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"The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights" from the point of view of shamnism. The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights Filling out the reader's diary

It is no secret that when writing his fairy tales, A.S. Pushkin used plots from Russian folk tales and legends. And in pre-Christian Rus' there was a very rich folk pagan culture, in which the Magi were revered and respected. If we take a closer look at the Slavic Magi, we will get not a priestly caste, but a shamanic society. I won't prove it here. Quite good books have been written on this topic. Let's go back to the fairy tale.

We learn that one day a lovely girl was born into the royal family. She grew up and became prettier. Her meek disposition and manners are especially emphasized (in conversation with her brother heroes). But she has an insidious enemy - the current queen-witch and her faithful assistant - the mirror. A mirror is generally a magical object that allows the human spirit to travel to other worlds. Here the mirror can personify (and I am more inclined to this) a certain helping spirit, speaker, rather than showing information.

The envious queen orders the princess to be fed to the wolves, but the girl manages to avoid such a fate. The princess walks through forest. The forest is always a transition from world to world. But if a cave, a hole in the ground is a transition to the lower worlds, and a staircase to the sky or also a hole in the sky is a transition to the upper worlds, then a forest, fog is a transition to another world, which can, if desired, be called parallel. The forest is a kind of interworld. There the princess finds a monastery - a tower - of 7 heroic brothers, guarded by a dog named Sokolko. It is strange that the dog does not show aggression towards a stranger, but on the contrary “runs after her, caressing her.” This suggests that the princess was pure in soul. And if she hadn’t been so clean, she wouldn’t have just come across the tower.

Inside, the princess does not see the owners, but decides to do something nice for them, to appease them - to tidy up the mansion. When the heroes arrive, they are surprised by what happened, but already have a positive attitude towards the guest (firstly, the dog let her in, and secondly, she showed politeness. Using the terminology of the sorcerer Velimir, she observed the Moral Law.). In return, the heroes allow the princess to stay with them.
Further, after some time, the brothers ask if the princess wants to become the wife of one of them. But the princess tells them about her fiancé, Elisha.
There is such a category of spirits as “spirits-husbands or spirits-wives”. They invite the shaman to enter into some kind of alliance with them. The spirit-husband-wife trains the shaman, gives strength, but demands “loyalty” in return, and if this fidelity is not there, then such a spirit often kills the earthly chosen one/chosen one of the shaman, and sometimes the shaman himself too. Here the princess clearly stated that she already has a chosen one, and she will be faithful to him. The heroes accepted this answer.

The evil stepmother, meanwhile, again interrogates her spirit-mirror, and plots to finally destroy the princess with her own hands. It must be said that the sorceress had good powers, since she was able to find the princess in the “between worlds”.

Next, the distressed brother-heroes decide not to bury her in the ground (which indirectly communicates the knowledge of the heroes that the princess will one day awaken), but lower her into the lower world.
"They carried me to an empty mountain,
And at midnight
Her coffin to six pillars
On cast iron chains there
Screwed on carefully"

By the way, the number 6 is the number of harmony, perfection and creation. (Shouldn’t they put a coffin with a corpse on the ground? Why should a dead person be in harmony? This again speaks of the wisdom and some kind of knowledge of the heroes).

At this time, Prince Elisha (from other Hebrew - “salvation”, “divine salvation”. There is some hint of the role of a hero)); although, perhaps, Pushkin simply liked this name) is looking for the bride, asking for help from three forces: the Sun (actually a symbol of Yang), the Moon (Month - Yin) and the Wind (perhaps this is a symbol of the Spirit, Eternal Motion). This is what the Wind says to Elisha:

There behind the quiet river
There is a high mountain
There is a deep hole in it;
In that hole, in the sad darkness,
The crystal coffin is rocking On chains between pillars.
No trace of anyone to be seen
Around that empty space;
Your bride is in that coffin.”

A classic description of the entrance to the lower world! And the prince goes there, rescues his bride, and they live happily ever after. From the point of view shamanism, Elisha makes a shamanic journey for the soul of the princess and returns it.
After all this, the stepmother dies. And this is the law of “boomerang” or retribution. In fact, the stepmother envolved the princess, but the witchcraft failed thanks to the heroes, and the prince completely destroyed it. Naturally, the volt's energy returned to the sorceress.

