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Vasilisa The Beautiful
Vasilisa the Beautiful (russian: Василиса Прекрасная) or Vasilisa the Fair is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in '' Narodnye russkie skazki''. Synopsis By his first wife, a merchant had a single daughter, who was known as Vasilisa the Beautiful. When the girl was eight years old, her mother died; when it became clear that she was dying, she called Vasilisa to her bedside, where she gave Vasilisa a tiny, wooden, one-of-a-kind doll talisman (a Motanka doll), with explicit instructions; Vasilisa must ''always'' keep the doll somewhere on her person and never allow anyone (not even her father) to see it or even know of its existence; whenever Vasilisa should find herself in need of help, whenever overcoming evil, obstacles, or just be in need of advice or just some comfort, all that she needs to do is to offer it a little to eat and a little to drink, and then, whatever Vasilisa's need, it would help her. Once her mother had died, Vasilisa off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilisa
Vasilisa may refer to: *Vasilisa (name), a given name (and a list of people and characters with the name) * ''Vasilisa'' (2014 film), a Russian historical film with Svetlana Khodchenkova * ''Vasilisa'' (2000 film), a German-Russian film featuring Simon Verhoeven and Nina Hagen See also * Vasilisa the Beautiful, Russian fairy tale *Vasilisa the Beautiful (1939 film), Russian film * Vasilisa the Beautiful (1977 film), Russian animation film *Basilissa (other) Basilissa ( grc, Βασίλισσα) is a feminine form of the Greek title ''basileus'' ("king" or "emperor"). Basilissa may also refer to: * Basilinna or Basilissa, the ritual queen who was wed to Dionysus during the Anthesteria in ancient Athe ... * Vasilissa (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the term—a ruler with the same rank as a Roman emperor, holding it by the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch)—but was usually considered by western Europeans to be equivalent to "king". It lends its name to a system of government, tsarist autocracy or tsarism. "Tsar" and its variants were the official titles of the following states: * Bulgarian Empire (First Bulgarian Empire in 681–1018, Second Bulgarian Empire in 1185–1396), and also used in Tsardom of Bulgaria, in 1908–1946 * Serbian Empire, in 1346–1371 * Tsardom of Russia, in 1547–1721 (replaced in 1721 by ''imperator'' in Russian Empire, but still remaining in use, also officially in relation to several regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reilly in the early 20th century and is an example of American folklore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the "big man" idea of characters, such as Paul Bunyan or John Henry. History The first known stories were published in 1917 by Edward O'Reilly for '' The Century Magazine'', and collected and reprinted in 1923 in the book ''Saga of Pecos Bill''. O'Reilly claimed they were part of an oral tradition of tales told by cowboys during the westward expansion and settlement of the southwest, including Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. But American folklorist Richard M. Dorson found that O'Reilly invented the stories as "folklore", and that later writers either borrowed tales from O'Reilly, or added further adventures of their own invention to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Frankos
Laura Frankos-Turtledove is an American author born February 9, 1960. She writes as Laura Frankos. Biography Frankos is married to the science fiction author Harry Turtledove and has three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca. Her brother is fantasy author Steven Frankos. Literary career Frankos has written mysteries, fantasy and science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ... stories. She has published one mystery novel, ''Saint Oswald's Niche'', which is currently out of print, a time travel novel, ''Broadway Revival'', and ''The Broadway Musical Quiz Book''. Frankos also writes the Broadway history column "The Great White Wayback Machine" and has published numerous trivia quizzes about Broadway plays. Bibliography Novels *''St. Oswald's Niche'' (1992) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Did You Say Chicks?!
