Three kingdoms copper, silver and gold. Children's fairy tales online

In that old time, when the world of God was filled with goblin, witches and mermaids, when the rivers flowed with milk, the banks were jelly, and fried partridges flew across the fields, at that time there lived a king named Gorokh with Tsarina Anastasia the Beautiful; they had three prince sons.

A great misfortune shook - an unclean spirit dragged the queen away. speaks to the king big son:

“Batiushka, bless me, I’ll go look for my mother.”

He went and disappeared, for three years there was no news or a rumor about him.

The second son began to ask:

“Father, bless me on my journey, perhaps I will be lucky enough to find both my brother and my mother.”

The king blessed; he went and also disappeared without a trace - as if he had sunk into the water.

The younger son Ivan Tsarevich comes to the king:

- Dear father, bless me on my way; maybe I'll find my brothers and my mother.

- Come on, son!

Ivan Tsarevich set off in an alien direction; I rode and rode and came to the blue sea, stopped on the bank and thought: “Where to go now?”

Suddenly thirty-three spoonbills flew to the sea, hit the ground and became red-haired maidens - all are good, but one is the best; undressed and jumped into the water.

How many, how few they swam - Ivan Tsarevich crept up, took from the girl who was more beautiful than all, a sash and hid it in his bosom.

The girls bathed, went ashore, began to dress - there was not one sash.

“Ah, Ivan Tsarevich,” says the beauty, “give me back my sash.”

“Tell me first, where is my mother?”

- Your mother lives with my father - with Voron Voronovich. Go up the sea, you will come across a silver bird, a golden tuft: wherever it flies, you go there too.

Ivan Tsarevich gave her the sash and went up the sea; there he met his brothers, greeted them and took them with him.

They walk along the shore, they saw a silver bird, a golden crest, and ran after it. The bird flew, flew and rushed under the iron slab, into the underground pit.

“Well, brothers,” says Ivan Tsarevich, bless me instead of a father, instead of a mother; I will go down into this pit and find out what the land of the infidel is like, if our mother is not there.

His brothers blessed him, he sat on the rail, climbed into that deep hole and descended neither more nor less - exactly three years; descended and went down the road.

Walked, walked, walked, saw the copper kingdom; Thirty-three girls-spoonbills sit in the palace, embroidering towels with cunning patterns - towns with suburbs.

- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! - says the princess copper kingdom. - Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

- Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; he is cunning and wise, he flew through the mountains, through the dales, through the dens, through the clouds! He will kill you, good fellow! Here is a ball for you, go to my middle sister - what will she tell you. And if you go back, don't forget me. Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him. Comes in silver kingdom; there sit thirty-three spoonbill maidens. The princess of the silver kingdom says:

“Before Selo, the Russian spirit was not to be seen, heard not to be heard, but now the Russian spirit is manifested with one's own eyes! What, Ivan Tsarevich, are you torturing the department, or are you torturing things?

“Ah, fair maiden, I am going to look for my mother.

- Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wiser, he flew through the mountains, through the dales, through dens, through the clouds rushed! Oh, prince, he will kill you! Here is a ball for you, go to my little sister - what will she tell you: should I go forward, or should I go back?

Ivan Tsarevich comes to the golden kingdom; thirty-three spoonbill girls are sitting there, towels are being embroidered. Higher than all, better than all, the princess of the golden kingdom is such a beauty that one cannot speak in a fairy tale, nor write with a pen. She says:

- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Where are you going, where are you going?

- I'm going to look for my mother.

- Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wiser, he flew through the mountains, through the dales, through the dens, through the clouds rushed. Oh, prince, he will kill you! You have a ball on you, go to the pearl kingdom: your mother lives there. When she sees you, she will rejoice and immediately order: nannies, mothers, give my son green wine. And you do not take; ask me to give you three-year-old wine that is in the closet, and a burnt crust for a snack. Don't forget again: my father has two vats of water in the yard - one strong water, and the other weak; move them from place to place and get drunk strong water.

The prince and the princess talked for a long time and fell in love with each other so much that they did not want to part; and there was nothing to do - Ivan Tsarevich said goodbye and set off on his way.

Walked, walked comes to the pearl kingdom. When his mother saw him, she was delighted and shouted:

- Babysitters! Serve my son green wine.

“I don’t drink ordinary wine, give me a three-year-old one, and a burnt crust for a snack.”

He drank three-year-old wine, took a bite of the burnt crust, went out into the wide courtyard, rearranged the vats from place to place and began to drink strong water.

Suddenly Raven Voronovich arrives; he was bright as a clear day, but he saw Ivan Tsarevich and became gloomier dark night; sank down to the vat and began to draw the helpless water.

Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich fell on his wings; Raven Voronovich soared high and high, carried him along the dales, and over the mountains, and over dens, and clouds, and began to ask:

"What do you want, Ivan Tsarevich?" Do you want to give the treasury?

“I don’t need anything, just give me a feather staff.”

- No, Ivan Tsarevich! It hurts to sit in a wide sleigh. And again the Raven carried him over the mountains and over the valleys, over the dens and clouds. Ivan Tsarevich holds on tight; leaned down with all his weight and almost broke off his wings. Then Voron Voronovich cried out:

- Do not break my wings, take a feather staff!

He gave the prince a staff-feather; he himself became a simple raven and flew to the steep mountains.

And Ivan Tsarevich came to the pearl kingdom, took his mother and went on his way back; looks - the pearly kingdom curled up in a ball and rolled after him.

Came in golden kingdom, then in silver, and then in copper, he took three beautiful princesses, and those kingdoms curled up in balls and rolled after them. Approaches the relays and blew the golden trumpet.

- Fellow brothers! If you're alive, don't extradite me.

The brothers heard the trumpet, grabbed the rails and pulled White light the soul of a red maiden, a copper kingdom princess; they saw her and began to quarrel among themselves: one does not want to give her to the other.

- What are you fighting? good fellows! There is an even better red maiden than me.

The princes lowered the relays and pulled out the princess of the silver kingdom. Again they began to argue and fight; he says:

- Let me get it! And the other:

- I do not want! Let mine be!

- Do not quarrel, good fellows, there is a girl more beautiful than me.

The princes stopped fighting, lowered their relays and pulled out the princess of the golden kingdom. Again they began to quarrel, but the beautiful princess immediately stopped them:

“Your mother is waiting there!”