Something else interesting. Names in this tale are given only to Tsarevich Elisha and the dog Sokolko. And, frankly, I think this is the idea of Pushkin himself. In the fairy tale, the heroes turn out to be either spirits (heroes, dog, Sun, Moon, Wind), or shamans and sorcerers who are able to communicate with these very spirits and travel between worlds (stepmother, princess, prince). The heroes are not personified by names, perhaps because in the time of the Magi everyone knew how to do a little shamanism (even now in the villages everyone knows the basic principles of protection from damage and the evil eye, let alone in antiquity). Those. a fairy tale can be a kind of manual on shamanism, where everyone can find themselves in the place of the heroes.

Here we also need to remember the fairy tale “Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm. It was written in 1812, and Pushkin composed his fairy tale “About the Dead Princess and the 7 Knights” in 1833. But I deliberately do not consider the Fairy Tale "Snow White". She is too cruel and has a touch of the Middle Ages. Let's remember about the red-hot iron sandals (in some translations - shoes), in which the stepmother was forced to dance at the wedding of Snow White and the prince. This reeks of the ignorance and bloodthirstiness of the medieval Inquisition.
It is doubtful that such a retelling of an ancient, apparently pagan tale could be more credible.

In the works of Pushkin A.S. there is a period called Boldinskaya autumn (1833). It was during this period that it was written. The plot of this fairy tale by Pushkin is reminiscent of the classic European fairy tale “Snow White”. However, “” is written in poetic form in the most beautiful Russian language, which distinguishes all of Pushkin’s works.

The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs by A.S. Pushkin.

Brief summary of the tale of the dead princess and the seven heroes.

During the Tsar's absence, his daughter was born. The queen dies when the king returns home. The king grieves, but one year passes, and a new queen appears in the palace.

The new queen is very beautiful, but her character is difficult: she is cruel, capricious, envious. The Queen possesses a magical object - the Mirror. The mirror talks to the queen. When the queen looks in the mirror, she asks him who is the most beautiful in the world. Year after year, the mirror honestly answered that there was no one more beautiful than the queen in the whole wide world.

But the years go by, the queen is no longer young. But her stepdaughter, the princess, on the contrary, is growing up and becoming more and more beautiful. One fine day, the mirror tells the queen that she is beautiful, but there is one who is much more beautiful. The queen's nature makes itself felt. Envy of the stepdaughter has no limits. The queen bequeaths her maidservant Chernavka, and orders to destroy the princess in any way. Chernovka, following the queen’s orders, leads the princess into the dense forest to be devoured by wolves.

On the way to the forest, the Princess suspected Chernavka’s evil intentions. She asks Chernavka to let her go. The maid does not wish harm to the princess, she is only carrying out the order of the mistress, so she agrees to let the princess go. Then Chernavka returns to the queen and informs her about the death of the princess.

The king, having learned about the disappearance of his daughter, grieves. Princess Elisha's groom sets off around the world in search of his missing bride.

The princess wanders for a long time through the dense forest. As a result, in a remote thicket, he finds a large house. The princess enters the house. The owners are not at home. In the evening the owners appear. These are seven warrior brothers. The princess tells what happened to her, and the heroes leave her to live in their house. The princess runs the house. The heroes liked the princess. The heroes invite her to choose one of them as her husband. The princess replies that all the heroes are dear to her, but she already has a groom, and she is forced to refuse.

Meanwhile, the queen, thinking that her stepdaughter has been dead for a long time, asks the mirror “Who is the most beautiful in the world?” The mirror replies that the queen is undoubtedly beautiful, but the princess is still more beautiful.

Under pressure, the maid Chernavka confesses to the queen that she released the princess. The queen decides to kill her stepdaughter herself. She dresses up as an old woman and goes into the forest to look for the princess. She finds the house of seven heroes. The princess does not recognize her stepmother, takes pity on the old woman and gives alms. Only the guard dog barks angrily at the old woman. The queen gives her stepdaughter a poisoned apple. The princess bites it and falls dead.

When the heroes returned in the evening, they saw the princess’s body. A dog that swallowed a poisoned apple lies nearby. The heroes realize that the princess was poisoned. At first, the heroes wanted to bury the princess, but she looked alive, as if sleeping. The heroes place the princess in a crystal coffin. The coffin is suspended in a mountain cave.

