Firebird (tattoo): symbolic meaning and influence on the owner. Firebird - fairy-tale creature Firebird description

Boyasheva Karina

The purpose of the work “The Image of the Firebird on the Pages of Fairy Tales” is to reveal the role of the Firebird in Russian folk tales; conduct observations of this image in the author’s fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse” by P. Ershov and show the relevance of the image of this magical bird in our days.

The Firebird is one of the most beloved characters in children's fairy tales. The plumage of the strange bird sparkles so dazzlingly under the rays of the sun, the firebird's eyes look like precious stones, and its wings look like large tongues of flame. The bird's feathers glow blue. One feather can easily light up a large room. You can get burned on its plumage. The fallen feather glows for a long time and gives warmth. And when it goes out, it turns into gold. The firebird eats golden or rejuvenating apples, which give it immortality and unearthly beauty. When she sings her wonderful songs, large round pearls fall to the ground from her beak. It is believed that the singing of the firebird can heal a sick person and restore sight to a blind person.

In Russian fairy tales, a brave hero usually requires the help of a strong creature who brings goodness and life and illuminates everything around. The firebird very often becomes such a voluntary assistant. But not every daredevil is awarded such an honor right away - often he has to endure more than one difficult test. (Fairy tales “The Tsar is a Maiden”, “Little Ivan - Great Mind”).

In the Russian folk tale "The Firebird", she is endowed not only with dazzling beauty, but also personifies goodness, justice and honesty.

However, the feather of the firebird brings misfortune, as, for example, in the fairy tale “Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf.” And the bird itself is sometimes a source of suffering for people. Because of their greed, the heroes have to overcome the most difficult trials.

The image of the firebird continues to live in the author’s works. For example, in the work of P. Ershov “The Little Humpbacked Horse”. For the hero, these birds are rather a whim of nature with an unknown purpose. The author of the fairy tale shows young readers that beauty is not the most important thing in life.

Nowadays, the image of the firebird continues to live everywhere. We see him on stage and again come to the conclusion that beauty has always been the main criterion for creators in art. World ballet star Andris Liepa created the play “The Return of the Firebird.” Our team used the image of the firebird in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics. Designer Alena Akhmadullina, inspired by the legends of the Firebird, created a clothing collection. And on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, 40 kilometers from St. Petersburg, it is planned to create a fairy tale city “Firebird”.

For me, the image of the firebird became not only a beautiful fantasy, but also our history, passed through the consciousness of the people. This bird embodies the ideals of people, their dreams and hopes. The Firebird convinces us that beauty, kindness, strength, justice are eternal values that we must cherish and pass on to the next generation.

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Ministry of Education of the Saratov Region

Department of Education of the Volzhsky District

Municipal educational institution

"Gymnasium No. 7"

The image of the Firebird on the pages of fairy tales

Creative work

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Student of grade 6 "B"

Boyasheva Karina

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Teacher of Russian language

And higher literature

Krasnova Nadezhda

Fedorovna

Saratov-2010

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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..
Chapter 1. The image of the firebird in Russian folk tales………………

Conclusion…………………………………………………………….…
List of references………………………………………………………
Application………………………………………………………………

Introduction

There is no person in the world who does not know and do not love the fabulous, beautiful image of the firebird. Why is she one of our favorite characters? I think because the firebird means something bright, kind, a dream that is not yet given to everyone, which still needs to be earned and suffered. It can be compared to happiness, because any happiness, even the tiniest one, will not come to you just like that. He, like the firebird, must be caught by the tail, not get burned, and held. Otherwise, what kind of happiness is it if it falls into your hands at the first call? Therefore, probably, in the soul of every person there lives the hope of catching happiness - the fire bird in his life. This fairy-tale character serves as the personification of eternal forces. And I would like the firebird to also become a symbol of undying children's literature, that literature that feeds a person with eternal spiritual strength.

The purpose of this work is to identify the role of the firebird in Russian folk tales; carry out observations of this image in the author’s fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse” by P. Ershov. Reading and analyzing fairy tales, I realized that the firebird plays a huge role in the fate of the heroes. She not only carries light, beauty, and kindness on her wings, but also personifies fabulous power and is a voluntary assistant in difficult trials.

Chapter 1

The image of the firebird in Russian folk tales.

No fairytale bird can compare in beauty with the heroine of Russian folk tales, the firebird. According to them, the firebird lives in the thirtieth kingdom.

The plumage of the strange bird sparkles so dazzlingly under the rays of the sun that a person cannot look at it for long. The firebird's eyes look like precious stones, and its wings look like large tongues of flame. It is also called a fire bird the size of a peacock. Its feathers glow blue. You can get burned on its plumage. One of her feathers can easily light up a large room. The fallen feather retains the properties of the firebird's plumage for a long time. It glows and gives warmth. And when the feather goes out, it turns into gold.

