A fairy tale at the behest of the pike, characteristics of the heroes. Fairy tale At the behest of the pike

The fairy tale "At the behest of the pike" in a nutshell
The fool Emelya pulls out a pike from the ice hole, which fulfills all his wishes. At the pike's behest, the Tsar's daughter falls in love with him. The king puts her and her unwanted son-in-law in a barrel and throws them into the sea. With the help of a pike, Emelya is freed, becomes handsome, and builds a palace.

What does it mean

Often, unlike Emelya dozing on the stove, we do not allow ourselves to indulge in idleness and daydreaming, because we have to work. But one day we get tired, we lose control, and the secret power comes out. Winter in a fairy tale is a state when external activity drops and there is time to listen to yourself. So Emelya comes into contact with water - the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe senses. The magical formula “At the command of the pike, at my will” combines desires with deep internal forces. Emelya delivers water to the house, chops and brings firewood: this is how a person warms up, and the inner fire awakens in him.

Powers can be harmful: many people were suppressed by Emelya with self-propelled sleighs. And here we see awakening energy, the taste of life. The hero connects with the power of the Pike Family, becomes noticeable, but this bothers those around him. And sometimes something bursts into our lives that confuses our plans and deprives us of peace - stormy feelings, creative impulses. The king is trying to “reason” the uncontrollable force - the mind, consciousness. Only with rewards and promises do they persuade Emelya to come to him. Who among us has not rewarded ourselves with delicious food and beautiful clothes for “obedience” - suppression of feelings and desires. The stove is one of the symbols of the mother: warming, giving food, protection, support when it is especially difficult for us. Emelya goes beyond the boundaries of the familiar world, remaining safe - on the stove. The princess is the necessary feminine part, the soul, capable of transforming his impulse into creative energy. For the Tsar, Emelya is a rival who threatens to destroy the old law, stability and order. A barrel is akin to a mother’s womb, in which gestation and ripening take place. It is there that the princess inspires Emelya to free herself, build a palace and become a handsome man. The strength of the pike helps. This is how our aspirations, accepted by the soul, come to life, bringing new bright colors to it.

If this is your favorite fairy tale

For a man: he is Emelya, who begins to act in order to gain approval and take his destined place in society. But he suddenly discovers that his abilities and capabilities are much wider, and the task is to retain and direct these resources to the development of his own personality. For a woman: she is Princess Marya. She knows exactly what she wants and is ready to achieve it - not with tears, but with persuasion. With the power of her conviction, she will inspire anyone to heroic deeds. She can sacrifice a lot for the sake of her beloved, but at the same time she also cares about her well-being.

I once again welcome fairy tale lovers to the “fairy tale field”. Today I propose to reflect on the semantic content of one of the most magical fairy tales: the Russian folk tale “At the Pike’s Command.” This tale does not even have a specific author. A long time ago, someone composed - saw the light (or maybe just really dreamed) of a fairy tale and people passed it on from mouth to mouth with hidden hope. And I didn’t get lost - I didn’t forget!

Summary of the tale

One father had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya, who lay on the stove and did not want to do anything. One day the brothers went to the city to go to the market, and the daughters-in-law’s women began asking Emelya to do the heavy men’s work around the house. But Emelya doesn’t want to. His daughters-in-law, women, found a way to persuade him: they told him that he would not receive gifts from his brothers. Emelya agreed, he really wanted gifts. He took an ax and buckets and went to get water. He cut a hole in the ice, scooped up some water, and accidentally caught a pike. I was dreaming about a delicious fish soup, but the pike begged and asked to be released into the water. She promised to do whatever she wanted for him. Emelya asked for confirmation of these words - promises. Just say: “By the pike’s command, according to my desire” and say your cherished desire, the pike answered him. He told the buckets to go home. And the buckets went! Emel released the pike. And then his daughters-in-law asked him to chop firewood and go to the forest for logs.

Emelya didn’t even bother harnessing the horse: the sleigh went on its own, crushing a lot of people along the road: the people didn’t leave the road - but there was no horse. The king of that country heard about those miracles. He ordered to find Emelya and bring him to the palace. Emelya came to him right on the stove. The tsar did not like this, and the tsar’s daughter Marya, the princess, fell in love with Emelya and asked to marry him. The king, by cunning and drunkenness, imprisoned Emelya in a barrel, Marya with him, the servants tarred the barrel and threw it into the ocean. Emelya woke up, sobered up, with the “pike’s” help, he and Maryushka got out of the barrel, “built” a palace, and then the Tsar Father passed by - he was hunting in these places.

The tsar did not recognize him, but Emelya reminded him about “imprisonment in a barrel.” The king got scared and began to ask for forgiveness: “Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, just don’t destroy me!” There was a feast for the whole world, Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom!

This is such a nice fairy tale! And who among us wouldn’t want our cherished wishes to come true, not have to do hard work, and in general it’s funny: I planned something and it worked out? I think that there is no person who would refuse such an opportunity. Could this really happen? After all, “a fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it”...

What does philosophy have to do with it?

The action in the fairy tale takes place in a large family. The men left for the market. The women asked Emelya to do heavy housework. Emelya was not used to working: throughout his life he spent most of his life sleeping on the stove. I was resting, which means I was dreaming. The women begged and inspired him to do some work as needed.

And Emelya is our Russian nugget, who with her dream - fantasy - attracted an idea - a pike from a higher world.

In the physical world, work with physical strength of both humans and animals (horses, for example) used to be highly valued. Mental energy was mastered and developed slowly. Basically, priority was given to knowledge used in everyday life. People who had the ability to think and dream were not respected by the people. The meaning of the name Emelya means idle talker, chatterbox, lazy person: “Emelya, your week.” It is said: “seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you,” then what a person ponders sooner or later is revealed to him.

This is how all the great discoveries were made, and the insights - discoveries were given to “pure hearts”, that is, to those who did not put selfishness ahead of the discovery, but were led by feeling - thought - simply a thirst for knowledge, relief from hard unpleasant work: here you have boots - fast walkers, and iron ones birds flying in the sky, and tablecloths - self-assembled and much more.

Dreams - aspirations

Through dreams and aspirations, man gradually discovered the possibilities of mechanical energy, thermal, electrical, and atomic. We live in a three-dimensional world, it is associated with ice: cold, motionless. Higher than our world (in frequency) is the world of the psychosphere (middle worlds, cosmic), they are also the worlds of the soul, this world is associated with the state of water: fluid, changing, taking the form of a vessel. But the highest frequency world is the spiritual one. Its variety of mobility is associated with steam. He is omnipresent. Emelya cut a hole - a communication channel with a world of higher frequency (in his consciousness). Each mastery of new energy, stronger than the previous one, given from higher planes of existence, is accomplished through the efforts of people. Now the time has come for mastery—study of human psychic energy; clues will come from the spiritual worlds.

And each new discovery brought the discoverer not only joy, but also grief, according to the well-known saying “after joy, there is trouble according to the theory of probability.” You need to learn how to use new energy: steam boilers exploded, and electric energy killed many people, and atomic energy is simply a terrible force in the hands of both an inept and aggressive person (humanity).

How and in what form a person (and humanity as a whole) will use a discovery depends on the level of consciousness of this person (humanity): Emelya “crushed” the people with a sleigh and a stove, and with a club - the use of another discovery in the form of a weapon - pacified the dissatisfied, and at the same time checked the possibilities of this energy. In the fairy tale, the king put Emelya and the princess Marya, who fell in love with him, in a barrel and sent them sailing.

Review of the greatest discoveries

David Wilcock's book, Exploring the Source Field, provides an overview of the most significant discoveries of scientists around the world and their fates, which were often cut short after these great discoveries were made public. We all know D.I. Mendeleev’s table of elements: the first, or rather zero, element in it was ether. He named it Newtonium. Our entire physical world is built with etheric energy. After the publication of this discovery, Dmitry Ivanovich and all members of his laboratory died suddenly, and the table was slightly modified.

In his diary entries, Nikolo Tesla said that, in his opinion, Einstein’s greatest achievement was that he slowed down the development of the study of the ether until humanity matured - until humanity outlived its animal programs, otherwise with this colossal force of energy, it could destroy itself. Like this! So much for “walk the sleigh yourself”!

In the nineties, the original table of elements was restored: “at the command of a pike, the barrel landed on the shore and opened.” The palace is built! Any energy can destroy, or you can create, knowing all its possibilities. This is the mastery of energies of different levels.

Why have so many people died on the planet over the last century?

“The task of the sixth Race of humanity is to develop the intuition of the heart. The time has come for subtle fiery energies to arrive on Earth from the center of our Galaxy. The 20th century was marked by the beginning of the Age of Fire, also known as the era of the Mother of the World. Everything that happens on the planet is the cleansing of the planet’s energy from the products of immoral life activity and lack of spirituality: dirty thoughts, rude words, low feelings. It is necessary to move from self-love to love of peace, to love of God, that is, to cleanse oneself of animal programs and energy developed by people with such programs. This is possible with conscious volitional fiery purification through spiritual work in oneself and through this acquisition of the ability to accept the fiery energies of space, and not burn out from them in illness.

The entire Cosmos is born and lives by the law of Unity and Balance of two Principles - Male and Female. The entire universe is built on this principle. The predominance of any one principle over another inevitably leads to grave consequences.”

“The world has become fundamentally masculine and lacks feminine energies. That's why there are more women on the planet. Not because men go to war and kill each other. This is also there. But do you really think that the universe cannot regulate the process of fertility, that is, the arrival on the planet of an equal number of female and male incarnations? But this is not done on purpose. For your planet, your world, feels a lack of feminine energies, and there are more women on the planet precisely to balance the masculine energies that have taken over your world.”

What is feminine and masculine energy?