They pulled out their mother and lowered the reliels after Ivan Tsarevich;

they lifted it to half and cut off the ropes. Ivan Tsarevich flew into the abyss, badly hurt himself and lay unconscious for half a year; waking up, looked around, remembered everything that had become of him, took a feather-staff from his pocket and hit it on the ground. At that very moment, twelve fellows appeared.

- What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you order?

- Take me out into the open.

The fellows grabbed him by the arms and carried him out into the open. Ivan Tsarevich began to scout about his brothers and found out that they had long been married: the princess from the copper kingdom married the middle brother, the princess from the silver kingdom - for the elder brother, and his bride-to-be does not marry anyone. And the old father himself decided to marry her; collected a thought, accused his wife of consulting with evil spirits and ordered her head to be cut off; after the execution, he asks the princess from the golden kingdom:

- Will you marry me?

“Then I’ll go for you when you sew me shoes without measuring. The king ordered the call to click, to ask everyone and everyone: he won’t sew

who is the princess of shoes without measurements?

At that time, Ivan Tsarevich comes to his state, is hired

one old man as a worker and sends him to the king:

- Go, grandfather, take over this business. I'll sew shoes for you, but don't tell me. The old man went to the king:

I'm ready to take on this job.

The king gave him goods for a pair of shoes and asked:

- Will you please, old man?

“Don’t be afraid, sir, I have a chebotar son.

Returning home, the old man gave the goods to Ivan Tsarevich; he cut the goods into pieces, threw them out the window, then dissolved the golden kingdom and took out the finished shoes:

- Here, grandfather, take it, take it to the king. The king was delighted, sticks to the bride:

- Is it soon to go to the crown? She answers:

“Then I’ll marry you when you sew me a dress without measuring.” The tsar again fusses, gathers all the artisans to himself, gives them a lot of money, only to have a dress sewn without measurements. Ivan Tsarevich says to the old man:

- Grandfather, go to the king, take the fabric, I'll sew a dress for you, just don't tell me.

The old man trudged to the palace, took atlases and velvets, returned home and gave them to the prince. Ivan Tsarevich immediately cut all the atlases and velvets into shreds with scissors and threw them out the window; dissolved the golden kingdom, took from there whatever was the best dress and gave it to the old man:

- Bring it to the palace! Tsar Radekhonek:

- Well, my beloved bride, isn't it time for us to go to the crown? The princess answers:

“Then I’ll marry you when you take the old man’s son and tell him to boil it in milk.”

The king did not hesitate, gave the order - and on the same day they collected a bucket of milk from every yard, poured a large vat and boiled over high heat.

They brought Ivan Tsarevich; he began to say goodbye to everyone, to bow to the ground; they threw him into a vat: he dived once, dived again, jumped out - and became so handsome that he couldn’t tell in a fairy tale or write with a pen. The princess says:

“Look, king! Whom should I marry: for you, the old one, or for him, a good fellow?

The king thought: “If I bathe in milk, I will become just as handsome!”

He threw himself into a vat and boiled in milk.

And Ivan Tsarevich went with the princess from the golden kingdom to get married; got married and began to live, live, make good.

In that old time, when the world of God was filled with goblin, witches and mermaids, when the rivers flowed with milk, the banks were jelly, and fried partridges flew across the fields, at that time there lived a king named Gorokh with Tsarina Anastasia the Beautiful; they had three prince sons.

A great misfortune shook - an unclean spirit dragged the queen away. The big son says to the king:

Father, bless me, I will go to look for my mother.

He went and disappeared, for three years there was no news or a rumor about him.

The second son began to ask:

Father, bless me on my journey, perhaps I will be lucky enough to find both my brother and my mother.

The king blessed; he went and also disappeared without a trace - as if he had sunk into the water.

The younger son Ivan Tsarevich comes to the king:

Dear father, bless me on my way; maybe I'll find my brothers and my mother.

Come on, son!

Ivan Tsarevich set off in an alien direction; I rode and rode and came to the blue sea, stopped on the bank and thought: “Where to go now?”

Suddenly thirty-three spoonbills flew to the sea, hit the ground and became red maidens - all are good, but one is the best; undressed and jumped into the water.

How many, how few they swam - Ivan Tsarevich crept up, took from the girl who was more beautiful than all, a sash and hid it in his bosom.

The girls swam, went ashore, began to dress - there was not one sash.

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich, - says the beauty, - give me my sash.

Tell me first, where is my mother?

Your mother lives with my father - with Voron Voronovich. Go up the sea, you will come across a silver bird, a golden tuft: wherever it flies, you go there too.

Ivan Tsarevich gave her the sash and went up the sea; there he met his brothers, greeted them and took them with him.

They walk along the shore, they saw a silver bird, a golden crest, and ran after it. The bird flew, flew and rushed under the iron slab, into the underground pit.

Well, brothers, - says Ivan Tsarevich, bless me instead of a father, instead of a mother; I will go down into this pit and find out what the land of the infidel is like, if our mother is not there.

The brothers blessed him, he sat on the rail, climbed into that deep hole and descended neither more nor less - exactly three years; descended and went down the road.

Walked, walked, walked, saw the copper kingdom; thirty-three spoonbill girls sit in the palace, embroidering towels with cunning patterns - towns with suburbs.

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! - says the princess of the copper kingdom. - Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; he is cunning and wise, he flew through the mountains, through the dales, through the dens, through the clouds! He will kill you, good fellow! Here's a ball for you, go to my middle sister - what will she tell you. And if you go back, don't forget me. Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him. Comes to the silver realm; there sit thirty-three spoonbill maidens. The princess of the silver kingdom says:

Before the village, the Russian spirit was not to be seen, heard not to be heard, but now the Russian spirit is manifested with one's own eyes! What, Ivan Tsarevich, are you torturing the department, or are you torturing things?

Oh, fair girl, I'm going to look for my mother.

Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wiser, he flew through the mountains, through the dales, through dens, through the clouds rushed! Oh, prince, he will kill you! Here's a ball for you, go to my little sister - what will she tell you: should I go forward, or should I go back?

Ivan Tsarevich comes to the golden kingdom; thirty-three spoonbill girls are sitting there, towels are being embroidered. Above all, better than all, the princess of the golden kingdom is such a beauty that one cannot say in a fairy tale, nor write with a pen. She says:

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wiser, he flew through the mountains, through the dales, through the dens, through the clouds rushed. Oh, prince, he will kill you! You have a ball on you, go to the pearl kingdom: your mother lives there. When she sees you, she will rejoice and immediately order: nannies, mothers, give my son green wine. And you do not take; ask me to give you three-year-old wine that is in the closet, and a burnt crust for a snack. Don't forget again: my father has two vats of water in the yard - one strong water, and the other weak; move them from place to place and drink strong water.

