Армянские народные сказки

V sbornik armi͡anskikh narodnykh skazok v perevode Iriny Petrovny Tokmakovoĭ voshli volshebnye i bytovye istorii. Si͡uzhetnye motivy mnogikh iz nikh znakomy nam s detstva: nevidimyĭ rabotnik sobiraet na stol i verno sluzhit svoemu khozi͡ainu, svodnye sëstry popadai͡ut k tainstvennym charodei͡am, a otvazhnyĭ dzhigit dobivaetsi͡a ruki krasavit͡sy. Obman zdesʹ vsegda oborachivaetsi͡a karoĭ, a glupostʹ nakazyvaetsi͡a, daby chelovek obrël mudrostʹ: lenivai͡a print͡sessa stanovitsi͡a raboti͡ashcheĭ blagodari͡a nakhodchivomu muzhu-krestʹi͡aninu, a poveliteli ryb i zhivotnykh pomogai͡ut dobrym dushoĭ i͡unosham dostichʹ zhelaemoĭ t͡seli. Proilli͡ustriroval knigu Grigor Sepukhovich Khandzhi͡an, izvestnyĭ armi͡anskiĭ zhivopiset͡s i knizhnyĭ illi͡ustrator.

The collection of Armenian folk tales translated by Irina Petrovna Tokmakova includes magical and everyday stories. The plot motifs of many of them are familiar to us from childhood: an invisible worker collects on the table and faithfully serves his master, stepsisters get to mysterious magicians, and a brave dzhigit seeks the hand of a beauty. Deception here always turns into a punishment, and stupidity is punished, so that a person finds wisdom: a lazy princess becomes hardworking thanks to a resourceful peasant husband, and the lords of fish and animals help good-hearted young men to achieve the desired goal. The book was illustrated by Grigor Sepukhovich Khanjyan, a well-known Armenian painter and book illustrator.