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Why did I like the German folk tale “Mrs. Metelitsa. Journey through the fairy tale Br

Synopsis of immediate educational activities(GCD) on cognitive development (speech development) in the senior group on the topic "Journey through the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm" Madam Snowstorm ".Area integration: cognitive development. Speech development. Socio-communicative. Artistic and aesthetic development. Target : To form in children a positive attitude towards labor activities and a negative one towards laziness. Tasks : 1) Introduce children to the moral qualities of hard work. 2) To teach children to understand the meaning of proverbs about work, to associate the meaning of proverbs with a specific situation. 3) To teach children to characterize the characters of a fairy tale by their actions. 4) Expand the idea of the ancient way of life of people. 5) Cultivate a love for work. 6) To consolidate the ability to depict a human figure, to convey characteristics and item details ancient life. 7) Develop attention, coherent speech, memory, fine motor skills hands Equipment : - Collections of fairy tales, floorboards and sayings. (Photo 1) - Illustrations for the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Lady Snowstorm" (Photo 2) - Crafts of ancient household items (spindle, well, stove, apple tree, etc.) from different material(cardboard, foil, corrugated paper, Christmas tree tinsel, cotton wool, etc.)preliminary work: - Learning proverbs and sayings. - Reading the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm "Lady Blizzard" - Making crafts from different materials of ancient household items by educators together with children, parents and children. - Drawing with children illustrations for a fairy tale on the theme "The Well and the Cockerel" (Photo 3) GCD progress. - Educator: Children, today on the way to kindergarten, me I heard an unusual conversation, and Labor and Laziness were arguing among themselves. They could not find out which of them is more important. In the life of every person, there are times when “negochuhi” move into him. In this case, the person does not want to do anything and Laziness holds us in the tenacious paws. -Would you like to be friends with laziness? Why? Is it good for a person who does not want anything? "He who is lazy is not appreciated." As the Russian says folk saying: “Without labor you can’t take out a fish from a pond” - Guys, how do you understand the meaning of this saying? - How to say about a person who loves to work? (hardworking, hard worker) - Remember what words they say about people who know how to do everything well? (“golden hands”, “needlewoman”, “master of her craft”) - What proverbs and sayings do you still know about work? What do these proverbs teach? (“What you get without difficulty never brings happiness”) (“You recognize a bird in flight, and a person at work.”) - Children, let's remember fairy tales about hardworking people. (Russian folk tales "Tiny-Havroshechka", "Frost", the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm "Madame Metelitsa"Physical education minute.(2 times) Two sisters, two hands, left and right (showing hands alternately) Tear weeds in the beds and wash each other. (imitation of movements) Two sisters, two hands - left and right (alternately show) The water of the sea and rivers are raked in, swimming. (swimming movements are performed) - Guys, now let's remember the fairy tale by Br. Grimm "Mrs. Snowstorm". This is very instructive tale. Who is the story about? (About one widow who had two maiden daughters. One was beautiful and diligent, but not native (stepdaughter), and the other was ugly and lazy in face, but dear.) (Photo 4) - How did the stepdaughter live? (The poor thing had to sit down at the well every day and spin, so that blood came out from under her nails.) - What happened one day? (The girl leaned over to the water and wanted to wash the spindle, but the spindle slipped out and fell into the well.) - What did the stepmother say when the poor thing told about her misfortune? (She knew how to drop the spindle, manage to get it.) -Who met on the way at the girl at the bottom of the well? Did she help them? (stove, apple tree) (Photo 5, photo 6) - Finally, to whom did she come? (to Mrs. Metelitsa) (Photo 7) - What kind of work did the beautiful girl do with the mistress. (She fluffed her bed so that feathers flew, and when feathers fly from her, it snows in white light.) (Photo 8) - How did Mrs. Metelitsa reward the girl for her work and diligence? (“Gold rained down on her from under the arch of the gate and stuck around her so much that she was completely covered with gold”) (Photo 9) - Returning home, the girl told everything that had happened to her. What was the stepmother thinking? (And to his other daughter, evil and ugly, to get the same happiness.) - Having found himself on the lawn, did the lazy person help the stove and the apple tree? ("Here's another! Will I get dirty because of you!" "I really need it!") - What did the girl get for her not diligence and laziness? (A whole cauldron of resin overturned on her.) - Yes, guys, in fairy tales, good and evil are constantly fighting. What always wins? (Good.) (What do you think is more important: work or laziness? “Sweeter than all fruits is the fruit of labor” - Yes, guys, all living things in nature, of which we are a part, work. I am sure that laziness has no place among us. After all, the true treasure of people is the ability to work. Now let's collect all the "laziness" in a bag and try to get rid of it. - Let's work a little now. Collectively blind the heroes of this fairy tale.Independent activity of children. Outcome. Children examine the work and discuss. (Photo 10) ph vvf rr