The prince and the princess talked for a long time and fell in love with each other so much that they did not want to part; and there was nothing to do - Ivan Tsarevich said goodbye and set off on his way.

Walked, walked comes to the pearl kingdom. When his mother saw him, she was delighted and shouted:

Babysitters! Serve my son green wine.

I do not drink ordinary wine, give me a three-year-old, and a burnt crust for a snack.

He drank three-year-old wine, took a bite of the burnt crust, went out into the wide courtyard, rearranged the vats from place to place and began to drink strong water.

Suddenly Raven Voronovich arrives; he was bright as a clear day, but he saw Ivan Tsarevich and became gloomier than the dark night; sank down to the vat and began to draw the helpless water.

Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich fell on his wings; Raven Voronovich soared high and high, carried him along the dales, and over the mountains, and over dens, and clouds, and began to ask:

What do you want, Ivan Tsarevich? Do you want to give the treasury?

I don't need anything, just give me a feather staff.

No, Ivan Tsarevich! It hurts to sit in a wide sleigh. And again the Raven carried him over the mountains and over the valleys, over the dens and clouds. Ivan Tsarevich holds on tight; leaned down with all his weight and almost broke off his wings. Then Voron Voronovich cried out:

Don't break my wings, take a feather staff!

He gave the prince a staff-feather; he himself became a simple raven and flew to the steep mountains.

And Ivan Tsarevich came to the pearl kingdom, took his mother and went on his way back; looks - the pearly kingdom curled up in a ball and rolled after him.

He came to a golden kingdom, then to a silver one, and then to a copper one, he took with him three beautiful princesses, and those kingdoms curled up in balls and rolled after them. Approaches the relays and blew the golden trumpet.

Family brothers! If you're alive, don't extradite me.

The brothers heard the trumpet, seized the relay and pulled out into the world the soul of the red maiden, the princess of the bronze kingdom; they saw her and began to quarrel among themselves: one does not want to give her to the other.

What are you fighting, good fellows! There is an even better red maiden than me.

The princes lowered the relays and pulled out the princess of the silver kingdom. Again they began to argue and fight; he says:

Let me get it! And the other:

I do not want! Let mine be!

Do not quarrel, good fellows, there is a girl more beautiful than me.

The princes stopped fighting, lowered their relays and pulled out the princess of the golden kingdom. Again they began to quarrel, but the beautiful princess immediately stopped them:

Your mother is waiting there!

They pulled out their mother and lowered the reliels after Ivan Tsarevich;

they lifted it to half and cut off the ropes. Ivan Tsarevich flew into the abyss, badly hurt himself and lay unconscious for half a year; waking up, looked around, remembered everything that had become of him, took a feather-staff from his pocket and hit it on the ground. At that very moment, twelve fellows appeared.

What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you order?

Take me out into the open.

The fellows grabbed him by the arms and carried him out into the open. Ivan Tsarevich began to scout about his brothers and found out that they had long been married: the princess from the copper kingdom married the middle brother, the princess from the silver kingdom married the older brother, and his bride-to-be did not marry anyone. And the old father himself decided to marry her; collected a thought, accused his wife of consulting with evil spirits and ordered her head to be cut off; after the execution, he asks the princess from the golden kingdom:

Are you marrying me?

Then I will go for you when you sew me shoes without measuring. The king ordered the call to click, to ask everyone and everyone: he won’t sew

who is the princess of shoes without measurements?

At that time, Ivan Tsarevich comes to his state, is hired

one old man as a worker and sends him to the king:

Go, grandfather, take charge of this business. I'll sew shoes for you, but don't tell me. The old man went to the king:

I'm ready to take on this job.

The king gave him goods for a pair of shoes and asked:

Will you please, old man?

Don't be afraid, sir, I have a chebotar son.

Returning home, the old man gave the goods to Ivan Tsarevich; he cut the goods into pieces, threw them out the window, then dissolved the golden kingdom and took out the finished shoes:

Here, grandfather, take it, take it to the king. The king was delighted, sticks to the bride:

Is it soon to go to the crown? She answers:

Then I will go for you when you sew me a dress without measuring. The tsar again fusses, gathers all the artisans to himself, gives them a lot of money, only to have a dress sewn without measurements. Ivan Tsarevich says to the old man:

Grandfather, go to the king, take the fabric, I'll sew a dress for you, just don't tell me.

The old man trudged to the palace, took atlases and velvets, returned home and gave them to the prince. Ivan Tsarevich immediately cut all the atlases and velvets into shreds with scissors and threw them out the window; dissolved the golden kingdom, took from there whatever was the best dress and gave it to the old man:

Take it to the palace! Tsar Radekhonek:

Well, my beloved bride, isn't it time for us to go to the crown? The princess answers:

Then I will marry you when you take the old man's son and tell him to boil it in milk.

The king did not hesitate, gave the order - and on the same day they collected a bucket of milk from every yard, poured a large vat and boiled over high heat.

They brought Ivan Tsarevich; he began to say goodbye to everyone, to bow to the ground; they threw him into a vat: he dived once, dived again, jumped out - and became so handsome that he couldn’t tell in a fairy tale or write with a pen. The princess says:

Look, king! Whom should I marry: for you, the old one, or for him, a good fellow?

The king thought: “If I bathe in milk, I will become just as handsome!”

He threw himself into a vat and boiled in milk.

And Ivan Tsarevich went with the princess from the golden kingdom to get married; got married and began to live, live, make good.

AT in a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived and was a king. And he had a wife Nastasya - a golden braid and three sons: Peter Tsarevich, Vasily Tsarevich and Ivan Tsarevich.

Once the queen went for a walk with her mothers and nannies in the garden. Suddenly, a whirlwind swooped in, picked up the queen and carried her away to no one knows where. The tsar became sad, squirmed, did not know how to be, what to do.

Time passed, the princes grew up, and he tells them:

My beloved children, which of you will go to look for your mother?

The two older sons packed up and went to look for their mother.

A year has passed - they are gone, another year has passed - they are gone, now the third year begins ... Then the youngest son Ivan Tsarevich began to ask the father:

Let me go, father, to look for my mother, to find out about my older brothers.

No, - the king answers him, - you are the only one left with me, do not leave me, old man.

And Ivan Tsarevich says to him:

It doesn't matter to me, if you let me, I'll leave and if you don't let me, I'll leave.

What was there to do?

The king let go younger son Ivan Tsarevich.

