa's son Carlo... (Pinocchio)

  2. He treats mice and rats,
  Crocodiles, hares, foxes,
  Bandages the wounds
  African monkey.
  And anyone will confirm to us:
  This is a doctor... (Aibolit)

  3. Although he was steadfast and brave,
  But he did not survive the fire.
  The youngest son of a tablespoon,
  He stood on a strong foot.
  Not iron, not glass
  There was a soldier ... (Tin)

  4. All girls and boys
  Managed to love him.
  He is the hero of a funny book,
  Behind him is a propeller.
  He flies over Stockholm
  High, but not to Mars.
  And the kid knows.
  Who is this? Sly ... (Carlson)

  5. "Mirror, say, be nice,
  Who is the whitest in the world?"
  Once the stepmother asked
  The one that is smarter and meaner than all.
  And answered, sparkling,
  Mirror, after a little hesitation:
  "The most beautiful young
  Stepdaughter..." (Snow White)

  6. Do you know this girl,
  She is sung in an old fairy tale.
  Worked, lived modestly,
  Didn't see the clear sun
  Around - only dirt and ash.
  And the beauty was called ... (Cinderella)

  Musical break "Song about Carlson" by I. Ponomareva

  Competition "Chest".

  Teams guess "What fairy tale is the object from?" (3 nuts, lapotok, petal, mitten, pipe, jar of jam, spikelet, bucket, etc.)

  Fairy tales:
  1. Three nuts for Cinderella
  2. Lapotok
  3. Semi-flower
  4. Mitten
  5. Pipe and jug
  6. Carlson, who lives on the roof
  7. Spikelet
  8. Morozko

  Summing up the results of the competition - the word of the jury.
  Rewarding teams with diplomas and sweet prizes.

  Storyteller: thanks to all the participants, you are really connoisseurs of fairy tales and I was glad to visit you at the fabulous KVN. See you, my friends!

  All parents want to raise their children smart, capable of science. And early math classes can help. However, children are not very fond of this complex science. A fairy tale about numbers will help kids get acquainted with the basics of mathematics.

  Math can be learned with play

  It would seem, what kind of games and fairy tales can we talk about when it comes to such a serious science as mathematics. However, wise teachers argue that even younger preschoolers can be explained various nuances in this direction if the lesson is made interesting and exciting for kids. Stories featuring living beings who are given names - numbers and figures - are perceived by novice mathematicians more effectively than a dry statement of material, facts and laws.

  In addition, all children are so fond of stories in which fiction is intertwined with reality, where good triumphs over evil. Therefore, a fairy tale about numbers is still useful for kids, and because it not only gives mathematical concepts, but also reveals the essence of human relations to them in a traditional allegorical manner.

  Fairy tale about and bit units

  Modern children enjoy reading fairy tales about numbers and figures. And there are a lot of them written by children's writers. Even the guys themselves compose amazing stories in which numbers appear.

  For example, one girl came up with an amazing fairy tale about a kingdom ruled by the wise and kind Queen Thousand. She loved her subjects very much, whom she constantly rewarded, multiplying by herself. And the inhabitants of her state from this became more majestic and significant.

  

  But then a disease happened to the queen, which turned her with the help of a terrible virus - a “comma flipper” - into 0.001. And now, multiplying her subjects, the queen reduced them a thousand times ... And no one could cure her, except for one very wise doctor. It was he who again instilled in the queen a shifter virus, which returned her to her former size. This is such an amazing fairy tale about numbers.

  City Tens

  This is a story about numbers from one to ten. They, like people, lived in their own city, made friends, quarreled, put up and made mistakes. So, with the words “Once upon a time there were numbers,” a mathematical fairy tale begins ...

  In a beautiful small town that stretched on the banks of a forest stream, there were small multi-colored houses. They were very small, just tiny, no bigger than a matchbox. But to the inhabitants of this city, the houses seemed quite large. And all because the inhabitants of this settlement themselves were tiny, tiny, as tall as a bean.

  

  But, despite the small size of the inhabitants, serious passions were in full swing in the town. And one of the wise old-timers of the town, whose name was the number Six, decided to write down the most amazing stories in a book and call it "Tales about numbers and figures."

  The first story about numbers called "Who is more important?"