''Did You Say Chicks?!'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in February 1998. It was the second of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner. The book collects 19 short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner and a section of notes about the authors. Contents * "Introduction" (Esther Friesner) * "No Pain, No Gain" (Elizabeth Moon) * "Slue-Foot Sue and the Witch in the Woods" (Laura Frankos) * "A Young Swordswoman's Garden Primer" ( Sarah Zettel) * "The Old Fire" (Jody Lynn Nye) * "Like No Business I Know" (Mark Bourne) * "A Bone to Pick" ( Marina Frants and Keith R. A. DeCandido) * "The Attack of the Avenging Virgins" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) * "Oh, Sweet Goodnight!" ( Christina Briley and Walter Vance Awsten) * "A Bitch in Time" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilisa The Beautiful (1977 Film)
''Vasilisa the Beautiful'' (russian: Василиса Прекрасная, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya) is a 1977 Soviet hand-drawn animated film directed by Vladimir Pekar and made by Soyuzmultfilm Studio. The story is based on the Russian folk tale The Frog Princess. Plot The tsar wants his three sons to get married. The brothers gather into an open field and shoot arrows into different directions. The arrow of the eldest son falls at the Boyarsky Dvor, to the daughter of a Boyar, arrow of the middle son - fell into the yard of a merchant, and the arrow of the youngest son Ivan falls into the swamp. Ivan is reluctant at first about taking a frog as his bride, but she manages to convince him. The tsar then assigns 3 tasks to each of the brides to see who is most worthy of royalty. For the first task, he asks that all three of the brides each make him a shirt, "fit for a king". That night, Ivan despairs over the fact that his bride is a frog, but the frog princess, Vasilisa, tells him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Winthrop
Elizabeth Winthrop ( Alsop; born September 14, 1948) is an American writer, the author of more than sixty published books, primarily children's fiction. She is best known for the classic middle-grade novel, '' The Castle in the Attic'' and its sequel, ''The Battle for the Castle'', which, together, have been nominated for 23 state book awards and are considered children's classics. Life Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop was born in Washington, D.C. She is a daughter of the newspaper columnist and political analyst Stewart Alsop and Patricia Alsop, a retired American Red Cross medical research technologist. One of her siblings is investor and pundit Stewart Alsop II. Her uncle was Joseph Alsop. Her grandfather was Joseph Alsop IV (1876–1953), who married Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886–1971). She is a great grandniece of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and first-cousin twice removed to Eleanor Roosevelt. Her great-grandmother was Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Winthrop graduated fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frog Tsarevna
The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins. It is classified as type 402, the animal bride, in the Aarne–Thompson index. Another tale of this type is the Norwegian ''Doll i' the Grass''.D. L. Ashliman,Animal Brides: folktales of Aarne–Thompson type 402 and related stories Russian variants include the ''Frog Princess'' or ''Tsarevna Frog'' (''Царевна Лягушка'', ''Tsarevna Lyagushka'') and also Vasilisa the Wise (''Василиса Премудрая'', ''Vasilisa Premudraya''); Alexander Afanasyev collected variants in his ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Synopsis The king (or an old peasant woman, in Lang's version) wants his three sons to marry. To accomplish this, he creates a test to help them find brides. The king tells each prince to shoot an arrow. According to the King's rules, each prince will find his bride where the arrow lands. The youngest son's arrow is picked up by a frog. The king assigns his three prospectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilisa The Beautiful (1940 Film)
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Aleksandr Rou
Alexander Arturovich Rou (also, Rowe, from his Irish father's name) (russian: Александр Артурович Роу, – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1968). He directed a number of children's fantasy films, based mostly on Russian folklore, that were highly popular and often imitated in the Soviet Union. Biography He was born to an Irish father Arthur Rowe, (an engineer, who in 1905 came under contract to Russia to establish flour-milling) hence his unusual (for Russia) family name, and a Greek mother, known as Julia Karageorgia.Sputnitskaya, YuliaPtushko. Rou. Mater-class in Soviet Kino-fantasy p. 162 His father worked in Yuryevets and in 1914 returned to Ireland, leaving the family in unstable Russia. Starting in 1930, Alexander worked at Mezhrabpomfilm as an assistant director to Yakov Protazanov on the films ''Marionettes'' (1934) and '' Without a Dowry'' (1937), as well as with other directors. From 1937, he work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Hodgetts
Edith M. S. Hodgetts (died 1902) was a Russian-born British writer of children's stories, folk tales, and fairy tales. Biography She was born in Russia, where she spent her childhood, and was god daughter to Michael Nicolaevitch and Sophie Nicolaevna. Later she moved to England. She is best known for her book ''Tales and Legends from the Land of the Tzar'', a collection of Russian fairy tales first published in 1890 in London. It was reprinted in 1891, 1892, 1972, 1974, 1983, 2013, 2015 and 2017. In the introduction to her book, Hodgett says the stories were originally sourced from her childhood - as dictated to her at school and told to her by her nanny and household servants - as well as translated from Russian collections. The book is dedicated: To their Excellencies Michael Nicolaevitch and Sophie Nicolaevna de Kapoustine, this little book is most affectionately dedicated by the translator, their god-daughter, Edith.Two of the Russian stories, '' The Blacksmith and the Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born January 27, 1945) is a first-generation American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst. She is the author of '' Women Who Run with the Wolves'' (1992), which remained on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list for 145 weeks and has sold over two million copies. Life and career Estés was born in Gary, Indiana, to Emilio Maria Reyés and Cepción Ixtiz, who were from Mexico. She is a certified senior Jungian analyst. She earned her doctorate, from the Union Institute & University 981 in ethno-clinical psychology on the study of social and psychological patterns in cultural and tribal groups. She is the author of many books on the journey of the soul. Beginning in 1992 and onward, her work has been published in 37 languages. Her book '' Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of The Wild Woman Archetype'' was on the ''New York Times best seller list for 145 weeks, as well as other best seller lists, including ''USA Today'', ''Publishers Weekly'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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