Plan:

1 Plot
2 Plot origin
3 Interpretation and analysis of the plot
4 folklore data
5 Translations into Russian
6 Screen adaptations
7 Gallery

Introduction

Mrs. Metelitsa

"Mistress Metelitsa"(German Frau Holle) - a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about a sorceress from a well, rewarding a hardworking girl and punishing a negligent one. According to the Aarne-Thompson fairy tale classification system, it has the number 480.

1. Plot

"Golden Girl" and Lady Snowstorm, illustration by Anna Anderson (1874-1930)

The girl suffers various insults from her widowed stepmother. Finally, her stepmother forces her to jump into the well in order to find the spindle she accidentally missed. So she finds herself in the underworld, which is also the world of clouds. Here she will have to pass the test of diligence and kindness, helping those in need: take out the finished bread from the oven, shake the tree with ripe apples. In the end the road leads to Mrs. Metelitsa, a scary "old woman" who has "long teeth", but kind heart. The new duties of the girl now include daily shaking out the featherbed of Mrs. Metelitsa, thanks to which it snows all over the world. After some time, she begins to yearn for home and asks the hostess to leave. At the gate leading to the earth, a golden rain pours down on the industrious girl, so that her clothes are plastered with gold. Also, Mrs. Metelitsa returns the lost spindle and the girl returns home, greeted by the cock singing: “Ku-ka-re-ku! Here are miracles! Our girl is all in gold!”

Envying the girl's story, her ugly and lazy half-sister goes the same way, refusing the needy, and her job with Mrs. Metelitsa is no good. Bored with her mistress, the sloth, dreaming of a golden reward, at the gate receives an overturned cauldron with resin as a reward, which sticks to her for life.

2. The origin of the plot

It was recorded from the words of Dortchen Wild, the bride of Wilhelm Grimm. Published as part of a cycle of fairy tales in 1812.

It is impossible to unambiguously determine the homeland of this tale; in Germany, "Frau Holle" was revered on numerous mountains, there are several peaks on which, according to the inhabitants, Mrs. Metelitsa lives. These are Mount Hoher Meissner between Kassel and Eschwege, Mount Hörselberg near Eisenach and the heights of Hörselberg and Hollerich (Hollerich).

The written traces of "Frau Holle" can be traced back at least 1000 years. The earliest written mention is in the decrees of the Archbishop Burchard of Worms, which were written between 1008 and 1012.

3. Interpretation and analysis of the plot

Lady Snowstorm throws snow (drawing by Otto Ubbelohde)

The tale refers to frequent family conflicts in the past, when many women died in the postpartum period, widowers often remarried, and stepbrothers and sisters competed with each other for status in the family.

The tale is also probably based on folk processing mythological material.

