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Ukrainian Fairy Tale
A Ukrainian fairy tale, "''Kazka''" (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ''казка''), is a fairy tale from Ukraine. The plural of ''казка'' is казки (''kazky''). In times of oral tradition, they were used to transmit knowledge and history. Description Ukrainian folk literature is vast. Many Ukrainian fairy tales feature forests and grassy plains, with people working as farmers or hunters. Many Ukrainian fairy tales feature animals. There are often parallels with other regional traditions such as Russia, Turkey, and Poland. One purpose of Ukrainian fairy tales was to teach children about dangers, and also the importance of growing crops for survival the following year.Suwyn 1997, p. xv-xxiii Though teaching children was an important purpose of Ukrainian fairy tales, Ukrainian fairy tales were not exclusively for children. Characters in Ukrainian fairy tales often feature warriors, princes, and peasants.Suwyn 1997, p. ix-xi Common features of narrative transition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cossack Fairy Tales And Folk-tales
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or , sk, kozáci , uk, козаки́ are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of Ukraine and southern Russia. Historically, they were a semi-nomadic and semi-militarized people, who, while under the nominal suzerainty of various Eastern European states at the time, were allowed a great degree of self-governance in exchange for military service. Although numerous linguistic and religious groups came together to form the Cossacks, most of them coalesced and became East Slavic languages, East Slavic-speaking Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christians. The Cossacks were particularly noted for holding democratic traditions. The rulers of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