Ivan Tsarevich saddled his good horse and set off.

I rode and rode ... Soon the fairy tale takes its toll, but the deed is not done soon.

Ivan Tsarevich reached the glass mountain. Costs high mountain, with the top rested against the sky. Under the mountain - two tents are spread out: Peter Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.

Hello Ivanushka! Where are you heading to?

Look for our mother, catch up with you.

Eh, Ivan Tsarevich, we found Matushkin's footprint long ago, but there are no feet on that footprint. Come on, try to climb this mountain, but we already have no urine. We have been standing below for three years, we cannot go upstairs.

Well, brothers, I will try to climb this mountain.

Ivan Tsarevich climbed the glass mountain. He will make a step up crawling, ten - he flies head over heels. And one day he climbs, and another climbs. Ivan Tsarevich cut all his hands, all his legs were bloody. On the third day he reached the top.

He began to shout to the brothers from above:

I'll go look for my mother, but you stay here, wait for me for three years and three months. And if I'm not on time, there's nothing to wait. And the raven will not bring my bones!

Ivan Tsarevich rested a little and went up the mountain.

Walked, walked, walked. He sees - there is a copper palace.

At the gates of the palace, terrible snakes are chained on copper chains, they breathe fire. And near the gate there is a well. At the well, a copper ladle hangs on a copper chain. These snakes are torn to the water, but the chain does not let go, it is short.

Ivan Tsarevich took a ladle, scooped up icy water into it, and gave the snakes to drink from it. The snakes subdued here, subsided. Ivan Tsarevich and went to the copper palace.

The princess of the copper kingdom came out to meet him:

Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich.

Tell me, Ivan Tsarevich, did you come here by your will or not?

I am looking for my mother, Nastasya the queen. The whirlwind dragged her here. Do you know where she might be?

I don't know. But my middle sister lives not far from here, maybe she will tell you.

And gives him a copper ball.

Roll the ball, - he says, - he will show you the way to my middle sister. And when you defeat the Whirlwind, don't forget about me, poor thing.

Good, - Ivan Tsarevich answers her.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled a copper ball. The ball rolled, and he followed him.

Came after the ball to the silver kingdom. Terrible snakes are chained on silver chains at the gates of the palace.

Nearby is a well with a silver ladle. Ivan Tsarevich scooped up a ladle of water, gave the snakes to drink from it. They calmed down, lay down and let him into the palace. The princess of the silver kingdom ran out to meet him.

It will soon be three years, - says the princess, - how the mighty Whirlwind keeps me here. I never heard the Russian spirit, never saw it, but now the Russian spirit has come to me. Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich.

How did you get here: whether by your own desire or captivity.

With my hunting - I'm looking for my own mother. She went for a walk in the green garden, then a mighty whirlwind flew in, rushed her off to no one knows where. Do you know where I can find it?

No I dont know. And here, not far away in the golden kingdom, lives my elder sister, Elena the Beautiful. Maybe she can give you some advice. Here's a silver ball for you. Roll him in front of you and follow him. Yes, look, when you kill Whirlwind, don't forget about me, poor thing.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled a silver ball, he himself went after him.

How long, how short he walked. He sees that there is a golden palace, it burns like a fever.

At the gates are terrible snakes, chained with golden chains. They blaze with fire. Near the gate is a well. At the well, a golden ladle is chained with golden chains.

Ivan Tsarevich scooped up a ladle of water, watered the snakes. They calmed down, subsided. Ivan Tsarevich entered the palace. Elena the Beautiful meets him there - a princess of indescribable beauty:

Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich. I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. Do you know where I can find her?

How can I not know? She lives not far from here. Here's a golden ball for you. Roll it along the road - it will bring you where you need to go. Look, Ivan Tsarevich, when you defeat the Whirlwind, do not forget about me, poor thing, take me with you to the free world.

Well, - he answers, - the beauty is darling, I will not forget.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the balloon and followed it. He walked and walked and came to such a palace that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen - it burns with pitched pearls and precious stones.

Six-headed snakes hiss at the gates, breathe heat, fire with fire.

The prince gave them water to drink. The snakes calmed down, they let Ivan Tsarevich into the palace. The prince passed through the large chambers. In the farthest place I found my mother. She sits on a high throne. In a royal dress decorated, crowned with a precious crown. She glanced at her guest and exclaimed:

Ivanushka, my dear son! How did you get here?

I came for you, my mother.

Well, son, it's going to be hard for you. Great strength possesses Whirlwind. Well, do not be sad, I will help you, I will add strength to you.

Then she lifted the floorboard and led him into the cellar. There were two tubs of water - one on the right, the other on the left.

Nastasia the Queen says:

Drink, Ivanushka, some water, which is on the right hand.

Ivan Tsarevich drank.

Well? Have you gained strength?

Added, mother. I would now turn the whole palace with one hand.

Come on, drink some more!

The prince drank more.

How much strength do you have now, son?

Now I want to - I'll turn the whole world.

Now, son, that's enough. Well, move these tubs from place to place. Take the one on the right to the left, and the one on the left to the right.

Ivan Tsarevich took the tubs and rearranged them from place to place.

Tsarina Nastasya tells him:

There is strong water in one tub, and weak water in the other. A whirlwind drinks strong water in battle, which is why it cannot be dealt with in any way.

They returned to the palace.

Soon the Whirlwind will arrive, - Queen Nastasya tells him. - You grab him by the club. Look, don't let go, hold on tight. A whirlwind will soar into the sky - and you will be with it: it will carry you over the seas, over deep abysses, over high mountains, and you hold on tight, do not unclench your hands. Whirlwind is tired, wants to drink strong water, rushes to the tub, which is placed on right hand, and you drink from the tub, which is on the left hand ...

As soon as she had time to say this, it suddenly darkened in the yard, everything around her began to shake. Whirlwind flew into the upper room. Ivan Tsarevich rushed to him, grabbed his club.

Who are you? Where did it come from? Whirlwind shouted at him. - I'll eat you!

Well, this grandmother said in two! Either eat or don't.

Whirlwind rushed out the window - yes in the skies. Already he wore Ivan Tsarevich, wore ... And over the seas, and over the mountains, and over deep abysses he wore.

Ivan Tsarevich does not let go of his club. The whole world whirlwind flew around. Tired, exhausted. Went down - and straight into the cellar. He ran to the tub that stood on the right hand, and let's drink water from it.

And Ivan Tsarevich rushed to the left, also crouched against the tub.