Eugene Drevermann interprets "Lady Snowstorm" as a story that provides answers to the philosophical and religious question about the meaning of suffering and explains the imaginary disorder and injustice of life. Everything that Mrs. Metelitsa comes into contact with can be read within the framework of natural mythology, in connection with the sun, moon, earth. Gifted with gold acts as a solar maiden, doused with resin - like a maiden of the moon. Mother Metelitsa - like a great goddess, the mother of the earth, who owns the afterlife. The stepmother symbolizes the meanness of the external, material world, and is an opponent of Mrs. Metelitsa.

Numerous archaic plot motifs, according to Gettner-Abendroth, lead to the great Neolithic Mother Goddess. The historian Karl Kollmann came to similar conclusions, in his opinion: “Signs say that Frau Holle is not a kind of ghost and the spirit of vegetation, but a regional personification of the ancient female deity of the earth: she was revered almost everywhere in the world under a variety of names” .

The Germanist Erika Timm proceeds from the fact that the name "Holle" (merciful) was originally a nickname for the German goddess Frigg, separating into an independent one after Christianization, including because it was impossible to publicly commemorate the names of pagan gods, and it is difficult to refuse them completely.

Often "Frau Holle" is also identified with the Old Norse Hel, the mistress of the world of the dead.

Another, psychological, interpretation of the tale indicates that the incident with the apple tree is associated with ripening. female body and sexuality, the case of the stove - with the manifestation of femininity and childbirth.

4. Folklore data

Christmas: "Frau Holle" and her train (1873 drawing)

Along with famous variant, recorded by the Brothers Grimm, there were other legends associated with Mrs. Metelitsa (Frau Holle), collected by the folklorist Karl Petov. The researcher of matriarchy Heida Göttner-Abendroth in her book "Frau Holle - das Feenvolk der Dolomiten" tried to chronologically order the legends around "Frau Holle" and reconstruct the ancient ideas about matriarchy in an appropriate way.

In folklore, she is responsible for the winter snowfalls, the more thoroughly she shakes out her bed, the more and more snow falls on the ground.

According to other legends, "Frau Holle" blesses the spring fields, walking through the green expanses, as a result of which the juice in the plants begins to flow and nature wakes up. Ms. Metelitsa also teaches people various handicrafts, such as spinning and weaving. It is considered the patroness of spinners and weavers. In this, she is somewhat similar to the ancient Greek Athena, the Eastern European goddess Makosh and the ancient German norns.

The black elderberry (also: Holler) is considered a special plant dedicated to "Frau Holle".

Also, Mrs. Metelitsa can give cakes, flowers or fruits and helps, in particular, women and girls, giving them " good year, health and fertility. In addition to the fact that "Frau Holle" promotes childbearing, she takes the souls of unbaptized dead babies with her. In Thuringian Gotha before today there is a legend that Frau Holle is the “keeper of the source”, where the souls of unborn children are located.

In addition, "Frau Holle" is considered the mistress of the underworld. There is a belief that at Christmas time, between December 23 and January 5 (at this time they rest from homework), she goes to the surface of the Earth to see who was diligent during the year, and who was negligent. Therefore, she is also associated with the goddess Nerthus mentioned by Tacitus.

Several legends tell how mother Holle tests people, appearing in the guise of an old and feeble woman, "miller's aunt", with a request for food and shelter. Those who help are richly rewarded. If people are deaf to prayers because of stinginess, then they are punished. Thus, for example, a rich and hard-hearted peasant from Wikenrode (Hesse) beat his daughter for bringing food and drink to an old woman (Frau Holle), and set a dog on an elderly woman. As punishment, "Frau Holle" burned down the yard. The farmer and his son died in the fire, while his daughter remained unharmed.

