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One of my poems with so-called the Storyteller^•^ And as you noticed, I really love when the old books keep some fairy, magical power inside waiting to be opened.
From these fairy creatures I mentioned:
Koschei the Deathless (or the Immortal) – some kind of a lych in Eastern Slavic tales; an evil sorcerer king whose death is hidden in really unique phylactery: a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a far island.
Baba Yaga – no need to explain, you all know her; a witch that lives in the hut on chicken legs.
Zmey Gorynych – a three-headed dragon antagonist.
The Firebird – a Slavic analogue of a Phoenix. Often, the protagonist must catch it somehow for different reasons (its magical power, the King's order, etc)
A rusalka – an evil spirit of lakes and rivers. A line "A rusalka on golden chains of the oak tree" is from most popular and famous epilogue of a narrative poem "Ruslan and Ludmila" by Alexander Pushkin
By the bay's bend a green oak tree grows
With a golden chain hung from its boughs
Night and day a learned cat clever knows
To pace around in endless prowls
To right - he sings a tune bright and merry,
To left - he tells a captivating fairy tale;
Wonders abide there, the Leshy hairy
A rusalka sits perched upon the rail.
From these fairy creatures I mentioned:
Koschei the Deathless (or the Immortal) – some kind of a lych in Eastern Slavic tales; an evil sorcerer king whose death is hidden in really unique phylactery: a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a far island.
Baba Yaga – no need to explain, you all know her; a witch that lives in the hut on chicken legs.
Zmey Gorynych – a three-headed dragon antagonist.
The Firebird – a Slavic analogue of a Phoenix. Often, the protagonist must catch it somehow for different reasons (its magical power, the King's order, etc)
A rusalka – an evil spirit of lakes and rivers. A line "A rusalka on golden chains of the oak tree" is from most popular and famous epilogue of a narrative poem "Ruslan and Ludmila" by Alexander Pushkin
By the bay's bend a green oak tree grows
With a golden chain hung from its boughs
Night and day a learned cat clever knows
To pace around in endless prowls
To right - he sings a tune bright and merry,
To left - he tells a captivating fairy tale;
Wonders abide there, the Leshy hairy
A rusalka sits perched upon the rail.
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So nice! Bedtime stories are an amazing thing. I think that it's a great thing to listen to stories as a child, or read some yourself. Imagination is wonderful. Storyteller appears to be a very benevolent wizard of some sort, not like Koschei, lol. I like that name and its concept. It also doesn't translate to English, but in Polish it's Kościej like in the original and it's a kind of a silly name to me, like calling a skeleton a boneman or something.
Also Polish romanticism has this sort of creatures like Rusałka like the Russian one has like in case of Pushkin. (Did I write 3 times "like" ugh...)
"I really love when the old books keep some fairy, magical power inside waiting to be opened" Yeah, that's kinda noticeable! I never really considered that concept much, but it's nice and fits stories that could be about imagination like it is probably with the Storyteller.
Also Polish romanticism has this sort of creatures like Rusałka like the Russian one has like in case of Pushkin. (Did I write 3 times "like" ugh...)
"I really love when the old books keep some fairy, magical power inside waiting to be opened" Yeah, that's kinda noticeable! I never really considered that concept much, but it's nice and fits stories that could be about imagination like it is probably with the Storyteller.
Oh haha, yeah, I heard about one of theories about his etymology that says it's from "bones" like in Polish and Serbian. And yeah, it's really incredible that there are creatures that unites all Slavic folklore like Rusalkas and Leshy, reminds how close we are, hehe^•^
And thank you so much for your kind words!! Yeah, it's reasonable that's kinda cliche and maybe even cheesy so many people may not appreciate it as much as I do, but I spent most of my life in books so it just feels close to me^•^
And thank you so much for your kind words!! Yeah, it's reasonable that's kinda cliche and maybe even cheesy so many people may not appreciate it as much as I do, but I spent most of my life in books so it just feels close to me^•^
This insanely well done friend!!! Your imagination that you put into this poem really speak volume. And the use of all the fantastical creatures as you know make me happy.
The poem has a very lighthearted story and made me smile all throughout it. It was very free flowing and I enjoyed the alternating rhyme scheme as well. I love seeing the darker side but also the lighthearted side to your poetry. It always turns out splendid.
Also great callback to Pushkin, what a hero! Just like you. Because you my friend are a great storyteller!
The poem has a very lighthearted story and made me smile all throughout it. It was very free flowing and I enjoyed the alternating rhyme scheme as well. I love seeing the darker side but also the lighthearted side to your poetry. It always turns out splendid.
Also great callback to Pushkin, what a hero! Just like you. Because you my friend are a great storyteller!
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