The firebird eats golden or rejuvenating apples, which give it immortality and unearthly beauty.

When she sings her wonderful songs, large round pearls fall to the ground from her beak. It is believed that the singing of the firebird can heal a sick person and restore sight to a blind person.

In Russian fairy tales, a brave hero usually requires the help of a strong creature who brings goodness and life and illuminates everything around. The firebird very often becomes such a voluntary assistant. However, not every daredevil is awarded such an honor right away - often he has to endure more than one difficult test.

In the fairy tale “The Tsar is a Maiden,” the main character Ivan is a merchant’s son. His mother died, his father got married, and assigned an uncle to his son to look after him. One day our hero met a tsar-maiden and fell in love with her. But their next meeting did not take place, since the uncle, following the instructions of Ivan’s stepmother, stuck a pin in his clothes and he fell fast asleep. When Ivan found out about his uncle’s betrayal, he cut off his head and went in search of his beloved. Having met Baba Yaga and begged for a trumpet from her, our hero summons the firebird to his aid. A flying bird of fire picks up Ivan Tsarevich and takes him away from the evil witch. Baba Yaga only manages to pull out a few feathers from the firebird’s tail. The firebird helped Ivan and took him to the hut where the old woman lived. It was she who helped him find the king-maiden.

Separately, it is necessary to say about the feathers of the wonderful bird. The firebird's feather brings misfortune. In the fairy tale “Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf,” the main character plucks a feather from the tail of the firebird, which flies at night to his father’s garden to peck golden apples. Having seen the feather, the king can no longer think about anything else except the firebird, and as a result, he sends all his sons to get the miracle bird. A fiery feather has approximately the same effect on the king from the fairy tale “Firebird Vasilisa the Princess.” And for the Sagittarius, who presented the king with a feather as a gift, this gift turns into a series of almost unfulfilled tasks. But as in most fairy tales, the positive hero goes through all the trials and finds happiness.

In the Russian folk tale “Lesser Ivan - Great Mind,” the image of the firebird is presented to us, the readers, as the image of a bird that not only guards the borders of the state, but with its loud voice gathers the army. In this tale, ordinary people, an old man and an old woman who had no children, saw a beautiful miracle bird and even found its nest, in which lay thirty-three eggs. The old man took the eggs, and thirty-three good youngsters hatched from them. The last thirty-third was Ivan the younger - a great mind. It turns out that the image of the firebird is presented to us here in the form of the mother of beautiful young men. They face many trials. And here the firebird always comes to their aid. The Firebird gives a signal to his sons so that the enemies are not taken by surprise.

Click here for help, miracle bird, your sons heroes.

The firebird started up so that the radiance from it illuminated everything around, raised its head up and screamed in a thin voice. As soon as her scream died down, lo and behold, thirty-two young heroes were rushing from the nearby forests towards the enemy’s army. Ahead is Tsar Ivan the Younger himself. And the enemy army trembled. “Strong borders! And if anyone comes, our mother, the firebird, will instantly give us a signal,” said the younger Ivan.

In the Russian folk tale "The Firebird", she is endowed not only with dazzling beauty, but also personifies goodness, justice and honesty. Having fallen into the hands of Ivan Tsarevich's dishonest brothers, the firebird turns into a crow, showing that the firebird is not given into the hands of evil and dishonest people. Only after Ivan Tsarevich returned home and the truth was revealed to the king, did the firebird take on its beautiful appearance.

All fairy tales in which the firebird lives are special - magical. Because the firebird is not only a beautiful, magnificent creature, but sometimes it is a source of suffering for people. Because of their greed, the heroes have to overcome the most difficult trials. I think that at all times, many of us will always be amazed by the fiery light falling from the wings of the firebird, and we will admire this miracle

Chapter 2

(based on the work of P. Ershov “The Little Humpbacked Horse”)

The image of the firebird continues to live in the author’s works. For example, in the work of P. Ershov “The Little Humpbacked Horse”. The main character's first acquaintance with the firebird does not occur immediately. First he finds her feather:

...the light burns brighter,

The little hunchback runs faster.

Here he is in front of the fire.

The field shines as if it were day;

A wonderful light flows all around,

But it doesn’t heat up, it doesn’t smoke.

Ivan was amazed here.

“What,” he said, “what kind of devil is this!”

There are about five hats in the world,

But there is no heat and no smoke;

Eco miracle - light!

The clever little hunchbacked horse warned Ivan: “It will bring with it much, much trouble.” Ivan did not listen. And the hunchback’s warnings came true. In addition to the difficult trials that our hero had to go through, the king ordered him to get the firebird:

Can't you get me the firebird?

To our royal room,

I swear by my beard,

You will pay me!”

Ivan set off with the little hunchback for the miracle bird.