5. Translations into Russian

G. Petnikov (Grandmother Metelitsa)
A. Vvedensky, S. Marshak (Ms. Metelitsa)
B. Zakhoder (Grandmother Blizzard)
K. Sergienko (Ms. Metelitsa)
I. Kotovskaya (Grandmother Metelitsa)
V. Solovieva (Ms. Metelitsa)
G. Eremenko (Grandmother blizzard)
G. Gubanova (Ms. Metelitsa)
E. Ivanova (Mistress of the Dungeon)
M. Schmidt (Ms. Metelitsa)
L. West (Ms. Blizzard)
E. Nevolina (Ms. Metelitsa)
S. Prokofieva (Ms. Metelitsa)
S. Kuzmin (Ms. Metelitsa)
P. Polevoy (Ms. Metelitsa)
V. Naydenov (Mistress of the dungeon)
E. Peskovskaya, P. Polevoy, A. Fedorov-Davydov (Ms. Metelitsa)

The Russian reader is most familiar with the classic translation of the tale from German, edited by Polevoy.

Theme: Brothers Grimm "Mistress Blizzard"

The purpose of the lesson:

Educational: To acquaint students with the work of the German storytellers of the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tale "Lady Snowstorm". Developing: Develop the skills of correct and conscious reading, learn to establish a sequence of actions in a work and comprehend the relationship of the events described in it; reproduce the content of the tale on issues, the development of interest in the oral speech of students and their creativity. Work on lexical meaning words. Educational: To educate children in kindness, sympathy for someone else's misfortune.

Lesson type:

study lesson and primary fixation new knowledge

During the classes.

I. Organizing time. Presentation of the topic and objectives of the lesson.

Today we have a lesson literary reading. And now, they looked at each other, smiled and sat down.

The long-awaited call is given -

The lesson starts.

We wish everyone good luck -

To work in a good hour!

In today's lesson, guys, we will get acquainted with the work of the famous German storytellers The Brothers Grimm and their fairy tale "Lady Metelitsa". We will read it expressively, answer questions and express our opinion. The name of our lesson is"... And hurry, you, friends, to do good deeds."

II. Checking homework.

Now, let's get to the homework. What was homework?

III. Work on the topic of the lesson - The Brothers Grimm "Mrs. Snowstorm".

1. Recording the date of the topic of the lesson in notebooks.

2. Open the textbook on page 94. Read the title of the work and carefully examine the illustration on page 97. And now, let's try to determine the content of this fairy tale by the title and illustration. Tell me, please, guys, who do you think this fairy tale is about?

Student responses. (This is a fairy tale about one girl, about Lady Metelitsa)

IV. Vocabulary work.

While reading the fairy tale, we will come across such words, the meanings of which we will need to clarify. These are the words:

Spindle, stepdaughter, not good-looking, woke up, homesick (entry in a notebook).

V. Physical education.

Gymnastics for the eyes "Circle". Imagine big circle. Circle his eyes. First clockwise, then counterclockwise.

VI. Studying new topic. Work according to the textbook, pp. 94-98.

1. Reading a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm (read by a teacher and well-read students).

2. Who is the story about? (About the stepdaughter and Mrs. Metelitsa))

3. Comparison of responses by content before and after the initial reading.

4. What kind of fairy tale is this - everyday, about animals or magical? (This is a fairy tale)

5. What can you say about your stepdaughter: is she lazy or hardworking?

6. Remember what folk tale the beginning of the fairy tale “Mrs. Metelitsa” reminds you of? (Cinderella).

VII. Fizkulminutka.

We work great

Take a break now

And charging is familiar to us

Comes to class for class.

Above the hand, above the heel,

Smile, have fun!

We jump like bunnies

Let's get everyone up and running right away!

They stretched and sighed.

Have a rest?

Have a rest!

VIII. Secondary selective reading. Work on content.

1. Find a passage in the fairy tale that fits this illustration.

2. Find passages in the text that characterize the stepdaughter as diligent and hardworking.

3. What is Mrs. Blizzard?

4. What is the snow compared to in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale? As it is written in a fairy tale, find and read.