Whirlwind drinks - loses strength with every sip. Ivan Tsarevich drinks - with every drop of silushka it arrives. He became a mighty hero. He pulled out a sharp sword and at once cut off the Whirlwind's head.

Chop it up some more! Chop it up some more! And then it will come to life!

No, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - a heroic hand does not hit twice, it ends everything from one time.

Ivan Tsarevich ran up to Nastasya the Tsaritsa:

Come on, mother, let's go home. It's time. Under the mountain, the brothers are waiting for you and me. Yes three princesses must be taken along the way.

So they set out on their journey. We went for Elena the Beautiful. She rolled a golden egg, hid the whole golden kingdom in this egg.

Thank you, - he says, - Ivan Tsarevich, you saved me from the evil Whirlwind. Here is a golden egg as a gift for you, and if you want, be my betrothed.

Ivan Tsarevich took a golden egg, and kissed the princess on her scarlet lips.

Then they went for the princess of the silver kingdom, and then for the princess of the copper. They took with them woven fabrics and came to the place where they had to go down from the mountain. Ivan Tsarevich lowered Nastasya the Queen on the canvas, then Elena the Beautiful and her two sisters.

The brothers are standing below, waiting. When they saw their mother, they rejoiced. They saw Elena the Beautiful - they died. We saw two sisters - envied.

Well, - says Vasily Tsarevich, - our Ivanushka is still young and green ahead of his older brothers. Let's take the mother and the princesses, we'll take them to the father, let's say: they were mined by our heroic hands. And let Ivanushka walk alone on the mountain.

Well, - Peter Tsarevich answers, - you are talking business. I will take Elena the Beautiful for myself, you will take the princess of the silver kingdom, and we will give the princess of the copper kingdom to the general.

Just then, Ivan Tsarevich himself was about to descend the mountain. As soon as he began to tie the canvas to the stump, the older brothers below took hold of the canvas, pulled it out of his hands and pulled it out. How is Ivan Tsarevich going down now?

Ivan Tsarevich was left alone on the mountain. I cried and went back. I walked and walked, not a single living soul was anywhere to be seen. Boredom to death! Ivan Tsarevich began to play with grief and anguish with the Whirlwind Mace.

He had just thrown his club from hand to hand, when suddenly, out of nowhere, Crooked and Lame jumped out.

What do you need, Ivan Tsarevich! You order three times - we will fulfill your three orders.

Ivan Tsarevich says:

I want to eat, Crooked and Lame!

Out of nowhere, a set table appeared. The best food is on the table.

Ivan Tsarevich ate, and again threw his club from hand to hand.

I want to rest, he says!

He did not have time to pronounce - there is an oak bed, on it a silk blanket, a downy feather bed. Ivan Tsarevich slept well - for the third time he threw his club. Crooked and Lame jumped out.

What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you need?

I want to be in my kingdom-state.

I just had time to say - at that very moment Ivan Tsarevich found himself in his kingdom-state. It stands right in the middle of the market. It is worth looking around. He sees: a shoemaker is walking towards him through the bazaar. He walks, sings songs, stamps his feet in harmony - such a merry fellow!

The prince asks him:

Where are you going, man?

Yes, I carry shoes to the market to sell. I'm a shoemaker.

Take me as your apprentice.

Do you know how to sew shoes?

Yes, I can do anything. Not only shoes, but also a dress, if necessary, I will sew.

They came to the shoemaker's house, and the shoemaker said to Ivan Tsarevich:

Here's the one for you best product. Sew shoes out of it, see what you can do.

Well, what is this product? Rubbish, not a product!

At night, when everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich took a golden egg and rolled it along the road. A golden palace stood before him. Ivan Tsarevich went into the room, took out shoes embroidered with gold from the chest. He rolled the egg along the road, hid the golden palace in the egg, put his shoes on the table and went to bed.

In the morning, the light saw the owner of the shoes and gasped:

Such shoes should be worn only in the palace!

And at this time in the palace they were preparing for three weddings: Peter Tsarevich takes Elena the Beautiful for himself, Vasily Tsarevich - the princess of the silver kingdom, and the princess of the copper kingdom is given for the general.

The shoemaker brought shoes to the palace. As Elena the Beautiful saw the shoes, she immediately understood everything:

“To know, my betrothed, Ivan Tsarevich, is alive and well, he walks around the kingdom.”

Then Elena the Beautiful said to the king:

Let this shoemaker make me k tomorrow wedding dress without measurements. Yes, so that it was embroidered with gold, decorated with semi-precious stones, and studded with pearls. Otherwise, I will not marry Peter Tsarevich.

The king called the shoemaker to himself.

So and so, - he says, - so that by tomorrow the golden dress will be delivered to Princess Elena the Beautiful, otherwise you will go to the gallows!

The shoemaker is going home unhappy, he hung his gray head.

Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what have you done to me!

At night, Ivan Tsarevich took out a wedding dress from the golden kingdom and put it on the table to the shoemaker.

In the morning the shoemaker woke up - there was a dress on the table. As the heat burns, the whole room illuminates.

The shoemaker grabbed it, ran with it quickly to the palace, and gave it to Elena the Beautiful.

Elena the Beautiful rewarded him and orders again:

See that by tomorrow's dawn, at the seventh verst, on the sea there is a golden kingdom with a golden palace. So that wonderful trees and songbirds grow there different voices I would be sung. If you do not do this, I will order you to be executed by a cruel death.

The shoemaker went home barely alive.

Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what your shoes have done! I won't be alive now.

Nothing, - Ivan Tsarevich tells him, - do not grieve, go to bed peacefully! The morning is wiser than the evening.

When everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich went to the seventh verst, to the seashore. Rolled a golden egg. A golden kingdom stood before him, in the middle was a golden palace. And from the golden palace the bridge stretches for seven miles. Wonderful trees grow around, songbirds sing in different voices.

Ivan Tsarevich stood up on the bridge, hammering carnations into the railing.

Elena the Beautiful saw this palace, ran to the king:

Look, king, what we are doing!

The king looked and gasped.

And Elena the Beautiful said to him:

Lead, father, to harness the gilded carriage, I will go to the golden palace to marry Tsarevich Peter.

They gathered and drove along the golden bridge.

On the bridge, the columns are turned, the rings are gilded. And on each column sit a dove with a dove, bow to each other and say:

Do you remember, my dear, who saved you?

I remember, my dove, - Ivan Tsarevich saved me.

And near the railing, Ivan Tsarevich is standing, nailing golden carnations.