When he saw a flock of firebirds, from which light spread over the mountain, he whispered:

“Ugh, devilish power!

Oh, the crap, they're gone!

Tea, there are about five dozen of them here.

To re-own everyone -

That would be a good time!

Needless to say, fear is beautiful!

Everyone's legs are red

And the tails are a real laugh!

Tea, chickens don’t have those.

And how much, boy, is the light -

Like a father’s oven!”

What does his reaction to strange birds and the comparisons he uses when describing them tell us?

Ivan is a peasant guy and looks at everything from the point of view of benefit:

“If we had taken over everyone, we would have made a profit!” And his comparisons to describe wonderful birds are completely everyday, taken from home life: chickens and “father’s oven.” In his assessment there is also admiration: “No need to say, they are beautiful!” and irony, because the tails of firebirds are “sheer laughter.” For him, these birds are rather a whim of nature with an unknown purpose. That’s why he even wants to finally “scare” them:

Check this out,

Look, you're fed up with screaming!

And, grabbing your bag,

It whips along and across.

Sparkling with a bright flame,

The whole flock started up,

Twisted around in a fiery circle

And it rushed beyond the clouds.

The king, seeing the firebird, was frightened; he thought it was a fire.

“This is the light from the heat bird,” Ivanushka answered.

Everything that happened to Ivan served as a good lesson for him.

The author of the fairy tale shows young readers that beauty is not the most important thing in life. Ershov's fairy-tale world is organically fused with peasant everyday life, and even magical fairy-tale images have an earthly beauty.

The firebird is the wind, a cloud, heat in a peasant stove, a red rooster outside the outskirts.

Conclusion .

Nowadays, the image of the firebird continues to live everywhere. We see him on stage and again come to the conclusion that beauty has always been the main criterion for creators in art. Our contemporaries, world ballet star Andris Liepa, planned to revive spirituality and beauty. He created a performance in beautiful costumes, calling it “The Return of the Firebird.” The premiere of the performance took place today at the Mariinsky Theater, and then on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. At the Chatelet Theater in Paris, the performance was such a success that the curtain was raised fifteen times to thunderous applause.

The image of the firebird existed in the distant past. Our ancestors believed that the firebird assisted in finding treasures. And over the treasure hidden in the ground, it is not a fiery flower that opens its bud, but a fairy-tale bird itself that sits on the legendary plant and waits for the lucky one to find it. Such legends come to us from time immemorial.

Our team used the image of the firebird in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics. The main element of our athletes' uniform was the firebird. Not only is the firebird a magical image of Russian fairy tales, embodying the dream of luck and prosperity, the desire for victory, but it also resembles the Phoenix bird, which in China is considered the bird of the emperor and a symbol of happiness. It is very symbolic that the firebird is in the form of a figure eight: for the Chinese this is acceptable and successful, for us it is victorious, simple and beautiful.

The image of the firebird is also used by designers these days. One of them, Alena Akhmadullina, presented her collection, which looks like a fairy tale. Alena was inspired by the legends of the Firebird. The collection of clothes looked so bright and shiny that all the models could easily pass for firebirds.

The image of firebirds also inspires architects. On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, 40 kilometers from St. Petersburg, it is planned to create a fairy-tale city “Firebird”. A huge entertainment complex will appear on an area of almost 300 hectares. Hotels, stadiums, and an aquarium will be located here. The fairy tale city will be based on famous Russian fairy tale images. And the most important image - the image of the firebird - is contained in the name of this miracle - the city.

List of used literature

S.V. Krivushin "Mysterious creatures". Publishing house "Veche", 2001
S.A. Tokarev “Myths of the peoples of the world.” Moscow. Scientific publishing house "Big Russian Encyclopedia" 1997
N. S. Budur “Fairytale Encyclopedia” Moscow “Olma-Press” 2005
Russian folk tales “Feather of the Firebird” Moscow “Christina and Olga” 1994
P.P. Ershov “The Little Humpbacked Horse” RIO “Samovar” 1990

Application

The fashion for tattoos is eternal. People have long sought to decorate their bodies with intricate designs that remind them of a particular event in their lives. Some, of course, do not imply a specific meaning in the chosen tattoo, but this does not mean that the image does not have it. One of the most common and beautiful images on the body is the mythical Firebird. A tattoo of such a fabulous nature is intended to be a bright ornament on a person’s body, which in difficult times will make him smile and remember something bright.

An image from Russian fairy tales

This magical creature in Rus' was considered a symbol of rebirth, new life and even resurrection, which connects it with its overseas brother - the Phoenix. Light and rebirth from the ashes are the main features of living lights that came to us from legends. In ancient times, this bird was for the Slavs a kind of deity who was responsible for sunlight. Our ancestors really believed that they were protected by none other than the Firebird.

