Tales are a lie.
That is what the vast majority of people think. And this phrase, to be frank, is not very pleasant either by ear or by visual perception. But everything will look a little different if we begin to understand what lies are. In the Slavic tradition, the word “lie” always meant superficial or incomplete truth. You can take, for example, two expressions: “Dirty swamp” and “Water covered with a veil of mud and mud.” The second statement is true, because fully true, and the first — false, because it tells the incomplete truth — a lie. Words such as “box”, “box” and, in fact, “lie” have the same root. In other words, a lie is that which lies on the surface or that which can lie on the surface, i.e. superficial judgment about something.
So why is the word “lie” so often applied to Russian fairy tales in the sense in which it means hidden or superficial truth? Probably because fairy tales are that very lie, but only for the external world — the one in which the human consciousness is usually located. As for the worlds of others, such as Nav, Glory and Right, then what is happening in fairy tales, and all their characters — all this is true. Based on this, we can conclude that fairy tales are true, but only for a specific world, for a specific reality. And if fairy tales give rise to some kind of images and pictures in a person’s imagination, then there is someplace where these images and pictures are located before reaching the person’s imagination.
There is no separate fantastic world that exists apart from our usual reality. The fantastic world is as real as the one in which we live. Each time a person reacts to words, he kind of takes the corresponding images from the general information space. And these images exist in one of the many worlds among which a person’s life passes. And there is no one central point around which fairy tales would revolve.
Our ancestors expressed in fairy tales, not just any thoughts, worldviews, images or ideas. In fairy tales, in addition to stories and characters from other realities, there was always a certain message, centuries-old knowledge, and lessons. And what is a lesson at all? Turning again to the Slavic tradition, you can find out that the “lesson” was understood to mean something that Rock has, in other words, Being, Fate or Mission, which is inherent in any living creature living on planet Earth. A lesson is something that he needs to learn, understand and realize before the evolutionary path continues to move him higher.
Here we come to the conclusion that “a fairy tale is a lie, but a hint in it.” A hint of something that people should understand during the period that he has been given to worldly life. And what can the most popular Russian folk-tales tell us?
Fairy tale “By pike command” What do we know from the tale: A young man named Emelya sat on the stove and did nothing. One day, going to the river to get water, he caught a pike. Pike asked Emelya to let her go, and in return agreed to fulfil several wishes. After some deliberation, Emelya asked the princess and the palace from pike, which he received in the end, and also became handsome. Hidden meaning: The furnace symbolizes the space of consciousness in which the hero of the fairy tale was most of the time, and from which he really did not want to get out, because he contemplated himself all the time. However, a person cannot be in harmony if his inner world is in no way connected with the external. Having “got acquainted” with a pike, Emelya realized his true desires and acquired an intention, which is expressed in the words: “At the command of a pike, according to my desire.” The pike, in turn, is mother nature, in relation to which Emelya has shown attention. And only then nature gave him opportunities for the realization of his intention and self-awareness. The phrase: “At the pike command, at my will” means the unity of the two facets of being — the Spirit of man and his Soul. Pike can also be interpreted as “Pike”, i.e. ancestor — the ancestor of everything and the human spirit. The river, from which Emelya decided to draw water, is a kind of energy-information channel, into which you can penetrate only by leaving the usual framework and abandoning the fettering beliefs. Ultimately, Emelya, through the liberation of his spirit, reached the possibilities inaccessible to a person in the usual state of consciousness and became the master of his fate. In addition, the formation of Emelya as a handsome prince is a manifestation of inner beauty on the external plane.
Tale “Koschei the Immortal”
What we know from the tale: Koschei is the evil lord of the dark kingdom of the dungeon, regularly stealing beautiful girls. He is wealthy, and strange birds and animals live in his possessions. The serpent Gorynych, who has a huge amount of secret knowledge, and therefore has great power, serves as a kosher. Koschei is considered to be immortal, and in the usual ways he cannot be defeated, although if you wish, you can find out unusual ways, which, as a rule, to Ivan Tsarevich, are revealed by the Baba Yaga. Hidden meaning: If we turn to the pantheon of the Slavic gods, we will see that Koschey is one of the manifestations of the Chernobog, who rules over Navu, Darkness and the Pekelny kingdom. Also, Koschey represents winter cold, and the girls whom he steals represent the life-giving power of Nature and spring. Ivan Tsarevich is a symbol of sunlight and spring thunder, accompanied by rain (remember the god Perun), in search of Koshchei, which is facilitated by all-natural forces. Having defeated Koshchei, Ivan Tsarevich will conquer cold, darkness and death. As we know, the death of Koshchei can be found in the egg, which is a symbol of rebirth and the possibility of being of all that exists. Based on this, Koschey is at the beginning of Everything, and his death is equated with the emergence of the world. The needle, on the tip of which is Koscheev’s death, serves as a reference to the World Tree, connecting the underworld, earth and sky, as well as the winter and summer solstices. Koshchei can be interpreted as the winter solstice and Ivan Tsarevich as the summer solstice. They are always in a state of struggle with each other. The death of one is the birth of another, just as winter goes and summer comes, and after that, this cycle repeats. And one more detail: Koschei the Immortal is an attempt to scare Ivan Tsarevich, which contains a completely different message — Koschei the Immortal is Koschey the Bes Mortal.
To be continued...