“At the dawn of the world, the world was stable. There was peace and Pure Being in him. There was no time, there was no movement, there was no change. Nothing was different from each other. There was One Pure Being of consciousness. This is unity. Consciousness that existed forever and ever, and was unchanging and eternal. But then a division into poles arose in this consciousness. And the great transformation of Pure Being into Reflected Being began.

Reflected from what? From Pure Consciousness. Like a clear surface of water in which the whole world is reflected. But then there are circles in the water, and the reflection breaks and becomes distorted. And these circles in the water have been going on for billions of centuries.

Why did the division into poles arise? Why and who did this?

The Creator wished it so. He created this division, and since then the whole world has been divided into two poles, between which the movement of all particles of God occurs. That Pure Being of consciousness, which was originally there, is the feminine energy, the energy of peace and immersion. Therefore you are told that the universe is originally feminine in nature. But your world is divided into poles, and therefore movement between them is inevitable.

The tree of knowledge and the tempting serpent are the desire for something new, what is called curiosity. As for Eve, her role is distorted. The feminine principle never strives for knowledge, for development. The feminine principle has everything.

For many centuries there has been a struggle between two principles. Two energies that must be fused together. And this struggle, with varying success, brings various echoes in the form of legends. And it is impossible to establish a balance between the masculine and feminine principles. There was a time when feminine energies prevailed. And when male energies prevailed.

We know that there are two energies: centripetal and centrifugal, the desire to unite and the desire to separate, the energy of fusion and the energy of destruction, light and darkness. It turns out that male energy is the energy of destruction, which means centrifugal force, which means darkness?

All names are conditional. Energy has no name. The world is divided into two energy poles. And all the particles of the world move between them. Any movement is already aspiration and movement. Therefore, this is not a woman's path. Feminine energies are peace and stability. This is a world without change. This is pure existence. Any striving and development, any movement towards or away from the center is not peace. You can call it the male path.

Are we talking about matriarchy and patriarchy?

No. Matriarchy is not feminine energies. Any suppression is a man's way. But suppression is the extreme degree of development of male energy. When the potential of energy accumulates, it strives to find a way out and the way out can be destructive (both in the era of matriarchy - the Amazon, and in the era of patriarchy).

How does it work? After all, the desire of a sprout to manifest itself into life, to be born, is also a desire, which means it is a man’s path.

Birth is a mystery

This is what you call a sacrament.

Because at the same time, the miracle of existence is manifested, the energy of the world that was originally before the creation of the world. The birth of a flower from a seed, a child, in the womb of a mother is a manifestation of the principle “I Am”. This is something that your knowledge is powerless against. This is the essence, this is the phenomenon.

What is harmony?

Each person is a certain combination of male and female energies. And the greatest happiness and rarity is to meet such a partner in whom this combination is mirrored. Then the connection between two people is ideal. They fit together like puzzles. But this is rare. And when paired up, two people begin to try to balance the two types of energies. And if in total male energies predominate in them, then they will always rush somewhere, so they will quarrel or cheat on each other, look for other energies. There are many such couples.

If feminine energies predominate in both, then in such couples everyone is immersed mainly in themselves, in their aspirations and problems, they coexist side by side. But all this is not Love. And only that small part of couples in which there is a balance of these energies live in Love and Integrity. Because everything is harmonious in them. Because they are not harmonious without each other and they feel it. And they do not need others, because harmony resides in them. And their unity is harmony, and this is Love.

What is Love?

This means that Love is a return to Integrity. And Integrity is a balance of male and female energies. And what then happens to a person when he reaches a state of balance between male and female energies? Does he go to another world, to another level?

He begins to exist in harmony. Harmony within yourself and with the world. This is a state of balance. And this is a state of love for the world and for everything that exists. This is how your saints live and lived. You have many examples. In each of you there are rare moments of Love, true Love, which is harmony. And you are always striving for this. But there is no need to strive. You just need to be. Just immerse yourself in the world, in being, in yourself. Just stop dividing and become One.

How to balance the masculine and feminine principles in yourself?

There are very few people on the planet in whom feminine qualities and feminine energies predominate. And there are very few of those who have achieved harmony. After all, achieving harmony is not just balance, it is a new quality of energy, it is Integrity. This is no longer balance, but unity. You have a Yin-Yang sign. But in this sign there is still black and white, there is separation, but the parts are equal. But Love is not parts, balance is not parts, it is already a single quality of being. This is a connection, this is copulation, this is a new set of energies, this is Perfection. This is something in which there is everything, both feminine and masculine, and they are not equal, for equality implies parts. This is a whole and perfect being.

If a person lives in love and harmony from childhood, if from childhood he intuitively feels his unity with the energy of the Creator, if he is not rejected from childhood, then he will never strive to appropriate something for himself, to obtain something by force, for in him everything is already there, and he knows it.

Don't reject others. All those who do evil do it after being rejected more than once. And it is enough to simply accept a person who does evil, which means opening to him your energy of abundance and unity, showing him the path to inclusion in the unity of the energies of the Creator.

So love is when all possible energies of the Creator exist in unity and nothing is rejected?

Right. The energies of the Creator move, interact, flow like rivers. They merge into rivers and channels, separate and merge. And as they moved, as they unfolded into Creation, they divided into many forms. But every form, every stream and stream bed knows of its unity with the river from which it originated. And if this knowledge is preserved, then the connection with the waters of a single river is preserved, the understanding and awareness of oneself as part of the river of the Creator’s energy is preserved. Then unity is preserved and love is preserved.

Mechanistically speaking, Love is the sum of all energies that exist in the world of the Creator, but not just a sum, but a fusion that gives completeness and harmony, gives a feeling of the presence of everything, a feeling of completeness and fullness. Therefore, everyone strives for it, consciously or unconsciously.

The role of the father

The role of the father: to give the child’s energy direction, push, impulse - to show where to move and how to move. It is not for nothing that we call the Creator Father, since from Him comes the single Impulse of Creation and movement, the impulse of development

And therefore, the energies of the father are a mini-version of the energies of the Father of Creation, our Heavenly Father.

The role of the mother

Everything is arranged harmoniously. If there was only the energy of acceptance of the mother, then everything would be harmoniously beautiful, but there would be no development and movement, there would be no change and cognition.

And if there was only the energy of the father, then there would be only chaotic striving, movement without end. But there is harmony, it gives birth to something else; one does not exist without the other, one is the complement of the other, and together they are unity. And any movement of the father’s impulse is balanced by peace and harmony and acceptance by the mother’s energy.

Integrity, unity

And in every man there is the energy of the father, and in every woman there is the energy of the mother. But in each of them there is both, for as a result of their wanderings they have accumulated various variations of both, and as they interact they manifest their qualities, one or another, accumulated in them. And there are courageous women. And there are feminine men. And, if a person was born a man, this means that he needs to work through the energies of his father; and, if a person was born a woman, this means that she came into this world to learn acceptance.

Therefore, acceptance is required from a woman more than from a man. Women, who are strongly masculine, reject this, they do not agree with this, they see this as an infringement of their rights, subordination. But it is the energy of the father that is seething in them. And if they realize that they are a woman, then they must learn acceptance in this life. For the more unlearned, the more and more you will learn. For this is not just a desire to learn, but it is a desire for Unity. And, if you have not learned to merge and accept all qualities, you will not be able to merge with the One, which you so strive for. And therefore, you will endlessly go through these lessons, many more times, until you combine all the energies of the Creator within yourself and then you can reunite with him. This is the wheel of samsara - an endless series of incarnations for learning the lessons of Love. For until you go through them all to the end, you will not achieve unity, but only this is what you strive for - the single Love of the Creator.

Therefore, we can say many times that someone, other civilizations or destructive forces, is preventing you from becoming Love and connecting with the Love of the Creator, but all this is not the main reason. The main reason is you. The fact is that you have not learned to accept all the energies of the Creator, and that is why you cannot connect with Him. Looking for reasons outside will not give you anything. For you need to literally look for the reason within yourself - why you cannot accept this or that person, why you cannot accept this or that phenomenon.”

What about the love of Christ or other higher entities? Have they achieved Unity?

As for Christ, this is a unique path. He completed the lessons of acceptance in his earthly incarnation, he was able to accept you all. All the actions of people with all their hearts and all their Souls. But he himself wished to remain in certain planes of existence until you all passed your lessons of acceptance, for he senses all of you with his parts. He stayed to help you, he does not separate himself and you and goes through lessons with you. He is ready to take upon himself all the pain of the World and all the suffering of the World and dissolve them in his Love. And this is a great sacrificial experience. This is an example of the highest Love and acceptance that you have been learning for centuries.

And so you are told that you need to reach the level of Christ consciousness. This is joining to his power. This is the merging with the Love of Christ, with his energies, this is the dissolution of one’s negativity and one’s rejection into the power of his Love. And therefore, for many of you, he became a god, became an object of aspiration and worship, because this is your path, which Christ shows you. It’s like a lifeline on the difficult path of knowledge in the world of duality - turn to Christ with a sincere desire to unite with his Love - and this guiding star will show you the way. This does not mean Calvary and crucifixion, humiliation and betrayal (the path that he went through). This means that you, like the light of a lighthouse, will float in the stormy waves of your illusions, so as not to get lost and not get lost, for the light of his Love cannot be seen and lost.

Return to Eden

Love is all the energies of the Creator. You are in the 3-dimensional world, on the physical plane of existence, where you master a certain spectrum of the Creator’s energies. As you rise higher, you become open, or rather, a wider range of energies of the Creator becomes available to you, which you cognize. This is the meaning of evolution, the meaning of your Ascension - the discovery of other energies of the Creator within yourself. And the higher you rise, the more energies of the Creator you discover, master, and accept into yourself. The bigger and stronger you become, and so on until you accept and master all the energies of the Creator, and realize them, and realize yourself as the Creator.

Accept everything. Don't judge, because when you judge, you reject it. Whatever you reject will come back to you again. And therefore, if you reject evil, it will still strive for you. And if you accept it, it stops reaching out to you and stops being a part of your life. And in this, the role of a woman is very important, the role of a mother, as a model of acceptance.