  Naturally, the story began with the words "Once upon a time there were numbers." like any other, it seems to be a lie, but there is an important hint in it, which should be a lesson to good fellows and wise girls.

  The numbers lived together and in harmony. Everything was especially fine with four inseparable friends: Ones, Twos, Threes and Fours. And only once did they have a dispute about who among them is more important. The Four started it:

  Although I love you, my bosom friends, I must tell you one thing. In fact, I am the most important among us. Look: the house has four corners, the table has four legs. The same number of paws for dogs and cats, wheels for cars. And therefore, from today on, you must address me as “You”!

  What nonsense! - the number Three was indignant. - The most important number among us is me! Just look: the number 3 in fairy tales is magical, magical. The sons of the kings are always three, the tasks must also be completed not four, not two, but three. And the most important thing happens on the third day. Therefore, it’s better to call me “Mr. Three”.

  Well, this is how you look at it, - the Deuce hesitated. - People usually look for a mate to create a full-fledged family. A person also has a pair of hands and feet. Just imagine that people walk on four legs - it's incomprehensible to the mind! A person has two eyes and an ear. So let's better address me to "you", so it will be fairer.

  So-and-so, but something is still wrong, - Yedinichka laughed. And during the competition, for some reason, the winner is awarded first place and given a gold medal. And for the second, only silver is supposed ... I will not talk about the third and fourth places here - it's somehow immodest.

  The highest quality people always call first-class. And second-rate or, even more so, third-rate goods, most buyers will bypass the party. Yes, and the skill of specialists is most often indicated by categories, where the first indicates the highest level.

  And if we touch on the structure of the human body, then the organs, which people have one at a time, are the most important: the heart, liver, brain.

  If you think about our main purpose - to participate in mathematical operations, then only I can divide any number into myself without a remainder, and in such a way that it will not even notice it.

  You know what? I think we are all equally important! And so there is no point in arguing about it. Let's not argue anymore. And let the words “Amicably and according to lived-there were numbers” our mathematical fairy tale will end. And new stories will be about interesting events that will take place in a town where residents do not argue or swear with each other.

  And since then, One, Two, Three and Four no longer find out which of them is more important.

  The second story called "The Tale of the Number 5"

  The incident is

  Happened here the other day:

  Five suddenly came running

  All in dirt, dust, burdocks!

  "What's wrong with you? Where were you? -

  Seven and Eight were surprised.

  "Oh, back off, guys!

  Climb where they don't ask

  Ugly! I'm tired", -

  So she said and fell ...

  Six came out of the bushes:

  "I'll tell it like it is.

  This morning number five

  I ran for a walk with the Hare.

  Here comes the hunter

  As expected, shoots.

  Hare falls and Five

  Started to run in fear.

  

  I put the Hare in the basket,

  I lifted the burden on my back

  And he went to his house.

  Five, get up! Bunny is alive!

  One, two, three, four, five -

  Bunny is running again!

  Tales new, friends,

  I will compose for all of you!"

  Prehistory of the third fairy tale about the Seven-Poker

  In the town of Tens lived the number Seven. The locals teased her with Kocherga - such a nickname was invented for her. And this figure, indeed, was very similar to this device in order to stir coals in the furnace.

  As you know, a poker is a thing with a strange character. On the one hand, with its help, you can melt the stove and heat the house. A good thing, it seems to be necessary. And if you look from the other side, then you can heat it with a poker so that it doesn’t seem a little. Often in stories about the life of our ancestors, this cast-iron stick curved with the letter “G” appeared as a weapon of fights and even murders.

  

  So the character of the Seven was also controversial. Yesterday she came up with a week, which includes 7 days, and made the last, seventh, day off. How grateful everyone was! And today I’m already angry at someone and let’s yell: “Just get caught by me - I’ll pull seven skins off you!”.

  And then she suddenly calmed down and drew such a beautiful rainbow in the sky - just a feast for the eyes! She curved seven multi-colored stripes in an arc, set up fabulous gates.

  Only this is not a story, but a saying. The beginning of the tale is waiting for the reader ahead ...

