Сказки народов Сибири и Дальнего Востока

Sibirʹ i Dalʹniĭ Vostok - ėto beskraĭnie prostory, gde vremi͡a techet po osobym zakonam, a priroda i͡avli͡aet svoi͡u pervozdannui͡u moshchʹ. Velichestvennye khrebty Altai͡a i Sai͡an, zasnezhennye vershiny Kamchatki s dymi͡ashchimisi͡a vulkanami, moguchiĭ Eniseĭ i tainstvennai͡a Lena, petli͡ai͡ushchai͡a sredi taezhnykh debreĭ, - ėti zemli dyshat drevneĭ siloĭ i khrani͡at mnozhestvo nerazgadannykh taĭn. V nasheĭ antologii sobrany 86 skazok 35 narodov Sibiri i Dalʹnego Vostoka - ėvenkov, nanaĭt͡sev, chukcheĭ, i͡akutov, kori͡akov i drugikh, zapisannye v XIX - nachale XX veka so slov narodnykh skaziteleĭ. Zdesʹ znakomye s detstva si͡uzhety obretai͡ut novoe zvuchanie: malenʹkai͡a li͡agushka pobezhdaet moguchego zveri͡a ne siloĭ, a khitrostʹi͡u, a vstrecha s khishchnikom mozhet obernutʹsi͡a ne gibelʹi͡u, a neozhidannym soi͡uzom. Ėto mir, v kotorom shamany razgovarivai͡ut s dukhami, a burkhany - khraniteli taĭgi - vmeshivai͡utsi͡a v sudʹby li͡udeĭ. Zveri zdesʹ mysli͡at kak li͡udi, les zhivet po svoim zakonam, a sila ne vsegda pobezhdaet - chashche pobezhdaet smekalka. Bolʹshai͡a chastʹ ėtikh skazok dolgoe vremi͡a ostavalasʹ skrytoĭ v redkikh ėtnograficheskikh i folʹklornykh izdanii͡akh i lishʹ teperʹ otkryvaetsi͡a shirokomu chitateli͡u. Izdanie ukrashai͡ut illi͡ustrat͡sii vydai͡ushchikhsi͡a khudozhnikov - V. I. Surikova, N. N. Karazina, G. I. Gurkina, A. A. Borisova i drugikh, a takzhe krasochnye izobrazhenii͡a iz knig i alʹbomov XIX veka. Ėtot sbornik - vozmozhnostʹ uvidetʹ, kak po-raznomu mozhet zvuchatʹ skazka v raznykh kulʹturakh, i otkrytʹ dli͡a sebi͡a mir, gde mif, priroda i chelovek sushchestvui͡ut kak edinoe t͡seloe.

Siberia and the Far East are vast expanses where time flows according to special laws, and nature shows its primordial power. The majestic ranges of Altai and Sayan Mountains, the snow—capped peaks of Kamchatka with smoking volcanoes, the mighty Yenisei and the mysterious Lena winding through the taiga wilds - these lands breathe ancient power and hold many unsolved mysteries. Our anthology contains 86 fairy tales of 35 peoples of Siberia and the Far East — Evenks, Nanai, Chukchi, Yakuts, Koryaks and others, recorded in the XIX — early XX century from the words of folk storytellers. Here, the plots familiar from childhood take on a new sound: a small frog defeats a mighty beast not by force, but by cunning, and a meeting with a predator can turn into an unexpected union rather than death. This is a world in which shamans talk to spirits, and burkhans— the guardians of the taiga— interfere in the fate of people. The animals here think like humans, the forest lives by its own laws, and strength does not always win — more often wit wins. Most of these tales have long remained hidden in rare ethnographic and folklore publications and are only now being revealed to the general reader. The publication is decorated with illustrations by prominent artists — V. I. Surikov, N. N. Karazin, G. I. Gurkin, A. A. Borisov and others, as well as colorful images from books and albums of the XIX century. This collection is an opportunity to see how a fairy tale can sound different in different cultures, and to discover a world where myth, nature and man exist as a single whole.