This was already the case in your world in ancient times. But then the balance was upset. Now we need to restore balance. Therefore, each of you, no matter how it sounds (both women and men), should show more feminine energies of acceptance and dissolution within themselves. And this does not mean that men will become women. And this does not mean that if they become more feminine, it is bad or indecent. And this explains the processes of development of the feminine in men all over the world to a greater extent than was previously the case. And every man must realize that, firstly, he must help his woman develop her masculine qualities, complement her, and not oppress her with his energy and his power, to understand what she needs. And if a woman asks you to show gentleness and romance, this is not a whim, but a desire of her feminine nature.

And every woman should teach her man acceptance, first by revealing this acceptance in herself. For many women also follow the male path and do not fully develop the feminine side of fluidity and acceptance, for which she incarnated as a woman. They must help their man discover tenderness, gentleness, acceptance, and lack of resistance. And this is the great strength and great mission of women. For returning to Eden is a return to the Love of the Creator, it is a return to oneself whole.

The king in a fairy tale is, in my opinion, earthly thinking (the king is in the head, both of an individual person and of humanity as a whole). “And Emelya became such that he could neither be told in a fairy tale nor described with a pen.” The world accepts, masters and uses new achievements for its benefit: we change - the world changes and vice versa: everything is interconnected.

What happened on Earth after December 21, 2012?

“Your planet, like the entire Solar System, passed through a powerful beam-pulse emanating from the “black hole” in the center of the Galaxy. The Creator of the Universe provides for a quantum transition of your civilization to the next fourth level of development (out of twelve). You are a hologram, a reflection of the matrix of a single Higher consciousness. You will experience changes at the cellular level, the amount of knowledge will change, the matter of the body will change its structure. At the new level of development of your civilization, light DNA will be consistently unlocked, containing the codes (knowledge) of the Universe, embedded in the human genome when it was created by Higher civilizations. They are currently blocked and considered by scientists to be "dormant" or "junk".

At new levels of development (from the fourth to the twelfth), humanity will be able to gain the opportunity to materialize their thoughts, choose a shell (body) for life, and materialize themselves at any point in space. The Creator has never had such an experiment with DNA light codes for civilizations of the third level of development in our Universe. This experiment is the only one and unique in the Galaxy.”

“The king came to visit him, eats, drinks and is not surprised: “Who are you, good fellow?” - Do you remember the fool Emelya? I am the same Emelya. The king was very frightened and began to ask for forgiveness: “Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, just don’t destroy me!” Here they had a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Marya, the princess, and began to rule the kingdom.” The old opinion is sooner or later forced to accept new achievements. All the experience accumulated during life in the physical world is given to the Holy Spirit: “all is Thy will, but not mine,” “take my kingdom.” This is the moment of returning to Eden.

Marya is a princess, I believe, here is an expression of feminine energy in the form of acceptance of the new, both in a man and in a woman. Discoveries are preceded by aspirations - dreams are an expression of masculine energy in a person (both men and women).

“Just as God cannot help but create, otherwise He would not be Love, so I cannot help but say

about wings that take you to Heaven. So I can’t help but be a messenger to someone who is in the chaos of doubts

I forgot that those called by the Father cannot sleep in the cool of the shade. I will dissolve your fear in faith,

I will turn powerlessness into hope, so that the Mother of the World in her arms will revive her wings with Love.”

Currently - in the 21st century - scientists have confirmed with their discoveries what mystics of all times and peoples conveyed without evidence.

This is how I see the meaning of this fairy tale, what is your opinion?

Information was used from the websites of Verkhosvet “Mother of the World”, Living Ethics “The Age of the Mother of the World”, the book by D. Wilcock “Investigation of the Source Field”, diary entries of N. Tesla - the topic “ether”, the original table of elements by D.I. Mendeleev, O. Asaulyak , a collection of spiritual poetry.

Title of the work: “At the command of the pike, at my will.”

Number of pages: 5.

Genre of the work: Russian folk tale.

Main characters: Emelya the Fool, daughters-in-law, Pike, Tsar, Princess.

Characteristics of the main characters:

Emelya- simple guy.

Lazy, but kind.

He spared the pike and released it into the river.

Cunning and dexterous.

Taught the king a lesson.

Tsar- demanding and capricious.

He wanted to bring his own daughter and Emelya away from the world.

He admitted he was wrong in time.

Marya the Princess- a beautiful and faithful girl.

Together with Emelya she remained to live and build a new kingdom.

Brief summary of the Russian folk tale "At the Pike's Command" for the reader's diary

Three brothers lived in a village.

The older ones were hard workers, but the younger one was still lying on the stove.

Once they sent Emelya’s daughter-in-law to fetch water from the lake, and a guy in an ice hole saw a pike and caught it.

The pike asked Emelya to let her go, and in return she would fulfill all his wishes.

Emelya had only to say, “At the behest of the pike, at my will,” the buckets carried themselves into the house, and the ax itself chopped the wood and sent it straight into the oven, and the sleigh without horses went into the forest.

The king found out that Emelya had crushed a bunch of people in the city with his miracle sleigh and sent a nobleman to him.

But the first one was beaten in the hut, and the second one brought gifts and was still able to convince the fool to come to the king.

When Emelya arrived at the palace, he saw the king’s daughter and wished that the girl would fall in love with him.

The king got angry, put them both in a barrel and threw them into the sea.

And here the pike’s wishes came in handy.

Emelya goes ashore with the Princess, builds a beautiful and tall castle, and he changes his appearance and becomes a real handsome man.

When the tsar meets, he does not recognize Emelya, but the guy reminds him of himself.

Out of fear, the Tsar asks the fool to marry his daughter.

Emelya got married and began to rule the whole kingdom.

Plan for retelling the fairy tale "At the Pike's Command"

1. Three brothers lived.

2. Daughters-in-law and Emelya the Fool.

3. Emelya goes for water.

4. Pike in the ice hole.

5. The fish asks for mercy, and in return fulfills Emelya’s wishes.

6. The ax itself goes to chop wood.

7. The daughters-in-law send Emelya to the forest.

8. The sleigh tramples and crushes people in the city.

9. They catch Emelya, but his bat hits everyone.

10. The king learns about the tricks of the fool.

11. The nobleman is beaten by Emelya’s bat.

12. The nobleman gives gifts.

13. Emelya arrives at the palace on the stove.

14. The princess falls in love with a guy.

15. The king's order is to seal them in a barrel.

16. Emelya and the princess go ashore.

17. High castle and handsome Emelya.

18. The king's hunt.

19. Conversation between the king and Emelya.

20. Wedding of a fool with a princess.

Drawing-illustration of the fairy tale "At the command of the pike"

The main idea of ​​the work "At the Pike's Command"

The main idea of ​​the fairy tale is that man is the architect of his own happiness.

Everyone is capable of catching luck by the tail, but not everyone knows how to properly manage their desires.

The fairy tale shows us that in order to achieve something, it is not enough to just lie on the stove, but we also need to do something to make the dream come true.

What does the Russian folk tale “At the Command of the Pike” teach?

The fairy tale teaches us many things:

1. Be attentive and kind.

2. Listen to your elders and do not be lazy in fulfilling their requests.

3. Be hardworking, and not lie in one place.

4. Believe in miracles and dreams, but also do something yourself to make them come true.

5. Be dexterous and resourceful.

6. Use your desires wisely.

A short review of the fairy tale "At the Pike's Command" for the reader's diary

I really liked the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command.”

It describes the story of a simple and lazy guy named Emelya, whose all his wishes were fulfilled.

At first I was at a loss, why exactly the couch potato and lazy Emelya was so lucky in life?

But in fact, Emelya is a kind and sympathetic guy who simply saved the life of the magical pike and received her gratitude in return.

In the fairy tale, real miracles happen: the sleigh drives on its own, the stove comes out of the hut and gives Emelya a ride, and in the end the guy makes himself look completely handsome.

And all this thanks to one magical pike.

Emelya managed to get not only the beautiful Princess as his wife, but also the entire kingdom.

Of course, such miracles do not happen in life.

And in order for your dreams to come true, you need to do something.

However, you have to dream and you have to do everything to make your dreams come true.

This is exactly what I understood from the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command.”

The passage or episode that struck you the most:

The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who are you, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be tarred in a barrel and thrown into the sea?

I am the same Emelya.

If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

What proverbs fit the fairy tale "At the Pike's Command"

“A lazy person is lazy every day.”

“You can catch even a lion with cunning, but you can’t even catch a cricket with force.”

"Don't be lazy, work hard."

"One luck goes, another leads."

"A fool can succeed in everything."

Unknown words and their meanings

An ice hole is a hole in the ice.

A nobleman is a noble officer.

He marvels and is surprised.

Just now - recently.

Kaftan is a men's long cape.

and many others

Diary of a reader (Klyukhin) based on the Russian folk tale "At the command of the pike"

1. List the main characters of the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command.”

The main characters of the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command”: Emelya, the pike.

The tale also involves the king, Marya the princess, Emelya’s two brothers, an old man, daughters-in-law, an officer, and a nobleman.

2. Write out one sentence from the text that you liked. Write it down in your reading diary.

The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and was tied with a rope.

3. Where did the brothers go one day? Mark the correct answer in your reader's diary.

Correct answer: to the market.

4. What requests did the daughters-in-law make to Emelya in the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command”? Restore the sequence of requests. Put the numbers in the correct order.

The correct sequence of requests:

1) go to the river for water;

2) chop wood;

3) go to the forest and bring firewood.

5. Where did Emelya and Marya the princess end up? Mark it in your reader's diary.

Correct answer: on the seashore.

6. Fill in the missing words in the sentence. Determine the number of syllables in each word you wrote down. Write it down in your reading diary.

Missing words: Axe, benches, yard, firewood, hut, oven.