  How the Seven-Poker got a new home

  Maybe that's how it was, or maybe it's all lies. They only say that one day the Seven decided to build a new house for themselves. Yes, not simple, like everyone else, but special, so that it was about seven walls. She thought for a long time how to do it, racking her brains. Nothing works! The Seven spent a lot of paper on the drawings, shed a pack of pencils, but the matter did not move one iota.

  The number Seven was very upset, right to tears. She locked herself in her old house and does not come out. All the numbers in the city were even worried that something bad might happen. They crowded around the fence that surrounded the dwelling of the number Seven, discussing the situation, thinking about what they should do. And suddenly…

  They heard that amazing music suddenly flowed from the open windows. Yes, so wonderful that you can’t say it in a fairy tale, or hear it in a dream! Such a gentle and pleasant, such a soulful melody at the Seven turned out.

  And she, it turns out, out of grief that she did not have an unusual house, came up with seven notes. And she learned to record with their help melodies overheard by the brook and rustling trees, birds singing and artisans humming under their breath. At first, she simply recorded music on a sheet of music, and then she played the flute. So, until now, musicians record their works with the help of these amazing icons.

  

  And the house? His numbers were built together for their neighbor Seven! New, solid and there were exactly seven walls in it. And the numbers also painted it in seven colors, as if the rainbow itself decided to rest on it. Since then, no one has teased the Seven with Poker. After all, she alone managed to create such beautiful things - a rainbow and music. And her name became "The Beautiful Seven".

  The fourth story, terrible and terrible, about a bloodthirsty dragon named Zero

  In a certain kingdom, the Arithmetical State, there were numbers. A mathematical fairy tale would not be a fairy tale if various magic and inexplicable miracles did not happen in it. So the Arithmetic State was attacked by a bloodthirsty, evil and ruthless dragon. His name was Zero.

  He grabbed everyone indiscriminately, multiplied by himself and destroyed. And all because after this action the numbers themselves turned into Zero. And after each crime, the dragon grew a new head, it became stronger and more bloodthirsty. Well, the population in the state became less and less. And then such a terrible event happened - the dragon kidnapped the princess herself! Mourning was declared throughout the state.

  Here they began to think and guess the numbers, how they could defeat the dragon, so that they could compose new, kind and funny tales and tell their children. And they decided to make friends with the dragon, although it was, it must be said, not an easy task.

  They threw the numbers of lots, and it turned out that the number 9 had to go to the dragon to rescue the princess. In fairy tales, as you know, it is considered magical, because it turns out by multiplying the triple (which is already part of the fabulous, magical numbers) by itself . “Thrice three times the sun will rise, three times three times the dew will fall on the grass - and a rider on a horse will appear from behind the mountain. It is he who will save the princess from a fierce snake! - said the royal prophets, performing their strange rites.

  And so it happened. No wonder numbers play an important role in Russian folk tales. That is why here, exactly nine days later, the number Nine, sitting on a horse, rode up to the dragon's lair to rescue the princess. And in his bosom he had a flask of spring water, which, they say, has magical powers.

  

  And they met near the ninth mountain - the evil Zero and the selfless number Nine. Here the dragon laughed, beat with its tail, fire began to let out from its mouth. But only Nine did not lose his head, jumped up to him and stood in front of the dragon, splashing spring water, magical water into his mouth. And Nine did not forget to smile, openly and friendly. Zero was even confused with amazement... Before the dragon even had time to perform its traditional multiplication, the numbers 9 and 0 merged in an instant and turned into one whole - the number Ninety.

  And then the princess came out of the dungeon, kissed her savior, who became ten times stronger and more majestic, and gave him consent to become his faithful wife. They mounted their horses and rode home, happy and contented. Here the scary tale about numbers ended. In mathematics, those who have "excellent" or "good" in the magazine - they understood it. And whoever has weak knowledge in this science - do not blame me, learn the rules and solve examples, you see, next time you will understand everything!

  Why did the king have three sons, and why did the eyeless child need seven nannies?

  Not only in real life, numbers play a huge role. In Russian folk tales, three sons, three tasks, three days very often appear. And dragons or Gorynychi Serpents, which also appear three times, each time have an increasing number of heads: first three, then five, seven or nine, and in the third, the most difficult, since the monster can even have twelve. Numbers in Russian fairy tales play a purely symbolic role. A child who is not yet familiar with mathematics will not visually imagine exactly the number of heads of the dragon in question. For him, such concepts as the increase in danger each time, and the fact that there were a lot of goals are important.