The satisfied queen hears the long-awaited answer from the mirror that she is more beautiful than anyone in the world.

Elisha is looking for the princess all over the world. But his bride is nowhere to be found. Desperate, he turns for help to those who see everything - the sun, the moon and the wind. The sun and the moon know nothing about the missing princess.
Only the wind gave Elisha a sad answer:

“in... a hole, in sad darkness,

The crystal coffin is rocking"

“Your bride is in that coffin.”

Saddened Elisha goes to see his bride.

“...about the coffin of the dear bride

He hit with all his might

The coffin broke. Virgo suddenly

Alive. Looks around

With amazed eyes,

And, swinging over the chains,

Sighing, she said:

“How long have I been sleeping!”

Happy lovers return home to get married. At this time, the queen asks the mirror “Who is the most beautiful in the world?” and again hears that the princess is more beautiful than her. In a frantic fit of rage, the queen smashes the mirror to smithereens. During a personal meeting with the princess, the queen dies of anger and envy. The tale ends with the wedding of the princess and the prince Elisha.

The plot taken by Pushkin as a basis " The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights" has deep historical roots. A similar plot can be found in Zhukovsky’s ballad “The Sleeping Princess” and in the German folk tale, in the literary adaptation of the Brothers Grimm in different translations it is called “Snow White” or “Snow Maiden”.

But there are a number of characteristic differences between Pushkin’s “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” and other works that used the same plot. The plot and meaning of these tales remain virtually unchanged. As in most fairy tales, in the end good triumphs over evil: the princess marries her beloved, and her stepmother dies. But in Pushkin’s fairy tale, the moral qualities of the heroes are manifested more clearly than in the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm: the princess’s loyalty to her chosen one, the prince’s desire to find his beloved and the devotion of a watchdog dying from a poisoned apple.

In addition, in Pushkin's fairy tale, the evil stepmother dies for an unknown reason, that is, as a result of a high court. The way she ends her life in Snow White suggests that the queen is overtaken by the revenge of her stepdaughter, her husband and the dwarfs who sheltered the girl, who force her to dance in red-hot iron shoes.

We hope that after reading the summary of “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” you have a desire to read this wonderful creation of Pushkin in full on the website “Keepers of Fairy Tales”, where

This page contains the text of A.S. Pushkin’s work - “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights.” The fairy tale is recommended for reading to children during the summer holidays under the Perspective program. The artist of the illustrations for the fairy tale posted on this page is Meshkov E.

The tale of the dead princess was written in the fall of 1833 in Boldino, a village in the Nizhny Novgorod region that belonged to the Pushkin family for four centuries. It is based on a Russian folk tale recorded by Alexander Sergeevich in Mikhailovsky. The plot strongly resembles the plot of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm - “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”.

In addition to the text of the fairy tale, on the same page you can watch an online cartoon from 1951 based on this fairy tale, and familiarize yourself with the option of filling out a reader’s diary for this work.

The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights with Pictures

The king and queen said goodbye
Prepared for the journey,
And the queen at the window
She sat down to wait for him alone.

He waits and waits from morning until night,
Looks into the field, indian eyes
They got sick looking
From white dawn until night;
I can't see my dear friend!
He just sees: a blizzard is swirling,
Snow is falling on the fields,
The whole white earth.

Nine months pass
She doesn't take her eyes off the field.
Here on Christmas Eve, right at night
God gives the queen a daughter.

Early in the morning the guest is welcome,
Day and night so long awaited,
From afar at last
The Tsar Father returned.

She looked at him,
She sighed heavily,
I couldn’t stand the admiration
And she died at mass.

For a long time the king was inconsolable,
But what to do? and he was a sinner;
The year has passed like an empty dream,
The king married someone else.

Tell the truth, young lady
There really was a queen:
Tall, slender, white,
And I took it with my mind and with everything;
But proud, brittle,
Willful and jealous.
She was given as a dowry
There was only one mirror;
The mirror had the following properties:
It can speak well.
She was alone with him
Good-natured, cheerful,
I joked with him kindly
And, showing off, she said:
“My light, mirror! Tell
Tell me the whole truth:
Am I the sweetest in the world,
All rosy and white?”
And the mirror answered her:
“You, of course, no doubt;
You, queen, are the sweetest of all,
All blush and whiter.”
And the queen laughs
And shrug your shoulders
And wink your eyes,
And click your fingers,
And spin around, arms akimbo,
Looking proudly in the mirror.