Word 1 – 2 syllables;

Word 2 – 2 syllables;

Word 3 – 1 syllable;

Word 4 – 2 syllables;

Word 5 – 2 syllables;

Word 6 – 1 syllable.

7. What was Emelya like? List his character traits.

Emelya was lazy, cunning, and quick-witted.

8. Who couldn’t cope with Emelya when the king ordered him to be brought to the palace? Mark the correct answer.

Correct answer: officer.

9. Why did Emelya agree to go to the king? Write down your answer.

First, the nobleman found out from his daughters-in-law that he loved Emelya.

And then he promised that he would get it from the king.

Emelya could not refuse the red caftan, hat and boots.

10. Choose words that are close in meaning to the word reluctance.

Reluctance - laziness, reluctance, don’t want, don’t want to.

11. Did you like the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command”? How? Why? Write your answer in your reading journal.

I liked the fairy tale "At the Pike's Command".

It has a very exciting plot, is easy to read and makes you smile.

In addition, the tale has many unexpected twists.

They are all interesting in their own way.

Despite the fact that every person with age begins to understand that nothing in this world is given for nothing, but is the result of labor, hope for an unexpected gift of fate always lurks in the heart. It was this desire to get something, not through hard work, but for free, that formed the basis for writing the folk tale “At the Command of the Pike.” Many people read this fairy tale in childhood, and some saw the wonderful cartoon of the same name, shot by director Alexander Rowe based on the play by E. Tarakhovskaya, in which the plot of the fairy tale becomes richer, and its characters acquire deep character and individuality.

What is the tale "At the Pike's Command" about?

At first glance, the main idea of ​​the fairy tale is indulgence in laziness and unwillingness to work. After all, the main character, Emelya the Fool, unlike his brothers, is not a completely positive character. A lazy person and a parasite who can be forced to do the necessary housework only with the help of threats to deprive him of gifts from the fair. After much persuasion, Emelya finally deigns to go to the river to get water, where she meets a magical pike, which, in exchange for its salvation, promises to fulfill any desire of the peasant.

The catchphrase “At the behest of the pike, at my will...” still means a reluctance to achieve something with one’s own labor, and symbolizes laziness and useless dreams of the impossible. Why did the Russian people, who sharply and mercilessly ridicule stupidity, greed and other harmful character traits of people, choose such a hero for their fairy tale?

DreamOthe bestlifeAndjustice.

It was the desire to improve one’s difficult lot and brighten up the bitter everyday life that formed the basis for the creation of the fairy tale “At the Command of the Pike.” Ingenuously and simply, the Russian man shared in it what was then a pipe dream for him:

• Make your hard work easier.
• Improve living conditions at least a little.
• Restore justice to the people.

It was these good wishes that the Russian people expressed in the fairy tale, thanks to which its heroes often end up at children's parties as welcome guests.

The main plot of the folk work is known to a large circle of contemporaries thanks to the talented and colorful presentation of the fairy tale by the writer A.K. Tolstoy. This version was most loved by people and became the personification of the common man's dream of a better life. Agree, after all, each of us at least once imagined ourselves in the place of the funny, but such a lucky hero Emelya?

The main character of the fairy tale, Emelya, absorbed both the negative and positive qualities of an ordinary Russian guy of his time.

Unknown author

Some fairy tales appear on their own, others are invented by writers. How did the story called “At the Pike’s Command” come about? The fairy tale, the author of which is still unknown, is a product of folk art. It had several variations and was told differently in different regions.

The Russian ethnographer Afanasyev, following the example of the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault, decided to organize a voyage around the country and collect scattered legends into one voluminous work, so to speak, to systematize the national heritage. He slightly changed the title of the story and generalized certain elements that differed depending on the region. Thanks to this, the fairy tale “Emelya and the Pike” gained popularity.

The next person to take on the familiar plot was Alexei Tolstoy. He added literary beauty to the folk epic and returned the work to its old title, “At the Command of the Pike.” The fairy tale, the author of which tried to make it more interesting for children, quickly spread throughout Moscow and St. Petersburg, and local theaters even added a new play to their repertoire.

Main characters

The main character of this legend is a certain not very efficient young guy Emelya. It contains those negative qualities that prevent him from leading a good life:

frivolity;

indifference.

However, when he shows his intelligence and kindness, he comes across real luck - a pike from the ice hole.

The second character, literally the antipode of Emelya, is the pike. She is smart and fair. Fish is called upon to help a young man in his personal development, to direct his thoughts in the right direction. As is expected in such situations, Emelya and the pike became friends.

The third hero appears as a villain. The Tsar is a busy man, leading a state of many millions, whom Emelya forces with his antics to descend to the level of a commoner. The fairy tale “About Emelya and the Pike” endowed him with an envious character.

The Tsar's daughter is a prize for the main character for taking the path of correction.

Story

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" begins with an introduction to the main character. He is so stupid and extremely lazy that everything assigned to him has to be remade by other people.

Emelya's daughters-in-law asked him for help through long persuasion. Nevertheless, as soon as someone promises him a reward for what he does, he will immediately set to work with double strength.

And suddenly one fine day Emelya takes out a magical pike from the hole. She offers him her service in exchange for life. The guy immediately agrees.

Magical help

After the pike becomes his magical subordinate, Emelya lives even better than before. Now he doesn’t even have to carry out very simple tasks.

Magical powers chop wood, walk on water and even beat up his enemies. Emelya remains very pleased with what is happening. He's so lazy that he doesn't even want to get up from the stove. Pike helps him in this too, turning the stove into the first prototype of a mechanical vehicle.

During such walks on horseback, Emelya can run over several peasants who come across along the road. He justifies himself by saying that people themselves jumped under his stove.

It seems that he does not repent at all of what he did. The fairy tale "About Emelya and the Pike" contains a hidden moral.

Tsar and Emelya

Having heard about an unprecedented miracle, a self-propelled stove, and even about the cool disposition of its owner, the Tsar decides to call Emelya to his place.

Reluctantly, the “hero” appears to look at the master’s mansions. But this trip changes the guy's whole life.

In the royal palace he meets the queen. At first, she also seems quite capricious and lazy. But Emelya decides that it’s time for him to settle down and wants to call her to be his wife.

The master's daughter does not agree at first. The monarch himself opposes such a union, harboring hopes that his daughter will marry only a noble person or a foreign king.

Emelya asks the pike to bewitch the naughty princess. As a result, the young man achieves his goal. The girl agrees. They are getting married.

The angry king locks the eternally in love couple in a barrel and throws them into the sea. Emelya asks the pike to save them. She makes sure that the barrel arrives at the shore, and they get out of it.

The guy asks the pike to build himself a huge palace, and turn himself into a handsome man. The magic fish makes wishes come true.

The happy newlyweds live happily ever after until an angry king comes to visit them. His palace is much smaller than Emelya's. The main character graciously forgives the sovereign for the entire past. He invites him to have lunch with them. During the banquet, Emelya confesses to him who he really is. The king remains amazed at the young man's dexterity and intelligence. Now he understands that this is exactly the guy who should have married his daughter.

“At the command of the pike” is a kind and instructive fairy tale. Its end leaves no specific direction for action. On the contrary, everyone must think for themselves and decide for themselves what is right in life and what is not worth doing.

“At the command of the pike” (Russian fairy tale): analysis

This story is somewhat reminiscent of the dream of the Slavic peoples, with the help of magical powers, to get everything they want without straining too much.

At the same time, Emelya managed to catch a pike only on his own, when he finally began to do at least something conscientiously.

Before the eyes of the readers, a complete quitter evolves into a hardworking, decent person. Having received sufficient motivation in the form of love for the princess, he forgets about the desire to remain a lazy person, to live only for his own pleasure, and gets down to business.

If the pike does not make much of an impression on him, he initially takes her for granted, then the girl’s first refusal awakens feelings in him.

At that moment, when Emelya on the stove begins to crush passers-by, according to many researchers of the fairy tale, the guy begins to show royal traits. After this incident, even the monarch turned his attention to him.

It is possible that our ancestors, who created the fairy tale, saw in Emelya’s last external transformation also internal changes for the better.

When he became more beautiful, he was able to forgive and understand the king, and became kinder and more attentive to others. People with visible distinctive marks on their faces were usually considered bad or even familiar with evil spirits.

As long as Emelya looked like an ordinary, not very pleasant guy, he could not become a king. With the acquisition of inner beauty, everything immediately changed.

Traditional Russian fairy tales always have a hopeful ending. Most likely, this is how the peasants of that time imagined their happiest day.

"At the behest of the pike"

The catchphrase of the entire fairy tale is “At the command of the pike, at my will.” This is a kind of spell that summons a magical pike. By uttering these words, Emelya gets everything she wants. “At the behest of the pike,” that is, just like that. Without putting any effort into it. Despite the fact that the fairy tale is called “Emelya and Pike,” it was popularly renamed in honor of these magic words.

Pike teaches the guy this secret spell. And as soon as it sounds, magic begins to work, wherever Emelya is. Either on the stove or under water. In the barrel he is saved by the phrase “at the behest of the pike.” The tale runs through it as its main thread.

These words immediately became a proverb among the people. They mean an attempt to do something not with one’s own hands, but at someone else’s, most often magical, expense.

Fairy tale in pop culture

When the story was first published in large numbers and could be read by many, it immediately became popular.

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" even became the basis for a film of the same name. The children's film was made in 1938. The then famous Alexander Rowe was responsible for directing. Certain elements of the script were taken from Elizaveta Tarakhovskaya’s play “Emelya and the Pike.” The fairy tale in its interpretation was adapted to modern realities, but the moral remained the same.

Director Ivanov-Vano made a cartoon based on the same fiction in 1957. And once again Tarakhovskaya’s play was taken in 1970, for a new film adaptation by Vladimir Pekar.

The third cartoon was created by Valery Fomin, already in 1984.

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" was immortalized on GDR stamps in 1973. Each of the six stamps depicts one of the scenes.