Kind people! Stop the fast horses as soon as possible. Not the one who saved me, who is sitting next to me, but the one who saved me, who is standing at the railing!

Elena the Beautiful took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand, seated him next to her, and took him to the golden palace. There they played a wedding. They returned to the king and told him the whole truth.

The tsar wanted to execute his eldest sons, but Ivan Tsarevich begged them to forgive in joy.

They gave the princess of the silver kingdom to Peter Tsarevich, the princess of the copper kingdom to Vasily Tsarevich.

And there was a feast for the whole world!

Here the fairy tale ends. And who listened well done.

- THE END -

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king. He had a wife. Nastasya - a golden braid and three sons: Peter Tsarevich, Vasily Tsarevich and Ivan Tsarevich.

Once the queen with her mothers and nannies went for a walk in the garden. Suddenly, a whirlwind swooped in, picked up the queen and carried her away to no one knows where. The king became sad, twisted, but did not know what to do.

Here the princes have grown up, and he says to them:

My dear children, which of you will go to look for your mother?

The two eldest sons gathered and set off.

And they are gone for a year, and there is no other year, and so the third year begins ... Ivan Tsarevich began to ask the father:

Let me go look for my mother, find out about my older brothers.

No, - says the king, - you are the only one left with me, do not leave me, old man.

And Ivan Tsarevich answers:

Anyway, if you let me, I'll leave and if you don't, I'll leave.

What to do here?

The king let him go.

Ivan Tsarevich saddled his good horse and set off.

I rode and rode ... Soon the fairy tale takes its toll, but the deed is not done soon.

I reached the glass mountain. There is a high mountain, its top rested against the sky. Under the mountain - two tents are spread out: Peter Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.

Hello Ivanushka! Where are you heading?

Look for mother, catch up with you.

Eh, Ivan Tsarevich, we found mother's trail a long time ago, but there are no feet on that trail. Go try to climb this mountain, but we already have no urine. We have been standing below for three years, we cannot go upstairs.

Well guys, I'll try.

Ivan Tsarevich climbed the glass mountain. Step up crawling, ten - down head over heels. He climbs a day, and another climbs. He cut all his hands, his legs were bloody. On the third day he reached the top.

He began to shout to the brothers from above:

I'll go look for my mother, but you stay here, wait for me for three years and three months, but I won't be on time, there's nothing to wait for. And the raven will not bring my bones!

Ivan Tsarevich rested a little and went up the hill.

Walk-walk, walk-walk. He sees - the copper palace is standing. At the gates, terrible snakes on copper chains are chained, breathing fire. And near the well, by the well a copper ladle hangs on a copper chain. Snakes are rushing to the water, but the chain is short.

Ivan Tsarevich took a ladle, scooped up cold water, and gave the snakes to drink. The snakes calmed down, subsided. He went to the copper palace. The princess of the copper kingdom came out to him:

Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich.

What, Ivan Tsarevich, did he come here willingly or unwittingly?

I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. The whirlwind dragged her here. Do you know where she is?

I don't know. But my middle sister lives not far from here, maybe she will tell you.

And gave him a copper ball.

Roll the ball, - he says, - he will show you the way to the middle sister. And as you defeat the Whirlwind, look, do not forget me, poor thing.

Well, - says Ivan Tsarevich.

Threw a copper ball. The ball rolled, and the prince followed him.

Came to the silver realm. At the gate, terrible snakes are chained on silver chains. There is a well with a silver ladle. Ivan Tsarevich scooped up water, gave the snakes to drink. They lay down and let him through. The princess of the silver kingdom ran out.

It will be three years already, - says the princess, - how the mighty Whirlwind keeps me here. I never heard the Russian spirit, never saw it, but now the Russian spirit has come to me. Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich.

How did you get here: by your own hunting or captivity.

With my hunting - I'm looking for my own mother. She went for a walk in the green garden, a mighty whirlwind swooped in, rushed her off to no one knows where. Do you know where to find her?

No, I do not know. And she lives here not far, in the golden kingdom, my elder sister - Elena the Beautiful. Maybe she will tell you. Here's a silver ball for you. Roll him in front of you and follow him. Yes, watch how you kill Whirlwind, do not forget me, poor thing.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled a silver ball, he himself followed.

How long, how short - he sees: the golden palace stands, how the heat burns. Terrible snakes swarm at the gates, chained on golden chains. They blaze with fire. Near the well, at the well a golden ladle on golden chains is chained.

Ivan Tsarevich scooped up water, gave the snakes to drink. They calmed down, calmed down. Ivan Tsarevich entered the palace; Elena the Beautiful meets him - the princess of indescribable beauty:

Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich. I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. Do you know where to find her?

How not to know? She lives not far from here. Here's a golden ball for you. Roll it along the road - it will take you where you need to go. Look, prince, how you defeat the Whirlwind, do not forget me, poor thing, take me with you to the free world.

Well, - he says, - the beauty is beloved, I will not forget.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the balloon and followed it. He walked and walked and came to such a palace that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen - it burns with pitched pearls and precious stones. Six-headed snakes hiss at the gates, they burn with fire, they breathe heat.

The prince made them drunk. The snakes calmed down, they let him into the palace. The prince passed through large chambers. In the farthest I found my mother. She sits on a high throne, in royal attire decorated, crowned with a precious crown. She looked at her visitor and exclaimed:

Ivanushka, my son! How did you get here?

I have come for you, my mother.

Well, son, it will be difficult for you. great strength at the Whirlwind. Well, yes, I will help you, I will add strength to you.

Then she lifted the floorboard and led him into the cellar. There are two tubs of water - one on the right hand, the other on the left.

Nastasya the Queen says:

Drink, Ivanushka, some water, which is on the right hand.

Ivan Tsarevich drank.

Well? Have you gained strength?

More, mother. I would now turn the whole palace with one hand.

Well, drink some more!

The prince still drank.

How much strength do you have now, son?

Now I want to - I'll turn the whole world.

Here, son, that's enough. Come on, move those tubs from place to place. The one on the right, take it to the left side, and the one on the left, take it to the right side.

Ivan Tsarevich took the tubs and rearranged them from place to place.

Tsarina Nastasya tells him:

Strong water in one tub, weak water in the other. A whirlwind drinks strong water in battle, which is why you can’t cope with it.

They returned to the palace.

Soon the Whirlwind will arrive, - says Queen Nastasya. - You grab him by the club. Look, don't let go. A whirlwind will soar into the sky - and you will be with it: it will become you over the seas, over high mountains, over deep abysses, but you hold on tight, do not unclench your hands. Whirlwind is tired, wants to drink strong water, rushes to the tub that is placed on the right hand, and you drink from the tub that is on the left hand ...