But the princess is young,
Silently blooming,
Meanwhile, I grew, grew,
Rose and blossomed,

White-faced, black-browed,
The character of such a meek one.
And the groom was found for her,
Prince Elisha.

The matchmaker arrived, the king gave his word,
And the dowry is ready:
Seven trading cities
Yes, one hundred and forty towers.
Getting ready for a bachelorette party
Here is the queen, dressing up
In front of your mirror,
I exchanged words with him:

All rosy and white?”
What's the answer to the mirror?
“You are beautiful, no doubt;
But the princess is the sweetest of all,
All blush and whiter.”

As the queen jumps away,
Yes, as soon as he waves his hand,
Yes, it will slam on the mirror,
It'll stomp like a heel!..
“Oh, you vile glass!
You are lying to me to spite me.
How can she compete with me?
I'll calm the stupidity in her.
Look how much she has grown!
And it’s no wonder that it’s white:
Mother belly sat
Yes, I just looked at the snow!
But tell me: how can she
Be nicer to me in everything?
Admit it: I am more beautiful than everyone else.
Go around our entire kingdom,
Even the whole world; I have no equal.
Is not it?" Mirror in response:
“But the princess is still sweeter,
Everything is more rosy and whiter.”
Nothing to do. She,
Full of black envy
Throwing the mirror under the bench,
She called Chernavka to her place

And punishes her
To his hay girl,
News to the princess in the depths of the forest
And, tying her up, alive
Leave it there under the pine tree
To be devoured by the wolves.
Can the devil deal with an angry woman?
There is no point in arguing. With the princess
Here Chernavka went into the forest
And brought me to such a distance,

What did the princess guess?
And I was scared to death,
And she prayed: “My life!
What, tell me, am I guilty of?
Don't ruin me, girl!
And how will I be a queen,
I will spare you."

The one who loves her in my soul,
Didn't kill, didn't tie up,
She let go and said:
“Don’t worry, God bless you.”
And she came home.

"What? - the queen told her, -
Where is the beautiful maiden?
- There, in the forest, there is one, -
She answers her. -
Her elbows are tightly tied;
Will fall into the claws of the beast,
She will have to endure less
It will be easier to die.
And the rumor began to ring:
The royal daughter is missing!
The poor king grieves for her.
Prince Elisha,
Having prayed earnestly to God,
Hitting the road
For a beautiful soul,
For the young bride.
But the bride is young,
Wandering in the forest until dawn,
Meanwhile everything went on and on
And I came across the tower.
The dog meets her, barking,
He came running and fell silent, playing;
She entered the gate
There is silence in the courtyard.
The dog runs after her, caressing her,
And the princess, getting close,
Went up to the porch
And she took the ring;
The door opened quietly,
And the princess found herself
In the bright upper room; all around
Carpeted benches
Under the saints there is an oak table,
Stove with tiled stove bench.

The girl sees what's here
Good people live;
You know, she won’t be offended!
Meanwhile, no one is visible.
The princess walked around the house,
I put everything away in order,
I lit a candle for God,
I lit the stove hot,
Climbed onto the floor
And she quietly lay down.
Lunch hour was approaching
There was a stomping sound in the yard:
Seven heroes enter
Seven ruddy barbels.

The elder said: “What a miracle!
Everything is so clean and beautiful.
Someone was cleaning the tower
Yes, he was waiting for the owners.
Who? Come out and show yourself
Make friends with us honestly.
If you are an old man,
You will be our uncle forever.
If you're a ruddy guy,
You will be called our brother.
If the old lady, be our mother,
So let's call it a name.
If the red maiden
Be our dear sister."
And the princess came down to them,
I gave honor to the owners,
She bowed low to the waist;
Blushing, she apologized,
Somehow I went to visit them,
Even though I wasn’t invited.
Instantly, by their speech, they recognized
That the princess was received;
Sat in a corner
They brought a pie;
The glass was poured full,
It was served on a tray.