5. Make up your own comparison for snow: "Snow is like ..."

6. What do you think will happen next in the fairy tale?

7. Is there a Tatar folk tale similar to the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa"? Briefly describe its content. (Ugi kyz - Stepdaughter)

IX. Partial rereading of the text, selective reading. (A game)

Now we will play a game and check which of you read the fairy tale carefully. I will read the beginning of a sentence. And you have to find it and read it to the end.

X. Compilation of questions and answers to them. "My question is your answer."

One row asks questions about the content of the text, and the other 2 rows answer questions.

XI. The teacher's story from the biography of the Brothers Grimm.

Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are German fairy tale writers. They were professors at the Prussian Academy. The weather brothers touchingly loved each other, lived a life that coincided in everything; only Wilhelm passed away four years before his brother.

They were not boring scientists, but were cheerful and kind. The brothers collected fairy tales all their lives, traveling around the country. They did not change the content of the fairy tales, but they returned the folk language to the old forgotten fairy tales.

– And now I want to draw your attention to the exhibition: here are collected books of various editions and illustrated different artists fairy tales "Lady Metelitsa" by the German storytellers of the Brothers Grimm. Take a close look at them and be sure to take it to read in the library.

XII. Homework .

XIII. Summary of the lesson.

What did we learn about in class?

Did you like stepdaughter?

Who is the personification of goodness in this tale?

Guys, you did a very good job at the lesson, well done! The teacher gives marks. You've done well. Thank you for the lesson!

The lesson is over.

Who among us did not read in childhood fairy tales Brothers Grimm - sometimes frightening, sometimes kind, but always instructive? Full of high morality, they imperceptibly, insinuatingly guide children along the right path, prompt thoughts about "what is good and what is bad." One of such works of authorship of the brothers is the fairy tale "Lady Metelitsa".

German storytellers

The first thing that distinguishes Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from other co-authors is the amazing friendship that they carried through their whole lives and which, presumably, helped them out more than once in difficult moments. Jacob was born a year earlier than Wilhelm, so they had a small age difference, they grew up together, spent their free hours with each other, so their interests were formed in common - in particular, love for animate and inanimate nature. But the passion for books, for philology, was born among the brothers while studying at the University of Marburg. They were preparing to become lawyers, but in student circles they met philologists and suddenly discovered an interest in the word.

The first volume of their fairy tales appeared in 1812 and made a real splash by the mere fact of the youth of the authors (the brothers were not yet thirty). In addition, the style of their writing was so light and accessible to a simple layman that it involuntarily attracted attention. Thus, a new phenomenal phenomenon arose in literature - the storytelling brothers from Germany, who became famous throughout the world.

The fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm "Lady Blizzard": creation and plot

"Lady Metelitsa" is not an invention of Jakob or Wilhelm. They heard a retelling of this story from the bride of the youngest of the brothers and recorded the story from her words. It turns out that this is a folk story, oral folklore passed from one to another over the years. There is evidence that his interpretation was heard still living in the eleventh century! One way or another, but now the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" is known as belonging to the pen of the most famous fairy tale brothers. It was published in 1812 in their very first collection.

The plot of the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" is unpretentious and simple: an orphan girl lives with a malicious stepmother and her beloved daughter. The stepmother offends the stepdaughter, does not love her. When the girl misses the spindle, she has to jump into the well in search of him - this is how she ends up in an amazing underworld, where she meets Lady Blizzard. The girl is honest, kind and hardworking, she has many adventures to go through before she returns home, generously showered with gifts from Lady Metelitsa for her hard work and complaisant disposition.

Of course, the stepmother and sister envied the girl, and the stepmother sent her daughter to the kingdom of Lady Metelitsa. But here's the trouble - the daughter, unlike the orphan, is evil, ignorant, rude, lazy. She is in no hurry to help anyone, does not want to do anything, and as a reward she receives from the fair Lady Blizzard a cauldron of resin that has been thrown over her, which sticks to her for life.