  Is there some kind of algorithm that the numbers obey? Probably, there is. For example, three symbolizes perfection and harmony not only in Russian culture, but throughout the world. Therefore, we remember to this day the three heroes. And it is precisely three elders who come to Ilya Muromets before his miraculous cure. And the distant place where the hero of a fairy tale often goes is located far away, somewhere in the farthest country.

  In the Orthodox religion, there is the Holy Trinity, symbolizing the unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And in the ancient Slavic faith there was a deity with three heads. One head ruled over the heavenly world, the second - over the earthly, and the third - over the underwater.

  A train of fabulousness and sorcery also stretches behind the number seven. For example, everyone remembers fairy tales in which there are seven-league boots, Snow White gets to the seven dwarfs, just like Sleeping Beauty - to the heroes of the corresponding number.

  

  In proverbs and sayings, the seven is also often found.

  • Having measured seven times, you can cut only once.
  • Seven with a bipod, and one with a spoon.
  • Seven miles to heaven.
  • Seven do not wait for one.
  • Too many cooks spoil the broth.
  • Seven on benches.

  And such fame was attached to this number, most likely, because once, even before the advent of the decimal system of calculus, there was a septenary. That is, two-digit numbers did not begin after ten, but after seven.

  The same goes for the number five. After all, there was a time when it was fivefold and even eightfold. The only mystery left is why the number eight did not leave its mark in oral folk art.

  But the nine, even in the modern world, is often distinguished by people who are fascinated by the meanings of numbers and their influence on fate. This happens because this number, as it were, represents the beginning and end of a person's life experience. It carries the last earthly lesson of humanity - forgiveness.

  However, the number two is also found in sayings and proverbs, which is not included in the category of "magic". Rather, it is a reflection of the position of dialectical materialism, which reflects the unity and struggle of opposites.

  • Two bears cannot live in the same den.
  • Two boots - a pair, but both on the left foot.
  • Chasing two hares and catching neither.

  And in a modern fairy tale, the lazy Vovka is "helped" by two from the casket. Yes, and often stories tell about two daughters, where one is kind and hardworking, and the second is evil and lazy.

  There are modern catchphrases with a variety of numbers, for example: "Just like two and two", "Again twenty-five!", "It is better to see with your own eyes once than hear a hundred times."

  Numerology

  Do you think that magic numbers only exist in fairy tales? Not at all! People have long been occupied with the influence that figures and numbers have on human destinies. And on this basis, numerology arose - either science, or belief in the mystical power of numbers. But, be that as it may, but very many people no, no, and even turn their attention to the fact that the numbers of a bus ticket or the numbers of oncoming vehicles seem to have the gift of prediction. Perhaps this is just a coincidence. But who knows…

  Even the most inveterate cynics with great displeasure are settled in hotel rooms under the number 13 or 666. But almost everyone simply loves the seventh, third, fifth and ninth. Such fame has already been fixed for them among the people - some are considered kind, magical, while others bring misfortune, even diabolical.

  Today you can find whole scientific works in which, according to the scheme, it is possible to calculate your "number" by date of birth and read about yourself on the page dedicated to this figure. The compilers of these works connect both the character of a person, and his capabilities, and his future precisely with this "main" number. And as far as they are right, everyone decides for himself.

  Everyone has come across the numbers that are called magic. In fairy tales, legends, proverbs and sayings, in calendars and on dials, in rituals and cults, we meet the Holy Trinity, three wishes, seven days of the week, seven kids, 12 months.

  The number "three" is found in many proverbs and sayings: "in three pines", "in three streams", "from three boxes" and so on.

  Numbers in Russian folk tales

  For the first time, we meet with numbers in our very early childhood, when we read our first fairy tales.

  Fairy tale "Princess Frog"

  The king had 3 sons. 3 The king gave the brides tasks: to bake bread, weave a carpet and see the brides. Frog 3 once turned into a princess. A spell was cast on the princess: 3 year to be a frog.

  Fairy tale "3 bears"

  Main characters - 3 . All items by 3 (beds, bowls, chairs).