From green wine
She denied;
I just broke the pie,
Yes, I took a bite,
And get some rest from the road
I asked to go to bed.
They took the girl
Up into the bright room
And left alone
Going to bed.
Day after day goes by, flashing,
And the princess is young
Everything is in the forest, she’s not bored
Seven heroes.
Before dawn
Brothers in a friendly crowd
They go out for a walk,
Shoot gray ducks
Amuse your right hand,
Sorochina rushes to the field,
Or head off broad shoulders
Cut off the Tatar,
Or chased out of the forest
Pyatigorsk Circassian.
And she is the hostess
Meanwhile alone
He will clean and cook.
She won't contradict them
They won't contradict her.
So days go by.
Brothers dear girl
Loved it. To her room
Once, as soon as it was dawn,
All seven of them entered.
The elder said to her: “Maiden,
You know: you are a sister to all of us,
All seven of us, you
We all love for ourselves
We would all like to take you,
Yes, you can’t, for God’s sake
Make peace between us somehow:
Be one's wife
Other affectionate sister.
Why are you shaking your head?
Are you refusing us?
Are the goods not for the merchants?
“Oh, you guys are honest,
Brothers, you are my family, -
The princess tells them,
If I lie, may God command
I won't get out of this place alive.
What do i do? because I'm a bride.
For me you are all equal
All are daring, all are smart,
I love you all from the bottom of my heart;
But to another I am forever
Given away. I love everyone
Prince Elisha."
The brothers stood silently
Yes, they scratched their heads.
“Demand is not a sin. Forgive us, -
The elder said bowing, -
If so, I won’t mention it
About that." - “I’m not angry,”
She said quietly,
And my refusal is not my fault.”
The suitors bowed to her,
Slowly they moved away
And everything agrees again
They began to live and get along.
Meanwhile, the queen is evil,
Remembering the princess
I couldn't forgive her
And on the mirror
I sulked and got angry for a long time;
Finally had enough of him
And she followed him, and sat down
In front of him, I forgot my anger,
Started to show off again
And with a smile she said:
“Hello, mirror! Tell
Tell me the whole truth:
Am I the sweetest in the world,
All rosy and white?”
And the mirror answered her:
“You are beautiful, no doubt;
But he lives without any glory,
Among the green oak groves,
At the seven heroes
The one who is still dearer than you.”

And the queen flew in
To Chernavka: “How dare you
Fool me? and in what!..”
She admitted everything:
Anyway. Evil queen
Threatening her with a slingshot
I put it down or not live,
Or destroy the princess.

Since the princess is young,
Waiting for my dear brothers,
She was spinning while sitting under the window.

Suddenly angrily under the porch
The dog barked and the girl
Sees: beggar blueberry
Walks around the yard with a stick
Driving the dog away. “Wait,
Grandma, wait a little, -
She shouts to her through the window, -
I'll threaten the dog myself
And I’ll bring you something.”

The blueberry answers her:
“Oh, you little girl!
The damned dog prevailed
Almost ate it to death.
Look how busy he is!
Come out to me." - The princess wants
I went out to her and took the bread,
But I just left the porch,
The dog is at her feet and barks,
And he won’t let me see the old woman;
Only the old woman will go to her,
He is angrier than the forest beast,
For an old woman. “What kind of miracle?
Apparently he didn't sleep well, -
The princess tells her: -
Well, catch it!” - and the bread flies.
The old woman caught the bread:
“Thank you,” she said. -
God bless you;
Here’s to you, catch him!”
And to the princess a liquid,
Young, golden,
The apple is flying straight...
The dog will jump and squeal...
But the princess in both hands
Grab - caught. "For the sake of boredom
Eat an apple, my light.

Give thanks for lunch."
The old lady said,
She bowed and disappeared...
And from the princess to the porch
The dog runs into her face
He looks pitifully, howls menacingly,
It’s like a dog’s heart is aching,
As if he wants to tell her:
Give it up! - She caressed him,
Ruffles with a gentle hand;

“What, Sokolko, what’s wrong with you?
Lay down! - and entered the room,
The door was quietly locked,
I sat down under the window and grabbed some yarn.
Wait for the owners, and looked
It's all about the apple. It
Full of ripe juice,
So fresh and so fragrant
So ruddy and golden
It’s like it’s filled with honey!
The seeds are visible right through...
She wanted to wait
Before lunch; couldn't stand it
I took the apple in my hands,
She brought it to her scarlet lips,
Slowly bit through
And she swallowed a piece...
Suddenly she, my soul,
I staggered without breathing,
White hands dropped,
I dropped the ruddy fruit,
Eyes rolled back
And she's like that
She fell head on the bench
And she became quiet, motionless...