The mentions of Emelya themselves became popular. The main character of the tale began to be associated with a lazy person seeking to gain wealth without doing anything.

“Emelya and the Pike” is a fairy tale, the author of which is unknown, did not want to immortalize himself and remain in the memory of his descendants, did not strive for fame, wealth, fame. Nevertheless, his image perfectly demonstrates what a good person should be.

Vladislav Lebedko. Together with Evgeny Naydenov.

The sacred meaning of Russian fairy tales.

Magic Theater Research

Each famous Russian folk tale has its own clear semantic living and sensory space. There are several levels of semantic plots, several levels or layers of information about the structure of the world, man, human society and the foundations of life processes, deeply hidden and unfolding layer by layer - they are also the key or entrance to a special state, a state of insight and integrity. There is not a single random empty word or image in a fairy tale, and each image has several levels of meaning and several sections of semantic relationships with other images, and is involved in the display and formation of many meanings. And they can take a very long time to open; We worked as long as we had enough strength and a general sense of meaning. Moreover, the strength and desire ended approximately simultaneously - just at the end of the passage of several of the most visible and obvious layers of meaning. We finished when we felt like the process was complete, but it was clear to everyone that there was a lot more to it. After completing the process of revealing the fairy tale, a very blissful, bright and joyful state descended on all participants, the fairy tale lived in us and shone its light on us.

The very first fairy tale revealed in this way was “The Ryaba Hen,” in other versions simply “Egg.” We do not present it here, firstly, because there is already a good printed interpretation and, secondly, because this fairy tale is so brilliantly simple that its interpretation can be reduced either to two or three lines, or to write a whole book. These two or three lines are: The fairy tale “The Ryaba Hen” tells how a way of thinking arose in the human world - not directly, but through models, imprints of what was previously comprehended. And the perception of the world was thus distorted, people lost their vision.

Study of the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command.”

In one village there lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

The older brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day and does nothing.

Who is Emelya, why is he a fool and why is he lying on the stove, and not on a bench, for example. And so almost the entire fairy tale... And why doesn’t he do anything? This is the first question that arose. And what do the brothers do there for work?

One day the brothers left for the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let’s send him:

- “Go, Emelya, for water.” And he said to them from the stove: “Reluctant”...

- “Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market and won’t bring you gifts.”

- "OK".

What kind of daughters-in-law are these? Why do they scare Emelya with the possible deprivation of gifts? And who are these brothers? Why is Emelya reluctant to go get water? Is this just laziness or something else?

Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and set them down, while he looked into the hole. And Emelya saw a pike in the ice hole. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand: “This fish will be sweet!”

Why does it take place in winter? Why didn’t Emelya go into the forest and talk to a goblin or a tree? Why did the matter start with fish? Where does the pike come from in the ice hole in winter - is it known that pike, like any fish, hides in holes at the bottom for the winter? Why did Emelya look into the hole after he had collected water? You could have gone home, quickly to the stove... Further: how is it so - an obvious, seemingly fool - a simpleton - a couch potato Emelya not only saw the pike, but also turned out to be so agile and dexterous that he managed to snatch the pike out of the water, which in real life world, probably possible for a few masters? What kind of pike is this that can be snatched from an ice hole, and what kind of ice hole is this where such pikes are found? Maybemaybe these are symbols of something? What? Why does a pike speak with a human voice? Is it possible? In a fairy tale, every absurd place, or something else that differs in some way from the generally accepted, smooth, simple meaning, serves as an indication of the entrance to the deeper layers of the essence. There are fairy tales consisting of almost nothing but absurdities and, nevertheless, living for centuries, for example, the same “Ryaba Hen”. And what does Emelei’s desire for sweet fish soup mean? After all, it’s clear that the ice hole and the pike symbolize something. Maybe the ear is also a symbol?

Emelya is a fool so that his mind does not prevent him from seeing the world and learning. A smart person thinks that he already knows what he needs and, therefore, does not study and does not see the world, but for ease, he adapts it to his ideas and sees what he wants to see or what he has decided to see.

His brothers are just like that - smart - and they work in society and for society, so that it appreciates and approves of them; and with these “benefits” the daughters-in-law seduce Emelya. He gets to know himself while lying on the stove.

Winter is free time from the harvest season, a suitable time for learning, and it, learning, begins when there is a desire for it in the soul. Emelya was attentive to the world, he listened and felt himself and the world, and therefore he saw a pike in the ice hole - here the pike, among other things, signifies a chance, quite rare, but real, a chance to realize oneself or the Spirit, the Soul in oneself. And the vigilant Emelya took advantage of it - he grabbed with attention (here with his hand) something in his consciousness and in his inner world.

- “Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I will do whatever you want.”

Why wasn’t Emelya surprised that the pike was talking? Again the question is - what kind of pike is this that makes wishes come true? And what kind of intention and state does Emelya show when he enters into an agreement and checks its compliance?

He was ready, so he wasn’t surprised. He knew or felt the language of the Spirit, the language of intention, and therefore he dispassionately tested what this power was by threatening to cook a pike. And the power showed itself.

- “Okay, just show me first that you’re not deceiving me, then I’ll let you go.” The pike asks him: “Emelya, Emelya, tell me, what do you want now?

Precisely - not what “you need” but “what do you want now,” asks the pike and it is clear that this is connected with the desires of the Soul, with desires, with hunting and not with responsibilities, that is, the power of the pike relates to the inner world of a person, to his mental states and impulses. Simply put, here the pike fish reflects the soul of a person - Emelya in this case, floating in the global soul, and the vigilant - attentive Emelya acts as a symbol of a student searching for himself in this world. And Emelya learns to listen and realize, to see her desires, their strength - her most simple, holy, natural desires. And not the image that is needed in order to become strong or smart. Those simple desires and feelings that we, in the modern world, on the contrary, hide deeper, trying to be someone better, but not ourselves. Pike-Soul taught Emelya to be herself.

And why, after all, did he release the pike, although he could have cooked it? And there was an answer to this question: it turned out that making fish soup would mean stopping in knowledge at the level of mastering some kind of craft that allows one to feed and live. Emelya was not a fool, and moved on, overcoming the call of primary needs. And learning to accept them and satisfy them.

- “I want the buckets to go home on their own, and the water won’t spill”...

The pike says to him: “Remember my words: when you want something, just say: “By the pike’s command, according to my desire.” Emelya says: “By the pike’s command, according to my desire, go home, buckets, yourself.”... He just said - the buckets went up the mountain. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went after the buckets. The people walked through the village, amazed, and Emelya walked behind, laughing...

What does it mean to want the buckets to go home on their own, and what does it mean “at the behest of a pike, according to my desire”? What does the pike symbolize here and what is my desire? Why people are surprised at what is happening seems understandable - it’s a miracle, after all, but there is a meaning here too - people are surprised at the simple and easy satisfaction of internal desires, at peace in themselves, apparently, not everyone has this. Emelya released the pike into the hole, that is, he complies with the agreement, he is honest and thereby shows the animate world that it is possible to cooperate with him. The next layer of meaning - he, having encountered the power of the soul, realized its essence and realized that it is impossible to completely own it, you cannot keep it in check, but you can only touch and let it pass, carry it through yourself, and therefore he became a contemplator, he realized that there is always he, there is always a river and you can always go to the ice hole...

“At the command of the pike, at my will” means the unity of the Soul and the Spirit, that is, the Soul commands to want, and the Spirit carries out this will. It is impossible not to want at all, and it is better then to want correctly, in accordance with the pike - the spiritual command, which also reflects the world soul, its essence, desires and structure. And Emelya’s awareness of her soul was also an awareness of the animation of the world.

The buckets came into the hut and stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time has passed - his daughters-in-law say to him: “Emelya, why are you lying there? I should go and chop some wood.” - “Reluctance”... - “If you don’t chop wood, your brothers will return from the market and they won’t bring you gifts.”

And yet - who are these women-daughters-in-law? Why did everything happen without the father, who was remembered for some reason at the beginning? What gifts should the brothers bring? What does firewood mean?

Women's daughters-in-law turned out to be the natural natural needs of the body for life without satisfying which, whether you want to do it or not, it doesn’t matter, no one can live normally, even the great ascetic Buddha one fine day began to eat food and profess moderation in everything. The father, of course, means the Creator and therefore is not clearly present, but is indicated precisely at the beginning of the tale. Brothers are also other people who are busy living in society (they do not have time to explore themselves) and, at the same time, society itself, which poses a danger to those who do not want to agree with it. But if Emelya cooperates, that is, goes for water, firewood, etc., takes care of himself, then although he is a “fool,” he is not crazy, and you don’t have to touch him, let him live for himself. The promised gifts are the approval of other people.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered about the pike and slowly said:

- “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire - go, take an ax, chop some firewood, and for the firewood, go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven” ...

Emelya on the stove forgot about the pike and its capabilities, and was clearly not attached to the possession of power, which is emphasized by this part of the tale for the second time. Lying on the stove, he was busy with something. Namely, awareness of oneself, wandering in the world of one’s consciousness...

The furnace here means selfhood, God's spark, inner fire, light and space of his consciousness, in which Emelya sought to be all the time and left with visible reluctance, especially at first, and only to perform the most necessary actions. That is, he was engaged in almost constant self-contemplation.

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let’s chop wood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and into the stove. How much or how much time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say: “Emelya, we no longer have firewood. Go to the forest and chop it up.” And he told them from the stove:

- “What are you doing?” - “What are we doing?.. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?” - “I don’t feel like it”... - “Well, there won’t be any gifts for you.”