A tattoo, like the mythical creature itself, can also be responsible for the sun, only not in the sky, but in the human soul.

This fictional character was closely associated with fire, and not just because of his sultry appearance. Just as fire can burn forever, moving from one log to another, so the Firebird was either a dying or a reborn magical creature. This is where the ancient Roman tradition of putting it on coins came from, since it was believed that this was a symbol of the indestructibility and eternal life of the state.

As for more recent times, during the spread of Christianity in Rus', the Firebird was considered a symbol of the eternal life of the soul. A tattoo with such an image also has a life-affirming meaning.

There are many examples when a root tattoo changed a person’s character, for example, an image of a skull will not bring anything good, but a picture with a kitten or puppy will make its owner softer and friendlier. Based on the above, we can say with certainty that it is positive and does not promise anything bad to its owner.

Meaning of tattoo

However, no matter how beautiful the image of the Firebird was in ancient Russian culture, it cannot be interpreted as 100% positive from the point of view of tattoos. The first and most basic is immortality - this is where it comes to mind

The following interpretation differs from the previous ones. It is noteworthy that, among other things, the cosmic symbol of infinity can be identified by the Firebird. A tattoo will give the owner powerful protection from bad influences only if the person himself puts such meaning into it. Otherwise, it will “burn” the owner, that is, change his essence. He can completely change his tastes and become a completely different person.

How is the Firebird depicted on a tattoo?

A bird on the hand in the form of a motley sleeve looks very good. It can be multi-colored and shimmer with all the shades of the rainbow, or consist of the usual bright orange or scarlet color. It is often depicted in flight - it seems to flutter from the chest onto the hand of its owner, reliably protecting him from the evil eye. Looks good on the back. It looks very impressive when bright, seemingly fiery feathers adorn the skin.

There are a great many images, but only the lover of body designs will decide what his Firebird (tattoo) will be. You can see photos with different tattoo options in the article.

In different parts of our world there are legends about amazing animals and birds that no one has ever seen, but whose descriptions are strikingly similar.

In different cultures, the image of the Firebird acquired its own details and shades.

Among the Slavs, the Firebird, ptak Ohnivak (Czech and Slovak) is a fabulous, fiery bird, its feathers shine with silver and gold (Ognivak’s feathers are reddish), wings are like tongues of flame, and its eyes glow like crystal.
It reaches the size of a peacock.
The Firebird lives in the Garden of Eden of Iria, in a golden cage.
At night it flies out of it and illuminates the garden with itself as brightly as thousands of lit lights.

The Firebird has a favorite food in the garden - rejuvenating apples, which give her beauty and immortality.
The Firebird has a healing singing; when she sings, pearls fall from her beak.
There is a blinding light around her. Every year, in the fall, the Firebird dies and is reborn in the spring.
Sometimes you can find a fallen feather from the Firebird's tail, brought into a dark room; it will replace the richest lighting.
You cannot catch it with your bare hands, as you can get burned on its plumage.
The fallen feather retains the properties of the Firebird plumage for a long time. It glows and gives warmth. And when the feather goes out, it turns into gold.

And only then, so that the luck and happiness that the Firebird bestows would not leave them, people began to make amulets and amulets, and paint dishes with her bright images.

According to a Russian fairy tale, each of her feathers “is so wonderful and bright that if you bring it into a dark room, it shines as if a great many candles were lit in that chamber.” The golden color of the Firebird and its golden cage are associated with the fact that the bird flies from another (“thirtieth”) kingdom, from where everything that is painted golden comes from. The Firebird can act as a kidnapper, in this case becoming closer to the Fire Serpent: she takes the mother of the hero of the fairy tale “far away.”

Comparative analysis suggests an ancient connection Firebird and Slovak "firebird" with other mythological images that embody fire, in particular with Rarog, the fire bird horse.

Firebird- a fairytale bird, a character in Russian fairy tales, is usually the goal of the hero's search. The feathers of the firebird have the ability to shine and their brilliance amazes human vision.

Catching the firebird is fraught with great difficulties and is one of the main tasks that the king (father) sets to his sons in the fairy tale. Only the kind youngest son manages to get the firebird. Mythologists (Afanasyev) explained the firebird as the personification of fire, light, and sun. The firebird feeds on golden apples, which give youth, beauty and immortality; When she sings, pearls fall from her beak. The singing of the firebird heals the sick and restores sight to the blind. Leaving aside arbitrary mythological explanations, we can compare the firebird with medieval stories about the Phoenix bird, reborn from the ashes, very popular in both Russian and Western European literature. The firebird is also the prototype of peacocks. Rejuvenating apples, in turn, can be compared with the fruits of the pomegranate tree, a favorite delicacy of Phoenixes.

