Old Russian’s folk "Sivka-Burka".

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Old Russian’s folk "Sivka-Burka".

This card shows the classic story in traditional Russian folk:

"Sivka-burka" (Sivko-burko) is a Russian folk tale. Refers to the so-called fairy tales. This was the most popular fairy tale among Pudozh storytellers - more than twenty variants are known. In the course of the tale, Ivan the Fool marries the princess and turns into a prince with the help of the magic horse Sivka-burka.

The father had three sons, and before his death, he ordered his sons to visit his grave for three days. The old man died, and the older brothers were lazy, and only the younger Ivan fulfilled his father's request. For this, the father revealed to his son the secret about the magic horse, which is able to benefit him: if you go out into the open field, click Sivka-Burka, the magic horse will immediately gallop, and Ivan, if he gets into his right ear, and crawls out through the left, will turn into a beautiful prince.

Object data

Title

Old Russian’s folk "Sivka-Burka".

Artist

A. Kurkin.

Founder

"Fine art", Moscow.

Date

1970.

Culture

Russian.

Classification

Postcard.