But, nevertheless, the world regularly reminds itself of itself, and it is no longer about water - here it is a symbol of the Soul's depth and the power of the Soul and Spirit as an active unit. The matter concerns firewood, which here also means impressions of world events to maintain the internal Divine fire - a lively interest in the world, and knowledge about the external world, which also has to be obtained, like firewood, through a kind of labor of attention. But now it is much easier, since a new way of comprehension and implementation has been mastered - not chaotic and instinctive as before, but the unity of conscious desire and intention. Here the daughters-in-law's needs teach him how to satisfy them. Emelya tried to blame this matter on them, but that was not the case, no one can violate the laws of nature, and there is no need, nature is natural. Here the fairy tale also teaches this obvious - there is no need to fight with your nature, it is better to follow it.

Nothing to do. Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, and got dressed. He took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in the sleigh: “Women, open the gate!” His daughters-in-law say to him: “Why, you fool, got into the sleigh and didn’t harness the horse?” - “I don’t need horses.”

The daughters-in-law opened the gate, and Emelya said quietly: “At the command of the pike, at my desire, go, sleigh, into the forest yourself”...

A trip outside the gate means the beginning of the necessary, albeit forced, work of understanding the outside world. By this moment, Emelya had already learned to control himself - his daughters-in-law opened the gates for him, the horse, that is, ordinary attention, was not needed, which means that some internal forces had already turned out to be obedient to his will. Sleigh travel here means a journey of consciousness simultaneously in both the external and internal world, which reflects the external one.

The sleigh drove through the gate on its own, but it was so fast that it was impossible to catch up with a horse.

But we had to go to the forest through the city, and here he crushed and crushed a lot of people. The people scream: “Hold him! Catch him!” "... The ax began to chop, chop dry trees, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and was tied with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to cut out a club for himself - so that he could forcefully lift it onto the cart: “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire, go, sleigh, home”...

Why go to the forest through the city? Why put pressure on people in it? What kind of city is this, what kind of people are they? The city is the world of ordinary people, which Emelya, being a man himself, cannot escape in his journey of consciousness. People in the city are human forms, disguises created for deception, which in essence do not mind putting pressure on, even though they scold and threaten with reprisals. The baton is a force and a means of transforming faces, which can only be done by force and effort.

The sleigh rushed home. Again Emelya drives through the city where he crushed and crushed a lot of people just now, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her off the cart, cursing and beating her. He sees that things are bad, and little by little: “At the behest of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides.” The club jumped out - let's hit. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

Why break off the sides and not kill, for example?It’s just that the sides - the edges - are the most obvious symbol of the form, and there’s no point in killing the faces entirely, they are needed for some reason. And this is not a simple thing, working with faces and images, you have to repeat it, fight your way through with effort - the astringent power of images is so great.

Whether long or short, the king heard about Emelin’s tricks and sent an officer after him: to find him and bring him to the palace.

The king is the master, the real ruler. For some reason, Emelina’s tricks interested him. For some reason, he does not order Emelya to be imprisoned in prison, for example, but sends an officer to bring Emelya to him. Here the officer is a symbol of the simple power of hierarchical social subordination-management and, at the same time, his appearance is the first test, since the tsar does not intend to destroy Emelya, and the tsar needs Emelya for some reason. For what? The king needs a worthy successor.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks: “Are you a fool, Emelya?” And he from the stove: “What do you need?” - “Get dressed quickly, I will take you to the king.” - “I don’t feel like it”... The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly: “At the behest of the pike, at my wish, a baton, break off his sides.” The baton jumped out - and let’s beat the officer, he forcibly carried off his legs.

“Fool” is already something like a title or status here, and by the way, Emelya didn’t call himself here - “I’m a fool,” he immediately began to look at the root. The baton as a force for transforming personalities, which, in turn, are created for public - hierarchical use, and here it helped to overcome the now pressure of the power of society in the person of the officer. That is, Emelya proved his independence and independence from the opinions of society, independence from public thinking. He showed the king his selfhood - that he was worth teaching further.

The Tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sent the greatest nobleman: “Bring the fool Emelya to my palace, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.” The great nobleman bought raisins, prunes, and gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began asking his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

- “Our Emelya loves it when they ask him kindly and promise him a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.”

The king, as a ruler, immediately sensed a successor (as the figures performing the roles immediately said), but order is order - from simple to complex and from small to large, which is why the officer was the first - note that without an army, that is, a symbol of a kind dedication.

The greatest nobleman means power of a completely different order. This is the mind - the manager who plans and ponders actions, organizes events, comprehends and understands causes and consequences and is able to understand them. For him, the result is important, not the method, and there is a wide variety of ways to achieve the goal.

The greatest nobleman gave Emelya raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said: “Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king." - “I’m warm here too”... - “Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you good food and water, please, let’s go.” - “But I don’t feel like it”... - “Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.” Emelya thought and thought: “Okay, you go ahead, and I’ll follow behind you.”

The greatest nobleman understands that you cannot take it by force, and promises food, a caftan, a hat and boots, that is, bodily and sensual satisfaction and satisfaction of vanity. This attracted Emelya due to people’s natural inclination towards pleasure and because of its novelty and unknown, and was another test-test. In addition, Emelya understood well what was going on.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said: “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire - come on, stove, go to the king.” Then the corners of the hut cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the stove itself began to move street, along the road, straight to the king.

Why on the stove, not on a sleigh, for example, and not together with the hut?Here a complex mixing of meanings has occurred. The stove here acts as a symbol of the internal power of the stove - the internal space that is mastered, realized, of which you are the owner. Why not the whole hut? But because you can go to a meeting with the king with what the king himself wants. The hut, in this case, is not only the internal space that is being tested, but also the whole world of Emelya, and at that time he was not yet the owner. So he decided to ride away from the stove and show his strength, because he already understood and had a presentiment of what awaited him. And his initiation as a king awaits.

The king looks out the window and wonders: “What kind of miracle is this?” The largest nobleman answers him: “And this is Emelya on the stove coming to you.”

The king, although he is a king, is also not ready for such a manifestation of Emelya’s self, he needs to comprehend what is happening, which he does through reason - the greatest nobleman.

The king came out onto the porch: “Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You suppressed a lot of people.” - “Why did they climb under the sleigh?”

A very revealing dialogue: it is said that a lot of people are somehow suppressed, as if not about people. A real offender would have been punished long ago even without the king. And here the king personally tests Emelya’s strength and ability to recognize, destroy and create images, including social ones. Emelya clearly shows strength, but not quite skill: why did they climb under the sleigh? Which allegorically means - I have strength, and I know how to direct it to achieve my goal, albeit directly and harshly, ingenuously, but I know how. The king here and in the fairy tale in general is a teacher, mentor, possessor of knowledge, spiritual father. And not the head of the state as a community. Although of course there were different Emelis...

Here we can also see, firstly, recognition by the current king, and secondly, a lesson in managing power.

At this time, the Tsar’s daughter, Marya the Princess, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her in the window and said quietly: “According to the pike’s command, according to my desire, let the Tsar’s daughter love me.”... And he said again: “Go, bake, go home.”... The stove turned and went home, went in into the hut and returned to its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

Emelya could not have made Princess Marya fall in love with him if she did not love him. Here in the royal court, at the initiation, Emelya had a meeting with her inner feminine part - anima. Only over this he really has power, over allowing it to manifest itself. And he understood it. The time has come to gain not only strength, but also inner integrity. He realized that you don’t need much for love, you need permission. In this: “let the king’s daughter love me” is the permission to love oneself - the word “let.” And there is another layer of meaning here - the beginning of awareness of oneself as a king.

Let us note that the tsar let Emelya go without any objections and did not oppose his departure on the stove, since what should have been done was done - Emelya passed the test and they communicated with the tsar not on a social level, but in the language of power, that’s why it seemed so unceremonious and short.

And the king in the palace is screaming and crying. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Here the king became upset, became upset and spoke again to the greatest nobleman. - “Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.”

What turned out to be encrypted here is this: a time comes when the teacher also needs to learn. Alive or dead means either Emelya in feelings, or by agreement. Because the king himself lacks skill here, and he does not know in advance. And the king, teaching a student, himself passes the exam for proficiency in art.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to treat Emelya. Emelya got drunk, ate, got drunk and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a cart and took him to the king. The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in. They put Emelya and Princess Marya in it, tarred them and threw the barrel into the sea.

Why did the tsar actually go about killing his daughter, and Emelya, even though he had not attempted this before? Why in a barrel in the sea, and not in a fire, for example, or a cave or a river?The king, through the greatest nobleman, gave Emelya another test - for the temptations of the body and feelings. It worked flawlessly. This shows how a person is conditioned by the body and its needs. It also shows periods in the development of consciousness and self-awareness and rebirth after a journey in a state of integrity - in a sea of ​​feelings. The sea here is the collective unconscious or the world of prototypes, Emelya is the Spirit who has forgotten himself. And the teacher simultaneously gives Emela a lesson in remembering herself. Marya Princess - A soul that feels and remembers itself and knows life. She cannot live without the Spirit. The king, a teacher, knew what would be the result of the journey. It also shows a slice of real life - how real kings, for the sake of power or whim, sometimes do not spare their children. The fairy tale teaches you to see life and several meanings at once and, accepting everything as it is, not to confuse one with the other.

Whether long or short, Emelya woke up; sees - dark, cramped. - “Where am I?”

And they answer him: “It’s boring and sickening, Emelyushka!” They tarred us in a barrel and threw us into the blue sea.” - "And who are you?" - “I am Princess Marya.” Emelya says: “At the command of the pike, at my will, the winds are violent, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand.”

The winds blew violently. The sea became agitated and the barrel was thrown onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the Princess came out of it.

The Soul helped the Spirit to remember itself in its journey through the prototypes and gave it the strength to wake up, desire and be reborn, to gain independence.

- “Emelyushka, where will we live? Build any kind of hut.”

- “But I don’t feel like it”... Then she began to ask him even more, he said: “At the behest of the pike, according to my desire, build a stone palace with a golden roof.”... As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. roof. There is a green garden all around: flowers are blooming and birds are singing.