The firebird feather is a subject of Russian folk tales, known for its magical properties. Who hasn’t read or listened to the fairy tale about Ivan the Fool, who found the firebird’s feather, as a child? It was with this discovery that his adventures began.

Many different fairy tales are associated with the firebird and his feather, which eventually became legends. The only thing more famous, perhaps, is the fern flower. It can also be noted that our firebird is clearly a relative of the phoenix, the firebird from European legends and fairy tales.

According to descriptions from fairy tales and illustrations to them, the Firebird resembles a peacock, and the feather of the Firebird also resembles a feather from a peacock’s tail. The firebird is also the size of a peacock, while the phoenix is described as the size of an eagle.

They say that you can catch the firebird only with bait - a cage with golden apples inside. Since not only the found feather is the fire of a bird, but also its entire plumage burns with fire, you cannot grab such a bird with your bare hands, you will instantly get burned. So Ivan had to lure her into the cage and put a bag on her so that the heat wouldn’t reach her hands.

Also, according to legend, the firebird guards the fern flower on the night of Ivan Kupala, when it blooms only once a year, and many young people go into the forest to look for it.

Fire feather firebird

According to the well-known fairy tale, Ivan the Fool found the feather of a firebird in the forest on a stump when he passed by at night. This feather glows in the dark, burns as if it were glowing with fire. At first, Ivan even decided that it was a fire burning in the darkness of the night, but, coming closer, they saw a feather of unearthly beauty.

According to some descriptions, this feather is golden, like all the plumage of the firebird, some talk about the red, orange, yellow and even crimson color of the feathers of the firebird. Someone mentions that the firebird glows with silver and gold, and its wings are fiery, which once again proves the connection between the firebird and the phoenix. In books, the heat of the bird and its feathers are usually drawn in red and orange.

Properties of firebird feather

The feather of a firebird can illuminate any, even the darkest room, so that at night it will be light in a way that is not possible on the clearest day. If you remember the fairy tale, this is how the king’s servant noticed that Ivan the Fool had a firebird’s feather, immediately reporting this to his master.

According to legends, over time, the feather of the firebird stops glowing and burning with fire, hardening and turning into gold. Having found several of these feathers, you can get quite rich, if only you knew where to look.

They also say that with the help of the firebird's feather you can find treasures, since like attracts like. And so the golden feather attracts the gold stored in the earth.

The heatbird feather retains the properties of the heatbird plumage for a long time, until it becomes golden. And besides the fact that it glows brightly, it gives warmth. Apparently, not so much that you could get burned with it, since Ivan the Fool took it with his bare hands, but enough so that you could warm up from it. This is a pretty good hot water bottle.

Somehow I accidentally came across an article in which, referring to a Slavic legend, it was said that when the gods saw that people walk the earth without loving anyone and were destroying themselves with the coldness of their hearts, they sent a magical fire of love in the form of a bird to the earth - Firebirds.

And since then she has been flying around the earth and spreading the fire of love.
Happiness is for the one who manages to catch her, but a hundred times greater happiness is for the one whom the Firebird honors as her master. After all, the Firebird is more like the molten metal from which it most likely consists. You can catch it only with mittens, it’s very hot - you can get very burned. To whomever she submits of her own free will, she will give her beneficial warmth all her life. But as soon as she feels indifference, she will immediately fly away - she cannot stand it, and it’s easy to kill her... Put her in a cage and she will die. Her fiery body will cool down and instead of hot love there will be a cold piece of gold in the cage...
Such a beautiful legend. It's a pity that I was never able to find the original.

The Egyptians believed that the Phoenix was the link between the divine plan and the implementation of the plan, reminiscent of divine creation and the rebirth of life. Phoenix is the soul of Osiris, it is the hope of overcoming the path of the dead. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead it is written: “Like a phoenix I will pass through the regions of the other world.”

The Greeks, who took the story of the Phoenix from Egypt, believed that the life of the Bird is cyclically connected with world history and depends on the course of the planets (the Sun, Moon and other planets return to their “previous” places). The Stoics, in support of this, said that the world, like a Bird, dies and is born in fire, and there is no end to this transformation.

The Iranians knew another name for this bird - Simurgh. The bird had the gift of foresight, but its nature was dual, containing “good” and “harmful” halves.

In Sufism, the Simurgh symbolizes the Perfect Man, who has knowledge of the Divine Essence. This Entity, like the legendary bird, cannot be seen.

In the early Christian apocrypha of Baruch it was written about the Bird: “This is the keeper of the world... If it were not for covering | the fiery vision | the sun, then neither the human race nor all creation on earth would have been alive from the heat of the sun.”

The Chinese fiery Feng Huang was one of the four sacred creatures, and symbolized immortality, perfection and generosity. The appearance of such a bird, even in a dream, meant a turning point in a person’s life, the need to perform a significant act or the birth of a child endowed with special talents.