Characteristics of the main characters

"Mrs. Metelitsa" is a Russian adaptation of the name (the version "Babushka Metelitsa" is still sometimes found). Probably because the heroine pours snow. In the original, the tale is called Frau Holle ("Frau Holle") - from the German "holle" is translated as "merciful". This is exactly what Mrs. Metelitsa is - she is demanding, strict, but merciful to those who really deserve rewards and praise. From her, everyone receives according to their skills and abilities.

Among the Germans, there are many legends about Frau Hall, the patroness of the underworld, who periodically appears on Earth to see which of the people has what qualities of character, "test them for strength." Those who meet her expectations, she rewards, and those who disappoint, she severely punishes.

The orphan girl in the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" is, of course, the embodiment of virtue. She does not require anything from anyone, she is equally affectionate and friendly with everyone, she strives to help and please everyone. She loves those around her, and they reach out to meet her. Her half-sister is the complete opposite. She pushes people away from her without caring about anyone around her. But perhaps it's not her fault that she is. For this, one should say “thank you” to her mother, who raised her likeness in her daughter.

The Russian reader knows other fairy tales with a similar plot. The first thing that immediately comes to mind, of course, is “Morozko” and “Moroz Ivanovich” (a hardworking girl is rewarded, a lazy girl is punished). On German fairy tale"Mrs. Metelitsa" is similar to the Russian story "Twelve Months", and Tatar fairy tale Zuhra and the month. And even Cinderella has similar elements!

This is because such plots, which are passed from mouth to mouth, are called stray - they roam the world, taking shape in different stories among different peoples, but nevertheless having a lot common features. In addition to the plot of the industrious stepdaughter and lazy daughter co evil stepmother, wandering tales include, for example, a story about the Serpent Gorynych and a hidden death or about the exploits of heroes.

"The moral of the story is..."

What did the authors want to say in the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa"? In essence, nothing new: this is the opposition of good and evil, where good, of course, wins. The brothers show what laziness, greed and rudeness lead to, how good, honesty and justice are highly valued. Nowhere in the text is there a direct morality - “it’s impossible to do this, but it’s possible”, but a smart reader (even if it’s just a child) is able to learn a lesson for himself. Responsiveness, kindness, diligence will always be in demand and rewarded. In fact, the first textbooks for a child are Grimm's fairy tales. "Mrs. Metelitsa" in this rating is in first place.

Screen versions in Russia and abroad

There are two films on this topic in Germany. This is "Ms. Metelitsa" (Frau Holle), released on screens in 1963 (then it was still the GDR) and a relatively new film adaptation - 2008 - with the same name. In 1985, a film appeared called "Grandmother Metelitsa" produced by four countries at once - Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Italy. Filmed in the USSR in 1971 puppet cartoon, its name remains unchanged.

There are many in the world various fairy tales which have long become classics of literature. And the duty of every parent is to introduce them to their children so that they grow up real, good people. Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm are a must read!

Almost every folk history modernity can be interpreted as a folk tale. "Mistress Blizzard" is no exception. The story described in it echoes many others in which a beautiful, sweet and hard-working girl remains an orphan and suffers infringement from her stepmother or stepfather.

Of course, fairy tales different peoples although they are similar, they are not identical. Vivid examples of this are "Morozko", "Babin's daughter, grandfather's daughter" - folk tales. They have a number of differences, in them, first of all, the main fairy tale character- a man, besides, the stepdaughter did not have to work to receive a reward. Enough only her meek disposition and kindness. The Russian fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" is a vivid example of how history calls children to virtue, humility and kindness.

background

This story tells about a sweet girl who was left without a father and fell into submission to his wife with her own daughter. The woman mercilessly exploited the girl and eventually forced her to jump into a deep well after the fallen spindle. But she didn't die cold water and woke up in fairy world, where she passed the tests of Metelitsa, found shelter and a reward for her hard work. Returning home safe and sound, and even with gold, she caused only anger and annoyance from her stepmother, envy from her stepmother. Following her example, she also jumped into the well, but ambitious plans and laziness only ruined her own daughter. angry woman, and instead of wealth, she brought with her black tar as a trace of indelible shame for life. Thus, the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" teaches its readers to conscientiously fulfill their duties, not to cheat and not to seek profit in good deeds.