  Fairy tale "Havroshechka"

  The hostess had 3 daughters: One eye, Two eyes and Three eyes. 3 Khavroshechka fell asleep once.

  Fairy tale "Ilya Muromets"

  Horse 3 fed wheat for months, through 3 dawn was walking his horse on a silk field. In the dense forest there was an oak in 3 girths, 30 heroes and 30 horses. The holy hero was sleeping 300 years. Ilya Muromets lived in Kyiv 200 years.

  
  

  Having analyzed only a small part of Russian folk tales, one can be convinced that the most common numeral is"3".

  The number "3" has long been considered magical. In fairy tales, wishes are always fulfilled only for the third time.

  The number "3" in fairy tales makes the reader think about magic, about perfection.

  SIVKA-BURKA

  “Once upon a time there was an old man, and he had three son. Everyone called the younger Ivanushka the Fool.

  Each son, in turn, went out at night to guard the wheat that the thief was destroying. On the third night Ivanushka caught Sivka-burka.

  Sivka-burka: "... whistle three once with a valiant whistle ... I'll be here.

  Three In the afternoon, the brothers and Ivanushka rode Sivka-burka to the city to look at Elena the Beautiful.

  Ivanushka in the first attempt on Sivka-burka to remove the ring from the hand of Elena the Beautiful, sitting in the tower, did not jump to the princess three logs.

  FROM third attempts, Ivanushka removed the ring from the hand of Elena the Beautiful.

  "Through three day the king called out a cry ": so that all the people in the kingdom would come to him at the feast.

  PRINCESS FROG

  “In a certain kingdom ... there lived a king, and he had three son. The youngest was named Ivan Tsarevich.

  Three a brother is fired at an arrow from a bow in search of a bride.

  Ivan is looking for his arrow three day.

  played three weddings.

  stylistic device - three homogeneous members: Vasilisa the Wise decorated the loaf with patterns: "on the sides - cities with palaces, gardens and towers, on top - flying birds, below - roaring animals ..."

  thrice the tsar-father gives a task to his daughters-in-law: bake a loaf, weave a carpet, come to the feast to see which of them dances better. AT three stage, respectively, accepts the job.

  The carriage of Vasilisa the Wise is harnessed troika bay horses.

  Vasilisa the Wise: “Ah, Ivan Tsarevich ... If only you three waited a day, I would forever be yours. Now goodbye, look for me far away lands, far away seas, in the trinity kingdom, in the sunflower state, at Koshchei the Deathless. How three wear out a pair of iron boots three you will gnaw through iron bread - only then will you find me ... "

  Ivan Easter is on the way three a pair of iron boots three iron bread.

  The oncoming old man told Ivan that a spell was cast on Vasilisa the Wise by her father Koshchei - to be a frog three of the year.

  During the journey, Ivan regretted four times and did not kill: a bear, a drake, a hare and a pike.

  And they, in turn, helped Ivan get Koshcheev's death: a needle in an egg, an egg in a duck, a duck in a hare, a hare in a chest, a chest on top of an oak, an oak in a dense forest (6 positions).

  

  Let's remember a fairy tale A.S. Pushkin "The Tale of Tsar Saltan":

  « Three girls - under the window ... "

  Guidon saving the swans from the kite (initiation with the prospect of a reward)

  Swan: “You are a prince, my savior, my mighty deliverer, do not grieve that you will not eat for me three day."

  Three the arrival of merchants in the city of Gvidon.

  Three provocations three probationers - "weavers with a cook with a matchmaker Babarikha." Provocations - tasks going in ascending order - the demand for a miracle from the island-Buyan.

  Three miracles: a squirrel with golden nuts, thirty-three (eleven by three!) hero, the swan princess. Only the third miracle becomes the final, crowning, key, opening the prospect, since it was it that led Saltan to Gvidon's island, which then gave the whole - everyone ended up with everyone else, that is, they achieved the Whole.

  "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish"

  The old man and the old woman lived together for many years:

  "They lived in a dilapidated dugout

  Exactly thirty years and three of the year…".

  Threeonce the old man threw his net into the sea.