Alchemists of medieval Europe considered the Phoenix a symbol of rebirth, the completion of the “Great Work”. For them it also meant purifying and transforming fire, the chemical element sulfur and the color red.

The description of the Bird is very similar for different peoples. “The air was colored with all the colors of the rainbow, beautiful sounds came from the feathers and wings of the bird, a pleasant smell emanated from it...” - this was what was said about the wonderful bird Simurgh in an Arabic treatise of the 13th century. “There is another sacred bird there... and its name is Phoenix,” wrote Herodotus. “Her appearance and appearance are very reminiscent of an eagle, and her feathers are partly golden, partly red.” “The cinnabar bird, the substance of flame,” “its color pleases the eye, its crest expresses righteousness, its tongue is sincere,” the Chinese said, referring to Feng Huang, the ruler of the South. The fire bird, the Slavs believed, meaning the Firebird, you can easily get burned on its plumage. Each feather glows like many candles, and is sharp, stronger than damask steel. And she herself shines with either blue or crimson light.

“O Atum-Khepri, you shone [in the form of] Benu on the eternal Hill of Ben-Ben...” - these are the words of the ancient Egyptian Hymn about the creation of the world. Not created by anyone, the original bird flew over the waters of the ocean until it finally made a nest for itself on Ben-Ben Hill. Or maybe it was not Benu at all, but the beautiful white goose Great Gogotun, who laid an egg on the same hill from which the sun god was born? However, many peoples tell stories that a bird took part in the process of creating the world. It is unlikely that people knew exactly who created the world, but the image of the dazzling bird remained in myths and legends, and the obelisks on the memorial hill near Heliopolis shone, reflecting the sun.

If you try, according to surviving legends, to restore the history of the fabulous Firebird, or as it is more often known, the Phoenix, then you can tell the following legend.

The beautiful Bird with dazzling plumage existed from the very beginning of the world, dying and being reborn in the purifying flame at the turn of the eras. She herself sacrificed herself, and each time, again rising from the ashes, she turned her gaze beyond the earthly boundaries, through the stars, to the world of pure light, to where the immortal gods were once born, and where she went in those three days while her body turned to dust, and her soul became free. The bird knew what was, what is and what will be, and yet it preserved the world in which it had built its nest. People who heard about the Bird believed that, like her, they also had an immortal soul that only changed shells.

There lived a magical Bird far, far away, at the very edge of the earth. No one knew where exactly. Some said that her nest was hidden from human eyes on the top of a mountain, others that she built it in the middle of the endless desert, in the thirtieth “other” state, perfect and far from worldly vanity. Many trials and dangers lay in wait on the path of those who dared to go on a search, for any path to a creature that contains the fire of the original creation is thorny and unpredictable.

To get to the Bird, it was necessary to overcome the Valley of Search, the Valley of Love, the Valley of Knowledge, the Valley of Separation, the Valley of Unity, the Desert of Amazement, the Desert of Destruction and Death. And one could try to walk this long path along the roads, washing iron boots and gnawing iron loaves, or one could do it in one’s heart, overcoming and changing oneself.

Rarely did mortals see the beautiful Bird in all its glory. For this to happen, peace and harmony had to reign on earth. Only a desperate daredevil with pure thoughts, guided through life by a dream, could see her, having overcome many trials. It is not for nothing that the Bird was sometimes called the Firebird, because heat, fire is creativity, creation, and “burning.”

She was the perfect creation of the One, and everyone who saw her, even from afar, became the owner of a wonderful gift. The light of divine radiance that surrounded the Bird also fell on the person, endowing him with what he wanted most in his heart: talents, skills, happiness. And now the man who received the gift from the Bird himself carried a reflection of the magical light.

The Legend of the Firebird

Believe it if you want, check it if you want.
If you want, listen, if you want, hear.
But the matter was overgrown with reality,
and what did not happen are fables.

Only in one distant kingdom,
heavenly state
Once upon a time there were beautiful maidens -
they are all such needlewomen,
your article is bright and beautiful,
beautiful souls with beauty.
Only with people who knew them
seemed like a bird of paradise,
a burning bird of fire,
the light of the soul illuminating the world.
That's why they were all called Firebirds,
casting out all unclean things,
that's why all people don't just
You can now hear the songs of the birds of paradise.
But a fiery bird awaits everyone,
what you can’t take with your hand, don’t touch,
where the goblin didn’t even go,
There is one tree true to life,
a beautiful bird sits there,
bursting with heat and a wondrous voice
gives the traveler sweet peace
and burns away everything that is wrong in him.
It is unlikely that you will be able to reach the Tree yourself,
dark forces do not let people in,
guarded from the eyes of strict guards
by decree from above heaven.
For a long time there have been escorts there
were that they knew
go around like dark thickets
and the steep mountains are impassable.
But only worthy and lucky
could lead to the Eternal Tree,
so that when you meet that bird-maiden
The fire stopped burning her.

