Fairy Tales of Siberian Folks

Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia: Vital Publishers, 1992. First Edition . Hard Back. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8" X 10 1/4. Yegorov, Victor and Larisa - Pictures. 207 Pages. Glossy Laminated Boards No defects noted. Interior text and illustrations are flawless. Gift Quality. A dual language book with Russian in the left column and English in the right column. Russian people settled in Siberia a long time ago after Yermak's subjugation of Siberia and that is when the history of Russian folklore began. If you don't like it- don't listen, if you do listen - don't forget it. The same thought rings in Alexander Pushkin's verses: The 68 Fairy Tales in this book are from the indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Russian Far North. Fairy-tales are not true, but the hints in them can teach you a thing or two. Russian fairy-tales about Nature express a nation's soul and conscience. The essence of good and evil, the beauty of the world around is revealed in them. Would you like to know why animals differ from each other? Why the Raven is black and not white? Why Lions don't live in Siberia any more, and why the Bear has no thumb? Or how the Falcon lit a fire in the sky, how the Ant visited the Frog, and how the little Gnat triumphed over the Evil Spirit-Chuchunna? This book will tell you fairy-tales and legends about various animals, birds, insects inhabiting the taiga and the tundra. Siberian boys and girls love listening to these stories and reading them, sometimes they even make up their own tales. These fairy-tales as well as the pictures by Victor and Larisa Yegorov make for Happy Reading. Includes Glossary, and a List of Siberian Sayings and Proverbs.