The brothers went home at that time
They came back in a crowd
From a brave robbery.
To meet them, howling menacingly,
The dog runs to the yard
Shows them the way. “Not good! -
The brothers said: - sadness
We won’t pass.” They galloped up,
They entered and gasped. Having run in,
Dog at apple headlong
He rushed barking, got angry,
Swallowed it, fell down
And died. Got drunk
It was poison, you know.
Before the dead princess
Brothers in grief
Everyone hung their heads
And with the holy prayer
They lifted me from the bench, dressed me,
They wanted to bury her

And they changed their minds. She,
Like under the wing of a dream,
She lay so quiet and fresh,
That she just couldn’t breathe.
We waited three days, but she
Didn't rise from sleep.
Having performed a sad ritual,
Here they are in the crystal coffin
Young princess corpse
They laid it down - and in a crowd
They carried me to an empty mountain,
And at midnight
Her coffin to six pillars
On cast iron chains there
Screwed down carefully
And they fenced it off with bars;

And, before the dead sister
Having made a bow to the ground,
The elder said: “Sleep in the coffin;
Suddenly went out, a victim of anger,
Your beauty is on earth;
Heaven will receive your spirit.
You were loved by us
And for the dear one we keep -
No one got it
Only one coffin."
On the same day the evil queen
Waiting for good news
Secretly I took a mirror
And she asked her question:
“Am I, tell me, the cutest of all,
All rosy and white?”
And I heard in response:
“You, queen, no doubt,
You are the cutest in the world,
All blush and whiter.”
For his bride
Prince Elisha
Meanwhile, he jumps around the world.
No way! He cries bitterly
And whoever he asks
His question is tricky for everyone;
Who laughs in his face,
Who would rather turn away;
To the red sun at last
Well done.
“Our sunshine! You walk
All year round in the sky, you drive
Winter with warm spring,
You see us all below you.
Al will you refuse me an answer?
Haven't you seen anywhere in the world
Are you young princess?
I am her groom." - “You are my light,”
The red sun answered, -
I haven't seen the princess.

She is no longer alive.
Is it a month, my neighbor,
I met her somewhere
Or a trace of her was noticed.”
Dark Night Elisha
He waited in his anguish.
It's only been a month
He chased after him with a prayer.
“A month, a month, my friend,
Gilded horn!
You rise in deep darkness,
Chubby, bright-eyed,
And, loving your custom,
The stars are looking at you.
Al will you refuse me an answer?
Have you seen anywhere in the world
Are you young princess?

I am her groom." - “My brother,
The clear month answers, -
I have not seen the red maiden.
I stand on guard
Just in my turn.
Without me, the princess, apparently,
I ran." - “How insulting!” -
The prince answered.
The clear month continued:
"Wait a minute; about her, perhaps
The wind knows. He will help.
Now go to him
Don’t be sad, goodbye.”
Elisha, without losing heart,
He rushed to the wind, calling:
“Wind, wind! You are powerful
You are chasing flocks of clouds,
You stir the blue sea
Everywhere you blow in the open air,
You're not afraid of anyone
Except God alone.
Al will you refuse me an answer?
Have you seen anywhere in the world
Are you young princess?

I am her fiancé.” - “Wait,”
The wild wind answers,
There behind the quiet river
There is a high mountain
There is a deep hole in it;
In that hole, in the sad darkness,
The crystal coffin is rocking
On chains between pillars.
No trace of anyone to be seen
Around that empty space;
Your bride is in that coffin.”
The wind ran away.
The prince began to cry
And he went to an empty place,
For a beautiful bride
Watch it again at least once.
Here he comes; and got up
The mountain in front of him is steep;
The country around her is empty;
There is a dark entrance under the mountain.
He's heading there quickly.
Before him, in the sad darkness,
The crystal coffin is rocking,
And in the crystal coffin
The princess sleeps in eternal sleep.
And about the coffin of the dear bride
He hit with all his might.