That's the whole wonderful tale.
Those who were obedient should feast for that.
for good, for health, and for Glory
live, but don’t get upset!!!
Crimean legend about the Firebird

A long time ago, peace, joy and prosperity reigned in our region. Overseas guests came with strange gifts, they were welcomed by local residents, and taken to see the wondrous wonder - the Firebird.

That bird was of extraordinary beauty: every feather on it glowed and shimmered, and it shone in the night like the bright sun. The Firebird flew in every night to feast on the rejuvenating apples that grew at that time on our fertile land. Having eaten, she began to sing angelic songs in a heavenly voice. The guests listened to healing singing and admired such a rich region and its kind inhabitants.

Year after year passed, and somehow Greed sailed from across the sea with one ship. She went into people's huts and whispered evil intentions in their ears.

The neighbors began to quarrel with each other, looking for richer guests so that they could get the best and richest gifts. Dark thoughts entangled their heads, fierce envy settled in good hearts. People became greedy, angry and inhospitable, they began to slander and often stamp their feet in anger.

And the earth hardened, turned into stones, and dried up without human love.

As a result, the apple trees with their plump apples dried up, and there was no one to care for them. And magic apple trees never grow on earth where brother does not shake hands with brother and where discord reigns between people.

The wonderful Firebird stopped flying for her favorite delicacy. The last apple fell from the branch, the grains fell into the cracks of the earth, and did not sprouted again.

So they still lie there, waiting for the soil to become soft and caring again. And the land will be better only if kind and good people begin to live on it.

As people again begin to coexist in love with each other, stop envying and making evil intrigues, so the earth and nature will answer them in the same way. And then the seeds of the rejuvenating apple tree will sprout, and the Firebird will begin to fly to us again. And again, overseas guests will come with gifts to look at the wondrous wonder, listen to angelic songs, and will praise our wonderful, prosperous land.

In Russian fairy tales, the goal is usually to find the hero of the fairy tale. The feathers of the firebird have the ability to shine and their brilliance amazes human vision. The Firebird is a fiery bird, its feathers shine with silver and gold (Ognivak’s feathers are reddish), its wings are like tongues of flame, and its eyes glow like crystal. It reaches the size of a peacock.

The Firebird lives in the Garden of Eden of Iria, in a golden cage. At night it flies out of it and illuminates the garden with itself as brightly as thousands of lit lights.

Catching the firebird is fraught with great difficulties and is one of the main tasks that the king (father) sets to his sons in the fairy tale. Only the youngest son manages to get the firebird. Mythologists (Afanasyev) explained the firebird as the personification of fire, light, and sun. The firebird feeds on golden apples, which give youth, beauty and immortality; When she sings, pearls fall from her beak.

The singing of the firebird heals the sick and restores sight to the blind. Leaving aside arbitrary mythological explanations, we can compare the firebird with medieval, very popular stories in both Russian and Western European literature about the Phoenix bird, reborn from the ashes. The prototype of the Firebird is the peacock. Rejuvenating apples, in turn, can be compared with the fruits of the pomegranate tree, a favorite delicacy of Phoenixes.

Every year, in the fall, the Firebird dies and is reborn in the spring. Sometimes you can find a fallen feather from the Firebird's tail, brought into a dark room; it will replace the richest lighting.

Over time, such a feather turns into gold. To catch, Firebirds use a golden cage with apples inside as a trap. You cannot catch it with your bare hands, as you can get burned on its plumage.

Literature, on screen

// Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron: In 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional ones). - St. Petersburg. , 1890-1907.
Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov, "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
Soyuzmultfilm 1947 director: Ivan Ivanov-Vano “The Little Humpbacked Horse”.
Soyuzmultfilm 1975 director: Boris Butakov “The Little Humpbacked Horse”
Creative association "Ekran" 1984 director: V. Samsonov "Firebird" the film uses music from I. Stravinsky's orchestral suite "Firebird"
Association of artistic animation "Kievnauchfilm" 1983 director: Caesar Orshansky "Firebird" based on the fairy tale by A. Tolstoy

Links

Firebird // Mythological Dictionary / Ch. edited by E.M. Meletinsky. M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1991
Lozovskaya N.V. Multilingual project: Variants of fairy-tale plot type AT 550 Search for a Golden Bird / SUS 550 Tsarevich and the gray wolf

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In East Slavic mythology, a wonderful bird. According to a Russian fairy tale, each of her feathers “is so wonderful and bright that if you bring it into a dark room, it shines as if a great many candles were lit in that chamber.” Gold color... Encyclopedia of Mythology