The fairy tale world helps not only children, but also adults in a simplified form to realize the actions and essence of individual characters and the world as a whole, the relationships in it, various ways achieving results.

Who wrote the tale of Metelitsa?

The author of the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" (or rather, the authors, because the brothers Wilhelm wrote it and tried to convey to every reader all the absurdity and inconsistency of greedy people. It is worth noting that all the brothers' tales are based on folk folk tales. They devoted their lives, for many years painstaking work of collecting bit by bit stories, editing them, supplementing them.This is how extraordinary works, such as the fairy tale "Lady Blizzard", the stories "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel" and many others, saw the light of day.

Brief characteristics of the main characters

The characters in this story are absolutely diverse and very vividly describe human nature in all its manifestations. main character- this is purity and simplicity itself, sometimes bordering on naivety and childish spontaneity. But no matter how ridiculous these qualities may seem in a person (especially in our cruel time), it was they who helped her get out of a difficult situation with dignity and honor.

The second positive was Mrs. Metelitsa herself. Seeing the house and its inhabitant, the girl was immediately confused and frightened, because the mistress of winter and blizzard seemed terrible and evil to her. This is not surprising, because people tend to attribute to natural elements negative traits(and the more merciless the element, the more terrible it is in the mind of a person). However, in reality, Metelitsa turned out to be fair and merciful. She sheltered a girl and did not contradict her will when she decided to return to her loved ones.

stepmother and her own daughter- Simultaneously the characters are similar and distant. And if the mother turned into a hard-hearted and soulless woman largely for the sake of her daughter, then the second is the most base person in all its manifestations: lazy, conceited, selfish and selfish. It is these traits that have always been considered vices in society, and the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" conveyed them most accurately. A prime example hypocrisy was the moment when the kind daughter returned from Metelitsa in gold, and the stepmother and sister, who until recently could not stand her spirit, crumbled in courtesies and manifestations of imaginary kindness.

What makes the Brothers Grimm different from other authors?

In general, Grimm's fairy tale "Lady Blizzard" is very typical for the authors. In their work, they were guided by maximum realism and plausibility in relation to primary sources, namely folk stories. For the times of the Middle Ages, cruelty and punishment on the verge of torture for wrongdoing were hallmarks society. Executions, stigmatization, expulsion from cities and villages for offenses against the community were the norm of that time. It is sometimes difficult for a modern humane person to imagine the realities of past centuries.

Such norms could not fail to appear in folk tales, and sometimes fairy tales became not a good parting word for a child, but rather a terrible and scary story which was really frightening. When publishing their works, the Grimm brothers tried to preserve as much folklore integrity as possible, cutting down only the most impartial moments, in which there were scenes of real violence, incest, cruelty both towards people and animals. Printing houses often insisted on this, motivating their wishes by the fact that fairy tales are still intended for children.

All fairy tales try to teach a lesson in life, to help recognize good and evil. But different ideas about the limits of what is permitted, differences in the mentality of each individual country lead to the fact that the translation of a fairy tale from the original language does not always correspond to the original content. Many authors, at their own discretion, translate names, names of places of what is happening and often soften some details of the plot for easier perception.

"Mrs. Metelitsa": film adaptations

The plot of the fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa" is popular with representatives of art. Many illustrations have been created for the fairy tale, which interpret the appearance of the main characters in completely different ways. Unfortunately, a modern high-quality cartoon based on this particular story has not been created. The newest is a film adaptation by a Czech director dating back to 1985. There is also a Soviet cartoon filmed even earlier, in 1971. At the same time, the consistency of the fairy tale, the desire of children and their parents to see their favorite characters live, encourage them to stage plays in theaters and create puppet shows based on it.

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