Bylins are songs-tales about folk heroes of Ancient Rus, as a rule, heroes fighting with evil for the Russian land. They reflected the reality of 11-16 centuries. Bylina - a kind of genre of oral folk art, which seems to reflect historical events, but with figurative exaggeration. Heroes in them have superpower or other abilities (the ability to play, sing); And the enemies are completely fantastic: Snake Gorynych, Nightingale the robber, King of the sea lord. Since epic genre is song, it has a rhythm, a special syllable. Reading it, as if you get into the historical past and see the film, because it is rich in figurative expressions.
Bylina "Sadko"
Slightly different from other stories bylinas "Sadko", a summary of which, by the way, you will not read much longer than the song itself. If you are not too lazy, then the pleasures and benefits of reading the source you will get much more than from someone else's retelling. Although if you have problems understanding ancient Slavic words, then, of course, the short content of "Sadko" will help you better understand the essence of the mythical and slightly fantastic story. We recommend that after reading the presentation, refer to the original source and feel the beauty of the wordplay.
What is the story about?
Beautiful, unusual and different from other legends epic "Sadko." The summary of it, perhaps, will not make a proper impression. There are no heroes in it. In it, there are no battles with the enemies explicit. But it has an idea of how important it is to have talent, the patronage of the Higher Forces for personal qualities. Also in the epic there is talk about the fight against human vices, in particular, bragging. But you can learn all this indirectly, having made your conclusions, and not necessarily such, perhaps, quite different. Reading the same summary of "Sadko", you learn only the sequence of events.
Retelling
In ancient Novgorod lived Sadko - guslar. He was young, handsome and talented, that's just "a goal as a falcon". Gusli - all his belongings were. But he loved Sadko to sing and play so much that even when no one wanted to listen to him, he came to the shore of Ilmen Lake and gave himself to his favorite business alone. In any case, he thought so. After all, everything died down. All nature listened to wonderful singing. The King of the Sea once heard him and rose from the depths to reward the guslar for playing his marvelous. He told Sadko to make a bet with the traders, laying his head that lives in Ilmen-Lake wonderful fish gold pen. In return, he ordered them to lay down their goods and commercial shops (business in our own way). The three richest merchants agreed to a deal - they wanted to kill Sadko out of envy. But the singer won the argument. The sea king kept his word and caught Sadko a goldfish in the net. On the advice of Vladika, he did not argue more and soon became rich due to the good he had gained. But several years have passed, he married and became a merchant, richer than he was in the city. He made a feast noble, as it was supposed to be then. Many spoke on it: the stupid boasted of a young wife, the clever esteemed their parents. Sadko could not resist, he began to boast of his wealth and pledged to fight that all of Novgorod could be redeemed. But when he began to buy up all the goods, gold and silver quickly ended the beginning. Sadko decided to go to other cities to sell his goods. During the trip, a violent storm rose on the lake. And the ships would be sunk, but Sadko realized in time: The king of the sea tribute demands. He ordered to pour a barrel of silver into the water, then zlata, but the waves did not stop. Sadko understood: the human sacrifice is necessary for the tsar. Was cast lots (this is an interesting point, the summary of "Sadko" all do not fit). Sadko was chosen, although he tried to trick me. They lowered him to the water on the board, where he fell asleep, and woke up at the bottom of the sea in front of the Lords' chambers, who was glad to be a guest. Sadko played the king until the strings broke (not without the intervention of other forces, which we also do not fit into the summary of "Sadko"). Then the king invited the singer to choose a wife - one of the daughters, which meant forever to remain in the underwater kingdom. The hero (also not without the help of the Holy One) chooses a living girl, thereby freeing the captive and herself.