The biography is dashing

Filmography History of the character dashingly one -eyed - a bloodthirsty, evil and insidious monster that does not know compassion. From ancient times, tragic meanings are attributed to this character: grief, troubles, failures. Unlike other villains, he does not know compassion, and even the most powerful and brave heroes are not capable of defeating him. The image of a dashing in the mythology of different countries based on Slavic myths, it lives in a large hut in a dense forest.

The monster sleeps on the gnawed human bones, although it does not disdain to eat any creature met. In other descriptions, the place of residence of the giant with one eye is a swamp. An integral attribute of such a character is a magical skull that causes lost people. This is the accompanying antihero of Russian folk tales, however, it was a question of a bloodthirsty monster in Slavic traditions.

According to one version, this creature is a descendant of Viya. According to other sources, the gods created this monster to punish people for crimes. The legend is interesting, according to which the giant of the dashing was initially two eyes. One was considered a gift from Belobog, the other was Chernobog. The monster possessed magical abilities that gave him invulnerability to human weapons.

But when it began to service, it was disappointed. Those troubles that it had sent to criminals brought happiness to “unworthy” people. Therefore, the giant returned to ask Belobog to take out the "wrong" eye. Since then, the monster has become one -eyed and brings people only evil, troubles and grief. And in view of the blindness, it may be mistaken in the choice of the victim.

Therefore, the Slavic peoples have a belief that it is impossible to "remember by dashing." That is, do not complain about difficult fate and deprivation, otherwise the terrible monster will come and show what the real grief is. The image of a one -eyed monster is characteristic not only for East Slavic mythology. In the folklore of other peoples, there is also an all -consuming evil that does not know compassion and mercy to the stumbled.

So, in Irish beliefs there is Balor, which is able to kill objectionable to one glance. True, he was predicted that his own grandson would win him. Exposing his descendants, the monster could not get a little meadow, who killed a one -eyed grandfather. In the Turkic myths, Tepegez is interesting - a giant with one eye that lives in a cave. According to the legends, he drags a person into the lair to eat.

But the resourceful hero manages to blind the giant and escape from the cave in sheep's skin.

Similar myths are found among Azerbaijanis and Yakuts. East Slavic myths and legends of other countries about one -eyed monster have similar features with an ancient Greek polypheme. Researchers believe that the origin of the dashing is also associated with the legend of the Odysseus. Polyphemus is a cyclop-giant, the son of Poseidon himself. In the poem of Homer, the king of Odysseus after returning from the Trojan War lands on the island of Cyclops.

They are met by Polyphemus and, neglecting hospitality, covers in a cave. Every day, the monster eats 6 people from the Odyssey team, leaving the king in the end. But the Odyssey manages to outwit the monster. It makes a sharp stake from a club of cyclops, and then pierces the only eye. After that, together with the team, he gets unnoticed from the island, tying himself to the belly sheep.

In Rus', the image of a giant-cereal became the embodiment of an evil fate and failure. This is a certain spirit that has personified human grief in itself. In fairy tales, sometimes appears as a woman-ludican. The origin of the one -eyed monster can be traced not only in mythology, but also from historical documents. So, in the work of the geographers of ancient Rome and Greece there is information about the amazing people - Arimaspah.

Historians described them as skilled warriors with one eye on the forehead, famous for physical strength. Herodotus also described these people in his works, calling them the northern neighbors of the Scythians. The father of the story claimed that Arimaspi fought with griffins to steal gold from them. But, without winning this battle, the one -eyed people migrated to the dense forests of the North.

Today, historians do not deny the reality of the existence of such mysterious people in the past. According to the research and excavations of archaeologists, the traces of the stay of Arimspov were recorded in the 19th century in Karelia. And the famous traveler Matias Castrene, staying in the Russian North, noted that he had heard many stories about them in the Karelian outback.

The most famous Russian fairy tale about the inhabitant of the dense forest near the writer Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev in fairy tales and films. In the plot, the blacksmith stumbled in the forest on a hut, in which there lived a terrible and tall old woman with one eye. Frightened, he wanted to, there was a blacksmith to take his legs away, but only famously decided to dine the uninvited guest.

But before that, the old woman asked her eyes. The blacksmith agreed, tied it up and pierced a healthy eye with a red -hot awl. The old woman got angry and locked the hut so that the blacksmith would not escape. The next morning, the mistress of the house began to expel the sheep to the street. The man put on a fur coat of the worship-smell and so slipped from the terrible dashing.The one -eyed dashingly acts as a concomitant character and assistant Koshchei the immortal in the fantastic work of Edward Uspensky “down the magical river”.

The story in the fairy tale genre describes the adventure of a boy who meets with a woman-yaga, kikimora, brownie, nightingale and other recognizable characters. Based on the story of the year, a musical film was shot for children "There, on unknown paths." Elena Ozertsova played the role of a one -eyed monster, demonstrating the image of a monster in the form of a tall woman with long confusing hair.

The appearance of the character is written off from the pictures of Russian folk tales. The mythological character was deeply fixed in Slavic folklore. The identification of the dashing with grief and misfortune gave rise to a huge number of proverbs, the most popular of which sounds like this: do not wake up, while it is quiet. Proverbs and sayings do not wake up famously, while it is quiet.

Do not remember dashing. Duster trouble began, and the end is close there. It doesn’t lie quietly: either rolls, or falls, or crumbles on the shoulders. Duster troubles to come, and victories will be knocked down. Nobody's famously celebrates, it will appear. Bibliography - "down the magical river" filmography.