The coffin broke. Virgo suddenly
Alive. Looks around
With amazed eyes,
And, swinging over the chains,
Sighing, she said:
“How long have I been sleeping!”
And she rises from the grave...
Ah!.. and they both burst into tears.
He takes her in his hands
And brings light from darkness,
And, having a pleasant conversation,
They set off on their way back,
And the rumor is already trumpeting:
The royal daughter is alive!

At home idle at that time
The evil stepmother sat
In front of your mirror
And she talked to him.
Saying: “Am I the cutest of all,
All rosy and white?”
And I heard in response:
“You are beautiful, there are no words,
But the princess is still sweeter,
Everything is redder and whiter.”

The evil stepmother jumped up,
Breaking a mirror on the floor
I ran straight to the door
And I met the princess.
Then sadness took over her,
And the queen died.

They just buried her
The wedding was celebrated immediately,
And with his bride
Elisha got married;
And no one since the beginning of the world
I have never seen such a feast;

I was there, honey, drank beer,
Yes, he just wet his mustache.

Cartoon "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights"

Filling out the reader's diary

Summary
- During the king's departure, his wife died and a daughter was born. The king married again. His new wife talked all the time with a magic mirror, which assured her that she was the most beautiful. The king's daughter grew up and her stepmother learned from the mirror that now the king's daughter is the most beautiful. The evil stepmother decided to destroy the young princess, envying her beauty. She ordered the princess to be taken to the forest and tied there. But the maid took pity on her and let her go. The princess found a house, put things in order, prepared dinner and fell asleep. 7 brothers came and accepted her as a sister. The princess lived with them for some time. But the stepmother again learned from the mirror that she was alive, and came, turning into a beggar, to the princess and gave her a poisoned apple. The princess ate it and died. The brothers placed her in a crystal coffin in a cave. The princess's groom searched for her for a long time, turning to the sun, moon and wind. Finally, he found her, kissed her, and the princess came to life. The stepmother, having learned this, died of anger, and the princess married the prince.

The main idea or what does the tale of the dead princess teach?
- “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” teaches kindness, loyalty, and decency. Teaches you to believe in yourself and never lose hope, even in the most difficult situation. After all, a kind heart, purity of soul and thoughts, hard work, love are true magicians who will always be above injustice, lies and hypocrisy.
  The fairy tale teaches caution and prudence, because the enemy may be closer than you expect. Teaches faith in good people - there will always be those who will help and help. Teaches gratitude - you should never forget even one good deed that someone did for you.
  The tale of the dead princess teaches you to treat the world around you kindly, because how you treat the world is how the world will treat you.

Heroes of the fairy tale about the dead princess and the seven heroes
- The main characters of the fairy tale: the king, the queen-stepmother, the princess, the prince Elisha, Chernavka, and the seven heroic brothers.

Who is the princess in the tale of the dead princess?
- The princesses in the fairy tale are Russian beauties, which combine external beauty (“white face and black eyebrows”) and internal beauty (“she has a meek disposition”).
Who helped the princess in the fairy tale?
- The queen's hay girl, Chernavka, helped the princess, taking pity on her and letting her go.
- Seven heroes who sheltered her.
- The dog who did not let the evil stepmother in the guise of a beggar near the house, and then prevented the Princess from eating an apple.
- The groom found the princess and broke her crystal coffin, thereby reviving her.
Who are the heroes in the tale of the dead princess?
- Seven heroic brothers in the fairy tale by A.S. Pushkin:
  - hospitable - they warmly welcomed a guest who came to them without an invitation;
  - they respect the work of others - they called the princess “sister”, paying her tribute for what she did for them.
  - friendly - they are always together, side by side;
  - conflict-free - after all, they did not compete with each other over who should get the princess, but came to ask the princess about it;
  - humble - when the heroes learned that the princess had a lover, they accepted this information with dignity;
  - sensitive - the seven heroes immediately realized something was wrong when they noticed the dog’s behavior;
  - capable of love - the brothers fell in love with the princess and experienced her death with bitterness.

Proverbs for the tale of the dead princess
- As it comes back, so will it respond.
- Don't dig a hole for someone else, you will fall into it yourself.
- God helps the good.
- He who is envious of someone else's happiness dries up.
- The apple is red, but with a wormhole.

Outline of the tale of the dead princess
- Birth of a princess
- Stepmother's envy
- House of the Seven Knights
- Stepmother and the poisoned apple