  " Once he cast a net into the sea,

  A seine came with one slime,

  He threw a seine another time, -

  A net with sea grass came,

  AT thirdonce he threw a net, -

  A seine came with one fish,

  With a difficult fish - gold ... "

  PETSILIZED KINGDOM

  A soldier guards the king's garden three year, in the third year, half the trees in the garden are broken.

  A soldier wounded a tree-destroying bird in the wing, and from its wing fell three pen.

  The soldier survived three night and married the princess.

  This sign also exists for children who must understand one little truth for themselves. Don't give up if something doesn't work the first time. You should think and try again. No wonder they say that God loves the Trinity. The one who tries to "break the wall with his head" is not always destined to walk after that with a bandage on his head. This sign is a reference to another - "water wears away stone." That is, it did not work out once, so it will definitely work out in the next. And if not the second, then the third time.

  Having analyzed the use of various numbers in Russian folk tales and Pushkin's tales, we can safely say that the choice of numbers in fairy tales is not accidental.

  The choice of numerals in fairy tales is based on the popular idea of ​​the meaning of numbers.

  Fiction

  The number 7 has settled in fairy tales for a long time, and is not going to leave them. And there are a lot of fairy tales with the number (number) 7. Children listen to such tales with pleasure, remember the number 7 well, do not confuse it with other numbers ...

  Fairy tale "Seven kings and one queen" E. Permyak
  There are queens beautiful and kind, and there are scary and evil. In the fairy tale "Seven Kings and One Queen", the queen was extremely unattractive and not kind. The hard-working people that lived in the kingdom suffered and suffered. The people dreamed that some kind sorceress would be found who would perform magic. And a miracle happened...

  Fairy tale "The wolf and the seven kids"
  The goat is a rich mother. She gave birth to seven kids. Similar to each other, handsome. And obedient. And what song mother goat sang - gentle, drawn out. Yes, it just so happened that one day the kids did not recognize the voice of their mother, and got into trouble ...

  Fairy tale "Seven hundred and seventy-seven masters" E. Permyak
  The boy Ivan was not reputed to be a wise guy, that from the fairy tale of the Ural writer E. Permyak “Seven hundred and seventy-seven masters”. As soon as the time arrived for him to choose the skill to his heart, the lad was so confused. And unexpectedly, unexpectedly, he got to the name day of the forest (and the forest celebrated its name day once in a hundred years). Everything was decided...

  Fairy tale "Seven Simeons"
  Seven Simeons - seven workers. Six of them are noble, hardworking. And the seventh - so-so. But he was cunning and smart. He helped his brothers, and did not offend himself. It was with the help of the seventh, younger brother that the princess was delivered to the king.

  Fairy tale "The Wise Maiden and the Seven Thieves"
  “Once upon a time there was a peasant, he had two sons: the younger one was on the road, the older one was at the house. The father began to die and left the whole inheritance to his son at the house, and gave nothing to the other ... "

  It happens differently in fairy tales: who is lucky at the beginning, and who at the end begins to live richly, but happily.

  Fairy tale "Ivan the peasant's son and the peasant himself with a finger, a mustache for seven miles"
  “In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king; this king had a pillar in his courtyard, and in this pillar there were three rings: one gold, another silver, and the third copper. One night the king had such a dream...

  It happens that a peasant son lives for himself and has no idea about his abilities. And as a fairy tale puts him in a difficult position, so he will show such skills ...

  Fairy tale "Flower-seven-flower" V.P. Kataev
  The tale tells us about the girl Zhenya, who bought seven bagels for the whole family in the store. But then a nuisance happened ... and Zhenya was upset. A magic flower fell into Zhenya's hands, with the help of which wishes come true. The flower has seven petals. What happened next with the girl Zhenya and the magic flower? ..

  "Seven Underground Kings" - a fairy tale written by Alexander Volkov, from which we learn about the unusual adventures of the girl Ellie Smith.

  ... Seven kings and seven rulers rule in the Land of Underground Miners. And the people are forced to work hard for everyone at once. This is, of course, difficult. But the situation could be even more tense: after all, in the original version, there were not seven, but twelve kings in the fairy tale. The reduction in the number of reigning persons occurred at the suggestion of the illustrator Leonid Vladimirsky.

  Fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Brothers Grimm is familiar to everyone and everyone. She has been filmed more than once, there are also theatrical performances of this wonderful fairy tale.