Some kind of hut, not a palace, - for some reason the princess asks, seemingly accustomed to palaces. In a state integral with the Spirit, she does not need much to begin with. She's fine as is. But here, too, there was a kind of test for squalor, what if Emelya doesn’t wake up, doesn’t remember what power and opportunity he has and builds some kind of hut and not a palace. Emelya also passed this exam.

How can this be built and where? Nothing other than a thought in your mind.

Princess Marya and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the window. - “Emelyushka, can’t you become handsome?” Here Emelya thought for a short time: “At the behest of the pike, at my desire - to become a good fellow, a handsome man”... And Emelya became such that he could neither be told in a fairy tale nor described with a pen.

When it came to selfhood and internal transformation, Emelya immediately agreed, that is, he saw, recognized and accepted the Divine beauty of the world and himself, which the Soul reminded him of, and saw God in himself. He was transformed internally. It is obvious that this is a special action, maybe even its goal, and it completes the entire chain of Emelya’s transformations.

And at that time the king was going hunting and saw a palace standing where there was nothing before.

- “What kind of ignoramus built a palace on my land without my permission?”

And he sent to find out and ask: “Who are they?”

Why did the king go hunting, and not fishing or on an embassy somewhere?The ordinary life of earthly kings is depicted here, but also the space of O-KHOTA is shown, in which other kings live - kings to themselves. They live in o-hota, that is, they do what they want. And so, in this world of hunting, one nameless king (apparently because this is the symbol of the teacher) saw the hunt of another - now also internally transformed, a full-fledged king, who had passed all the tests of Emelya, and decided to check if he was ignorant. That is, is Emelya’s knowledge complete? In other words, an ignoramus means someone who doesn’t know any rules. That is, here is the final exam and the final recognition of Emelya’s right to the kingdom. This right must be witnessed by another king.

The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking. Emelya answers them:

- “Ask the king to visit me, I’ll tell him myself.” The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, takes him to the palace, and seats him at the table. They begin to feast. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised: “Who are you, good fellow?” - “Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be tarred in a barrel and thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.”

Emelya invites the teacher personally into his world so that he can look and evaluate everything as it is. He comes and evaluates. Both at first pretend that they do not recognize each other, or maybe the king really does not recognize Emelya. This shows the completeness of the changes that have occurred in Emelya and their depth.

And here, for the last time, Emelya passes the exam and shows his strength and the fact that now he can cope with the entire kingdom. Previously, I couldn’t, and there was no talk about it.

The king was very frightened and began to ask for forgiveness: “Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, just don’t destroy me!” They arranged a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Asking for forgiveness is also a sacred internal act - the old king, who has raised a full-fledged successor - a student, understands that he can leave, and he cleanses the soul with permission and repentance, transfers the kingdom to the young Emelya and goes on a fiery journey, the famous and mysterious fiery transition that he the student will help you do it. That’s why Emelya says that he will burn with fire, shows that he has fire, and does not threaten to pour water on him, for example.

Here it was precisely possible to “destroy the king” (the image of the master-creator king as a stage of personal evolution) precisely by Emelei’s non-acceptance of the kingdom, and here life is clearly shown with its laws of transition and continuity, commanding everyone to grow and develop, increase knowledge and skills. To be a king on earth and a master.

This is where the fairy tale ends.

So an ingenuous, simple-looking fairy tale turned out to be an accurate guide and pointer on a person’s path to himself, to God, to the meaning of life.

“By the Command of the Pike” a brief summary will remind you of what the fairy tale “By the Command of the Pike” is about and what this fairy tale teaches.

“At the behest of the pike” summary

The man had three sons; two are smart, and the third, Emelya, is a fool and a lazy person. After the death of their father, each of the brothers received “one hundred rubles.” The older brothers go to trade, leaving Emelya at home with their daughters-in-law and promising to buy him red boots, a fur coat and a caftan.

In winter, when there is severe frost, the daughters-in-law send Emelya to fetch water. He reluctantly goes to the ice hole, fills a bucket... And catches a pike in the ice hole. Pike promises to fulfill Emelino’s every wish if he lets her go. It will be enough for him to say the magic words: “At the behest of the pike, at my will.” Emelya releases the pike. And he wants the buckets of water to go home on their own. Emelya's wish comes true

After some time, the daughters-in-law ask Emelya to chop wood. Emelya orders the ax to chop the wood, and the wood to go to the hut and go into the oven. The daughters-in-law are amazed because this wish also came true.

Then the daughters-in-law send Emelya to the forest to get firewood. He does not harness the horses; the sleigh drives itself from the yard. Driving through the city, Emelya crushes a lot of people. In the forest, an ax chops firewood and a club for Emelya.

On the way back in the city, they try to catch Emelya and crush his sides. And Emelya orders his baton to beat all the offenders and returns home safely.

The king, having heard about all this, sends his commander to Emelya. He wants to take the fool to the king, but Emelya refuses.

The governor returned to the king empty-handed. Then the Tsar got angry and said that if the governor returned without Emelya, he would lose his head. The second time the governor went for the Fool and began to persuade him with kind and gentle speeches. Promising Emelya delicacies and renewal, he persuades him to come to the king. Then the fool tells his furnace to go to the city itself.

In the royal palace, Emelya sees the princess and wants her to fall in love with him.

Emelya leaves the king, and the princess asks her father to marry her to Emelya. The king orders the officer to deliver Emelya to the palace. The officer gets Emelya drunk, and then ties him up, puts him in a wagon and takes him to the palace. The king orders to make a large barrel, put his daughter and the fool in it, tar the barrel and put it into the sea.

A fool wakes up in a barrel. The king's daughter tells him what happened and asks him to rescue them from the barrel. The fool says the magic words, and the sea throws the barrel ashore. She's falling apart.

Emelya and the princess find themselves on a beautiful island. According to Emelin's desire, a huge palace and a crystal bridge to the royal palace appear. And Emelya himself becomes smart and handsome.

Emelya invites the king to visit her. He arrives and feasts with Emelya, but does not recognize him. When Emelya tells him everything that happened, the king rejoices and agrees to marry the princess to him.

The king returns home, and Emelya and the princess live in their palace.

What does the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command” teach?

First of all, a fairy tale teaches us kindness. That if you do even a small good deed, you will be repaid for it with the same kindness. If Emelya had not released the pike, he would not have received anything in return.

The main meaning of the fairy tale “At the Pike’s Command” is that a person’s happiness depends on himself. If you don't know what you want, then nothing will happen. Emelya, introduced to us at first as a lazy man and a fool, married the princess and began to live with her in the castle.

Name: Emelya

A country: Russia

Creator: Slavic folklore

Activity: lazy man, owner of the magic pike

Family status: married

Emelya: character story

A talking pike, a warm stove and a self-propelled sleigh - the life of village Emelya is full of unexpected decisions and twists. A Russian folk tale tells how a lazy man, with the help of ingenuity and spiritual kindness, becomes the king's son-in-law in a short time. Excellent personal growth for a person who is too lazy to carry a bucket of water home.

History of creation

The tale of a guy who lay on the stove and then married the king’s daughter is the fruit of folk art. The author of the ancient Russian legend is unknown for certain. By the time of its first publication, there were 3 different versions of the work.

The most popular version differs significantly from the modern fairy tale. In it, the main character appears as a complete orphan who does not even know his own name. People around him simply call the guy “poor.”

The character has no time to lie aimlessly on the stove - the man works hard every day. True, constant work does not bring money. Another difference between the original and the usual Emelya is the words that the hero utters to make his dreams come true:

“By the pike’s command, by God’s blessing.”

Three versions of the folk tale were recorded and published under his own name by folklorist and literary critic Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev. The collection “Russian Folk Tales” was published in 1855. Emelya, familiar to a modern child, is a figment of fantasy. The writer adapted the classic version of “At the Command of the Pike,” adjusting the folk tale to the norms of Soviet literature.

Image and plot

Emelya was born into the family of a simple hard-working peasant. The young man is the third son in the family. The hero’s older brothers had long ago brought wives into the house, on whom the burden of supporting the family fell. All men, except Emelya, are engaged in arable work. The brothers periodically go to the city fair, where they sell the harvest.

The only one who does not participate at all in the life of the large family is Emelya. The guy is too lazy to get off the stove. The older men have long come to terms with the peculiarity of their younger brother, so they do not entrust Emela with any work again.

But, leaving for the city, the men ask the youngest to help the women with the housework. For obedient fulfillment of household duties, the brothers promise to bring Emela a red caftan. The color red appears in fairy tales for a reason. In ancient Rus', shades of red symbolized the color of the sun and energy, which the hero so lacks.

The house is running out of water. The women ask Emelya to go to the river, the guy brushes off the persistent requests. But the thought of a new caftan still makes me get up from the stove. Having collected water, the curious Emelya looks into the hole. With an unexpectedly dexterous movement for such a lout, the hero catches a fish from the river. And then a talking pike looks into Emelya’s eyes and asks the guy for freedom:

“Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I will do whatever you want.”

Despite many negative qualities, Emelya is not a cruel person. The guy releases the pike, and receives a reward for his kindness - now all Emelya’s wishes will be fulfilled immediately.

It would seem that with such opportunities, the guy can completely change his life, but all Emelya wants is the ability to independently transport water into the house, contactless collection of firewood and the ability of a sleigh to move around the village without the help of horses.

Modern psychologists argue that such desires are not at all a sign of stupid laziness. Emelya’s characteristics in this case are creativity and resourcefulness. After all, a young man arranges his own life without leaving his comfort zone.

Emelya's carefree life ends when the tsar finds out about the peasant's tricks. The Lord calls Emelya to his place, but the spoiled young man is in no hurry to leave his beloved oven. The sent nobles only receive refusals from the guy and beatings with a wooden stick. After much persuasion and sweet gifts, the hero finally goes to visit the king - right on the stove.