As soon as I had time to say it, it suddenly darkened in the yard, everything around was shaking. Whirlwind flew into the upper room. Ivan Tsarevich rushed to him, grabbed his club.

Who are you? Where did it come from? Whirlwind screamed. - I'll eat you!

Well, the grandmother said in two! Either eat or don't.

Whirlwind rushed out the window - yes in the skies. He already wore, wore Ivan Tsarevich ... And over the mountains, and over the seas, and over deep abysses. The prince does not let go of the club. The whole world whirlwind flew around. Tired, exhausted. Went down - and straight into the cellar. I ran to the tub that stood on my right hand, and let's drink water.

And Ivan Tsarevich rushed to the left, also crouched by the tub.

Whirlwind drinks - loses strength with every sip. Ivan Tsarevich drinks - with every drop of silushka it arrives. has become mighty hero. He pulled out a sharp sword and at once cut off the Whirlwind's head.

Rub more! Rub more! And then it will come to life!

No, - the prince answers, - a heroic hand does not hit twice, it ends everything from one time.

Ivan Tsarevich ran to Nastasya the Tsaritsa:

Let's go, mother. It's time. Under the mountain, the brothers are waiting for us. Yes, on the way you need to take three princesses.

Here they are on their way. We went for Elena the Beautiful. She rolled a golden egg, hid the whole golden kingdom in an egg.

Thank you, - he says, - Ivan Tsarevich, you saved me from the evil Whirlwind. Here's a testicle for you, and if you want - be my betrothed.

Ivan Tsarevich took a golden egg, and kissed the princess on her scarlet lips.

Then they went for the princess of the silver kingdom, and then for the princess of the copper. They took with them woven fabrics and came to the place where they had to go down from the mountain. Ivan Tsarevich lowered Nastasya the Queen on the canvas, then Elena the Beautiful and her two sisters.

The brothers are standing below, waiting. They saw the mother - they were delighted. They saw Elena the Beautiful - they died. We saw two sisters - envied.

Well, - says Vasily Tsarevich, - our Ivanushka is young and green ahead of his older brothers. We’ll take the mother and the princesses, we’ll take them to the father, let’s say: they were obtained by our heroic hands. And let Ivanushka walk alone on the mountain.

Well, - replies Peter Tsarevich, - you are talking business. I will take Elena the Beautiful for myself, you will take the princess of the silver kingdom, and we will give the princess of copper for the general.

Just then Ivan Tsarevich was about to descend the mountain himself; As soon as he began to tie the canvas to the stump, the older brothers from below took hold of the canvas, pulled it out of his hands and pulled it out. How will Ivan Tsarevich go down now?

Ivan Tsarevich was left alone on the mountain. I cried and went back. I walked and walked, not a soul anywhere. Boredom to death! Ivan Tsarevich began to play with anguish and grief with the Whirlwind Mace.

He just threw his club from hand to hand - suddenly, out of nowhere, Lame and Crooked jumped out.

What do you need, Ivan Tsarevich! You order three times - we will fulfill your three orders.

Ivan Tsarevich says:

I want to eat, Lame and Crooked!

Out of nowhere - the table is set, the food on the table is the best.

Ivan Tsarevich ate, and again threw his club from hand to hand.

To have a rest, - speaks, - I want!

I did not have time to pronounce - there is an oak bed, on it a downy feather bed, a silk blanket. Ivan Tsarevich slept well - for the third time he threw a club. Lame and Crooked jumped out.

What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you need?

I want to be in my kingdom-state.

He just said - at that very moment Ivan Tsarevich found himself in his kingdom-state. I stood right in the middle of the market. It is worth looking around. He sees: a shoemaker is walking towards him through the bazaar, he is walking, singing songs, stamping his feet in harmony - such a merry fellow!

The prince asks:

Where are you going man?

Yes, I carry shoes to sell. I'm a shoemaker.

Take me as your apprentice.

Can you sew shoes?

Yes, I can do anything. Not like shoes, and I'll sew a dress.

They came home, the shoemaker said:

Here is the best product for you. Sew your shoes, I'll see how you can.

Well, what is this product? Rubbish, and only!

At night, as everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich took a golden egg and rolled along the road. A golden palace stood before him. Ivan Tsarevich went into the room, took out the shoes, embroidered with gold, from the chest, rolled the testicle along the road, hid the golden palace in the testicle, put the shoes on the table, went to bed.

In the morning light, the owner of the shoes saw, gasped:

Such shoes are only worn in the palace!

At that time, three weddings were being prepared in the palace: Tsarevich Peter took Elena the Beautiful for himself, Tsarevich Vasily the princess of the silver kingdom, and the princess of the copper kingdom was given away for the general.

The shoemaker brought shoes to the palace. As Elena the Beautiful saw the shoes, she immediately understood everything:

"To know, Ivan Tsarevich, my betrothed, alive and well, walks around the kingdom."

Elena the Beautiful says to the king:

Let this shoemaker make me a custom-made wedding dress by tomorrow, so that it is sewn with gold, embellished with semi-precious stones, studded with pearls. Otherwise, I will not marry Peter Tsarevich.

The king called the shoemaker.

So and so, - he says, - so that tomorrow the golden dress will be delivered to the princess Elena the Beautiful, or else to the gallows!

The shoemaker goes home unhappy, hung his gray head.

Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what have you done to me!

At night, Ivan Tsarevich took out a wedding dress from the golden kingdom, put it on the table to the shoemaker.

In the morning the shoemaker woke up - the dress lies on the table, how the heat burns, it illuminates the whole room.

The shoemaker grabbed it, ran to the palace, gave it to Elena the Beautiful.

Elena the Beautiful rewarded him and orders:

See that tomorrow, by dawn, at the seventh verst, on the sea, there will be a golden kingdom with a golden palace, so that wonderful trees grow there and birds singing in different voices would sing to me. And if you don’t, I will order you to be executed with a cruel death.

The shoemaker went home barely alive.

Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what your shoes have done! I won't be alive now.

Nothing, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - go to bed! The morning is wiser than the evening.

As everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich went to the seventh verst, to the seashore. Rolled a golden egg. A golden kingdom stood before him, in the middle a golden palace, a bridge stretches seven miles from the golden palace, wonderful trees grow around him, songbirds sing in different voices.

Ivan Tsarevich stood on the bridge, hammering carnations into the railing.