Y; and. In Russian fairy tales: a magical bird with sparkling feathers that burn like heat. Catch the hot bird. Find the firebird feather. ◁ Bird's heat, ah, oh. Razg. * * * The Firebird is a bird with sparkling feathers, an image of Russian fairy tales, embodying... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

FIREBIRD, firebird, female. (folk poet.). In Russian folk tales, a bird whose feathers burn like heat. “And from that hat the firebird’s feather, wrapped in three rags, takes the royal treasure.” Ershov. Ushakov's explanatory dictionary. D.N. Ushakov. 1935 1940 ... Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

FIREBIRD, s, female. In Russian fairy tales: a bird of extraordinary beauty with brightly glowing feathers. Find (get) a firebird feather (translated: about happiness, luck). Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 … Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

Firebird- a character from fairy tales. Will distinguish. a sign of wonderful plumage (golden feathers): with the advent of J.P. everything is illuminated with bright light. Basic motives: steals golden apples from the royal garden; the hero gets her pen, he goes in search and with the help... ... Russian humanitarian encyclopedic dictionary

Firebird, firebird... Spelling dictionary-reference book

A bird with sparkling feathers, an image of Russian fairy tales, embodying the people's dream of happiness... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary

Noun, number of synonyms: 2 cassowary (3) bird (723) ASIS Dictionary of Synonyms. V.N. Trishin. 2013… Synonym dictionary

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In different parts of our world there are legends about amazing animals and birds that no one has ever seen, but whose descriptions are strikingly similar.

In different cultures, the image of the Firebird acquired its own details and shades. Among the Slavs, the Firebird, ptak Ohnivak (Czech and Slovak) is a fabulous, fiery bird, its feathers shine with silver and gold (Ognivak’s feathers are reddish), wings are like tongues of flame, and its eyes glow like crystal.
It reaches the size of a peacock.
The Firebird lives in the Garden of Eden of Iria, in a golden cage.
At night it flies out of it and illuminates the garden with itself as brightly as thousands of lit lights.

And only then, so that the luck and happiness that the Firebird bestows would not leave them, people began to make amulets and amulets, and paint dishes with her bright images.

Firebird

A comparative analysis suggests an ancient connection between the Firebird and the Slovak “fire bird” with other mythological images embodying fire, in particular with Rarog, the fire horse-bird.

The Firebird is a fairy-tale bird, a character in Russian fairy tales, usually the goal of the hero's search. The feathers of the firebird have the ability to shine and their brilliance amazes human vision.

Also, according to legend, the firebird guards the fern flower on the night of Ivan Kupala, when it blooms only once a year, and many young people go into the forest to look for it.

Fire feather firebird

Properties of firebird feather

They also say that with the help of the firebird's feather you can find treasures, since like attracts like. And so the golden feather attracts the gold stored in the earth.

And since then she has been flying around the earth and spreading the fire of love.

Happiness is for the one who manages to catch her, but a hundred times greater happiness is for the one whom the Firebird honors as her master. After all, the Firebird is more like the molten metal from which it most likely consists. You can catch it only with mittens, it’s very hot - you can get very burned. To whomever she submits of her own free will, she will give her beneficial warmth all her life. But as soon as she feels indifference, she will immediately fly away - she cannot stand it, and it’s easy to kill her... Put her in a cage and she will die. Her fiery body will cool down and instead of hot love there will be a cold piece of gold in the cage...

Such a beautiful legend. It's a pity that I was never able to find the original.

Phoenix

The Iranians knew another name for this bird - Simurgh. The bird had the gift of foresight, but its nature was dual, containing “good” and “harmful” halves.

In Sufism, the Simurgh symbolizes the Perfect Man, who has knowledge of the Divine Essence. This Entity, like the legendary bird, cannot be seen.

If you try, according to surviving legends, to restore the history of the fabulous Firebird, or as it is more often known, the Phoenix, then you can tell the following legend.

The Legend of the Firebird

Believe it if you want, check it if you want.
If you want, listen, if you want, hear.
But the matter was overgrown with reality,
and what did not happen are fables.

That's the whole wonderful tale.
Those who were obedient should feast for that.
for good, for health, and for Glory
live, but don’t get upset!!!

Crimean legend about the Firebird

A long time ago, peace, joy and prosperity reigned in our region. Overseas guests came with strange gifts, they were welcomed by local residents, and taken to see the wondrous wonder - the Firebird.

Year after year passed, and somehow Greed sailed from across the sea with one ship. She went into people's huts and whispered evil intentions in their ears.

And the earth hardened, turned into stones, and dried up without human love.

The wonderful Firebird stopped flying for her favorite delicacy. The last apple fell from the branch, the grains fell into the cracks of the earth, and did not sprouted again.

So they still lie there, waiting for the soil to become soft and caring again. And the land will be better only if kind and good people begin to live on it.

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