During the visit, the guy uses pike magic to bewitch the king’s daughter. A girl loses her head over an ugly and careless man. The king is not ready to put up with his daughter’s choice, so he puts the young couple in a barrel and throws the cargo into the sea. And even here Emelya does not strive to show leadership qualities. The princess's tears force him to look for a way out of the situation.

Thanks to the spell, the barrel is washed ashore, where Emelya and her attractive bride are setting up a new home. Impressed by the groom's capabilities, the princess asks her betrothed to work not only on the palace, but also on himself. Now the lazy Emelya is the happy owner of a titled bride, a rich house and an attractive appearance.

The king passing by decided to meet his new neighbors. The sudden meeting with his daughter left the sovereign speechless. The rejected groom turned out to be full of secrets and talents. The fairy tale teaches another lesson - you should not judge people by their first impression.

After seeing the changes, the king agrees to bless the marriage. Nobles and noble boyars come to the wedding. At the same time, the good-natured hero does not forget to invite village relatives to the celebration.

Film adaptations

The fairy tale first appeared on television in 1938. The black-and-white film is based on the play by Elizaveta Tarakhovskaya, based on the legend “At the Command of the Pike.” The role of Emelya in the film was played by actor Pyotr Savin. Filming did not finish before the end of winter, so the scriptwriters added a new feature to Emelya’s character - the guy does not like winter and, at the first opportunity, speeds up the arrival of spring.

In 1957, Soyuzmultfilm released an animated version of the fairy tale. The title of the cartoon is “In a Certain State.” The actor gave the voice to the painted Emela. The cartoon received an award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the category “Best Animated Film.”

A film adaptation in the form of a puppet show was released in 1970. The creative association "Ekran" released a film based on the performance of the Kalinin Puppet Theater. The voice-over of Emelya was the Soviet actor Anatoly Kubatsky.

Another cartoon called “At the Pike’s Command” was released in 1984. The script, based on the fairy tale of the same name, was written by Alexander Timofeevsky. Nikolai Kholmogorov was entrusted with voicing Emelya.

• The meaning of the name Emelya is hardworking.
• The German Democratic Republic issued 6 stamps depicting the adventures of Emelya.
• A miniature home robot has been developed in Russia. The creators gave the project the name Emelya. The robot recognizes the owner’s voice and answers simple questions.
• The image of Emelya inspired not only representatives of cinema. The writer created the fairy tale “Gramota”. The main characters of the work: Emelya, and other fairy-tale characters.

Quotes

“Bad and good people make the same ripples on the water.”

“I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water not to spill...”

“According to the pike’s command, according to my desire, an axe, chop some dry firewood, and you, firewood, fall into the sleigh yourself, tie yourself up...”

“I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.”

One of the characteristic components of the folklore of any country is the presence of fairy tales. And our country is no exception here. You all probably remember how, as a child, one of your parents or, for example, your grandmother, read you a bedtime story so that you would quickly close your eyes and fall asleep. A calm and monotonous native voice, telling about something very interesting before going to bed, has a truly calming and soporific effect. However, we will not talk about the effect of reading fairy tales before bed, but about the meaning that is inherent in these fairy tales, but very often remains incomprehensible due to the fact that it is hidden. And not only children, but even adults cannot understand it.

The fact is that fairy tales are often imbued with the deepest symbolism, and also contain inexhaustible information about all kinds of events of antiquity. In most fairy tales there are no random images and characters, titles, names and words, and the semantic load can be so deep that you are simply amazed - akin to a Russian nesting doll, inside of which there is another, and inside of it another, etc., The main meaning of a fairy tale may be hidden somewhere in its depth - under a layer of simpler semantic layers. All levels of a fairy tale can represent a window into the unknown world of the structure of the universe and the foundations of life.

We all should know that fairy tales, in addition to the usual everyday educational function, can also perform a number of other – more complex ones, for example:

• Reveal the secrets of the universe and other secret knowledge
• Point out the cyclical nature of life
• Serve astronomical or natural
• Be a repository of history
• Connect with ancestors
• Talk about initiation rites when a person moves from childhood to adulthood
• Guide a person on the path of personal growth, etc.

In many fairy tales, the presented directions can not only go next to each other, but also intersect and even synchronize. The characters of fairy tales are certain symbols, each of their actions carries a sacred meaning, and the paths they follow indicate special methods of obtaining secret knowledge and achieving inner harmony. Fairy tales are often compared even to magical formulas, which lose their power if pronounced incorrectly.

And let's look at several well-known Russian folk tales as examples. It is not a fact that our transcripts will fully reflect the truth, but they can still serve as a kind of algorithm for understanding the hidden meaning inherent in fairy tales.

So, let's look at three fairy tales: “The Turnip”, “At the Order of the Pike” and “Koshey the Immortal”.

Fairy tale "Turnip"

What we know from the fairy tale: We know that my grandfather planted a turnip, and due to a particularly fruitful year, it grew very large. To pull out the turnip, the grandmother, granddaughter, Zhuchka, cat and mouse came running to help the grandfather in turn. They were only able to pull the turnip out when they all pulled it together.

Hidden meaning: If we talk about the hidden, esoteric meaning of this tale, then it tells us about the knowledge that was accumulated by the ancestors who lived in ancient times. The turnip acts as the roots of the family, and it was planted by the first ancestor - the same grandfather, who is the oldest and wisest.

The grandmother in this tale symbolizes the traditions of the house; father – support and protection of the family; mother - care, warmth and love; granddaughter - continuation of the family; Zhuchka - protection of welfare; cat - a blissful state in the house and; and the mouse is prosperity.

Each of the presented images is closely related to each other, and all together they represent one whole. Only by connecting all the parts together is a person able to achieve true harmony of being, learn to live in a situation where everything that is inside a person and everything that surrounds him outside comes into harmony with each other.

The fairy tale “At the behest of the pike”

What we know from the fairy tale: A young man named Emelya sat on the stove and did nothing. One day, going to the river for water, he caught a pike. Pike asked Emelya to let her go, and in return agreed to fulfill several wishes. After some thought, Emelya asked the pike for a princess and a palace, which he received in the end, and also became a handsome man.

Hidden meaning: The oven symbolizes the space of consciousness in which the hero of the fairy tale was most of the time, and from which he really did not want to get out, because... I was contemplating myself all the time. However, a person cannot be in harmony if his inner world is in no way connected with the outer.

“Having become acquainted” with the pike, Emelya realized his true desires and acquired an intention, which is expressed in the words: “By the pike’s command, according to my desire.” The pike, in turn, represents mother nature, towards which Emelya showed attentiveness. And only then nature gave him the opportunity to realize his intentions and self-awareness.

The phrase: “At the command of the pike, at my will” means the unity of two facets of existence - the Spirit of man and his Soul. Pike can also be interpreted as “Schura”, i.e. ancestor - the ancestor of everything and the human spirit. The river from which Emelya decided to draw water is a kind of energy-information channel that can be penetrated only by abandoning constraining beliefs. Ultimately, Emelya, through the liberation of his spirit, achieved possibilities inaccessible to a person in a normal state of consciousness and became the master of his destiny. In addition, Emelya becoming a handsome prince is a manifestation of inner beauty on the external plane.

Fairy tale "Koschei the Immortal"

What we know from the fairy tale: Koschey is the evil ruler of the dark kingdom of the dungeon, regularly stealing beautiful maidens. He is wealthy, and his domain is home to strange birds and animals. Serving as Koshchei is the Serpent Gorynych, who has a huge amount of secret knowledge, which is why he has great power. Koschey is considered immortal, and cannot be defeated by ordinary methods, although, if there is a desire, you can find out unusual methods, which, as a rule, are revealed to Ivan Tsarevich by Baba Yaga.

Hidden meaning: If we turn to the pantheon of gods of the Slavs, we will see that Koschey is one of the manifestations of Chernobog, who rules over Navya, Darkness and the Pekelny kingdom. Koschey also personifies the winter cold, and the girls he steals represent the life-giving power of Nature and spring. Ivan Tsarevich is a symbol of sunlight and spring thunder, accompanied by rain (remember the god Perun), in the search for Koshchei, which is facilitated by all natural forces. Having defeated Koshchei, Ivan Tsarevich, darkness and death.

As we know, Koshchei’s death can be found in an egg, which is a symbol of rebirth and the possibility of the existence of all things that can be. Based on this, Koschey is at the beginning of Everything, and his death is equated to the emergence of the world.

The needle, at the tip of which is Koshcheev’s death, serves as a reference to the world Tree, connecting the underworld, earth and sky, as well as the winter and summer solstices. Koshchei can be interpreted as the winter solstice, and Ivan Tsarevich as the summer solstice. They are always in a state of struggle with each other. The death of one is the birth of another, just as winter leaves and summer comes, and then this cycle repeats.

And one more detail: Koschey the Immortal is an attempt to scare Ivan Tsarevich, which contains a completely different message - Koschey the Immortal is Koschey the Mortal Bes.

A little parting word

Time moves inexorably forward. The world is changing. And along with the world, a person and his perception change. Today, very few people can understand and explain the sacred and very deep meaning of the fairy tales of our wise ancestors, and, as you have seen for yourself, of course, there is one. And the knowledge that was transmitted in these fairy tales may very soon sink into oblivion. It is easy to notice that over time, the subtle connection that connected different generations of people with each other was interrupted.

In order to understand the true essence of fairy tales, especially Russian ones, a person must push into the background his current worldview, and try to look at the world and life in it, as they were viewed by people who lived in those distant times when fairy tales just began to appear .

The search for meaning must certainly be present, because the Laws of existence, no matter what the time, no matter how developed the society, no matter how high-tech human life, have always remained and will remain the same. Therefore, let the fairy tales about Koshchei the Immortal, Baba Yaga, Ivan Tsarevich, Emelya, Alyonushka and other characters be for you not just interesting ideas, but those pointers that you will be guided by in your everyday life, in which, it would seem, , there is no true magic left at all.

Remember: magic exists, and it surrounds you everywhere!