Elena the Beautiful saw the palace and ran to the king:

Look, king, what we are doing!

The king looked and gasped.

And Elena the Beautiful says:

Lead, father, to harness the gilded carriage, I will go to the golden palace with Tsarevich Peter to get married.

So they went along the golden bridge.

On the bridge, the columns are turned, the rings are gilded. And on each column a dove with a dove sit, bow to each other and say:

Do you remember, my dear, who saved you?

I remember, dove, - Ivan Tsarevich saved.

And near the railing, Ivan Tsarevich is standing, nailing golden carnations.

Kind people! Hurry up the fast horses. Not the one who saved me, who is sitting next to me, but the one who saved me, who is standing at the railing!

She took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand, seated him next to her, took him to the golden palace, and then they played a wedding. They returned to the king and told him the whole truth.

The tsar wanted to execute his elder sons, but Ivan Tsarevich, in joy, begged to forgive them.

They gave the princess of the silver kingdom to Peter Tsarevich, the princess of copper to Vasily Tsarevich.

There was a feast for the whole world!

Here is the end of the story.

Despite the fact that fairy tales in our view are something left deep in childhood, this is not at all the case, because. they have deep symbolism. Consider it on the example of a Russian fairy tale " three kingdoms"- about the journey of the Hero (prince) through three the underworld, copper, silver and gold.

One of the leading religious and culturologists of our time, Mircea Eliade, divides all the myths and legends of the world into 2 main categories:

1. Cosmogonic myths directly related to the life of the people, their origin and way of life, i.e. "true tales"
2. Fairy tales and fables that do not bring any influence on a person and his activity, i.e. "fictitious stories".

We will discuss both of them. Humanity does not have such a long history, and it is too recent that events in it have begun to happen quickly enough to make it so easy to forget the past. Only in the 19th century did progress begin to gain momentum, before that life was too slow, measured and settled. We can even conditionally divide all human history for conditional ages. So the primitive system is early age; ancient world, antiquity - childhood; Middle Ages - adolescence. And only the last 150-200 years humanity began to grow up. So, isn't it too early to forget our childhood and the fairy tales that accompany it and lay the foundations for the future? Not to mention the fact that fairy tale therapy is one of the methods of psychological work with both children and adults.

Three kingdoms - copper silver and gold

As a child, I was greatly impressed by the Russian folk tale « Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold". A fairy tale with an unusually cruel ending. Let me remind you summary: « Once upon a time there was a king and a queen and they had 3 sons. Once the queen was dragged away by an evil spirit, and the older brothers went in search of their mother. When they didn't return, it was the younger's turn. In his search, he went to the sea, where young girls bathed. Entering the water, they turned into spoonbills. The prince stole the belt of one of the girls so that in return she would tell him where his mother was hiding. The queen was captured by the girl's father, a powerful sorcerer, and the girl told how to find him. And gave away a little bird-guide. Across the sea, the prince met his brothers, then they went in search together. The bird leads the brothers to the entrance to the dungeon, located under a heavy iron plate. The older brothers help the prince descend, and his journey continues for 3 years. On his journey, he passes through 3 kingdoms: copper, silver and gold, and in each of them he finds a princess who turns out to be more beautiful and wiser than the previous one (the last one is a girl from the seashore). The princesses tell him how to defeat their father. The prince finds his mother, who is persuaded by an evil spirit to marry and is showered with gold and jewelry. The son frees his mother, kills the spirit and takes all the princesses with him. The brothers help everyone upstairs, but then, envying the success of the youngest, they throw him back down. Everyone else returns home. The brothers marry the first two princesses, and the king, having fallen in love with the princess of the golden kingdom, orders his wife to be executed in order to marry again. The princess invites him to bathe in a vat of milk to rejuvenate himself. The king dies, and the returned prince takes revenge on his brothers, takes the princess as his wife and becomes the new king.

Fairy tale Three Kingdoms - copper silver and gold

When you compress a measured narrative into brief retelling, then a lot of details that make you think are striking. In the fairy tale Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold " the first thing that hurts the eye is why do princesses betray their father so easily? Then - that the queen, although she does not accept the offer evil spirit, nevertheless gladly takes gifts from him. And why is the journey taking so long - 3 years? Why do princes try to kill brother? Why does the king order such a cruel punishment of his wife, who bore him 3 sons, in search of which he sent them all (left without an heir) and who is not to blame for anything before him? And why is the prince calmly celebrating the wedding when his father has just died?

In fact, all these questions have a rational and deep explanation. Anna Benu, for example, cites detailed analysis all symbols and metaphors used in fairy tales.

A girl by the sea tells how to find her father, because the prince steals her sash. Belt in a traditional Russian costume - this is an amulet, a line closed in a circle - a symbol of the organization of chaos and emotional sphere. With the belt missing, the girl loses her defenses and is forced to tell the truth.

Three years- these are 3 levels - mind, emotions and actions. And 3 kingdoms are hidden under an iron plate - a symbol of solid matter that hides the entrance to the subconscious. Where does the prince go?

Copper silver and gold realm are the key stages in the development of the Hero.

copper kingdom- association with the copper mirror of Venus - a symbol of beauty, inspiration and creativity.

silver kingdom- a symbol of the moon and night. The moon reflects the light of the sun-truth. Therefore, the silver kingdom is a symbol of wisdom, the moon, which reveals the secret of knowledge.

golden kingdom- a symbol of the sun, the realm of truth. It is here that the prince receives the knowledge of how to defeat the evil spirit.

Brothers kill the prince because they did not go through the transformation and search for truth that they experienced younger brother. They are a symbol of rational activity and cannot correctly assess the wealth of knowledge that the prince brought.

Tsar(symbol of consciousness) kills the returned queen, because she (a symbol of the emotional sphere) suffered from the influence of an evil spirit, accepting his gifts. She was humbly in captivity, not trying to get out, just as the soul is not able to get out of the shackles that limit it.

And, finally, the prince calmly sits on the throne just deceased father because it's completely logical. old king- an old, inert, obsolete consciousness (similar to how old people are usually not ready to discover anything new) and his marriage with the princess of the golden kingdom - the kingdom of the light of truth and discoveries - is impossible. And the prince is a young, youthful consciousness, open to fresh ideas. The new takes the place of the old, as it should.

As you can see, behind a seemingly simple narrative, there is a deep symbolism and meaning. We will talk a lot more on this topic, because it is truly inexhaustible. And besides, it helps to find a way to yourself.

(When writing the article, materials from Anna Benu's book "Dancing with Wolves" were partially used)