Russian folk tales with male archetypes. Ivan Tsarevich, Gray Wolf, Koschey Immortal and other heroes

How is the fairy-tale Ivan Tsarevich the initiation in the world of the dead? What embodies the terrible Koschey Immortal in itself? Why is Ivan Durachka actually a sage? This book will help to take a fresh look at history familiar from childhood. It included fairy tales collected by the folklorist A. Afanasyev, the central place in which are occupied by archetypal male images: heroes and villains, a wonderful spouse and an infantile character.

a new look at the Fanist, Koshchei, Ivan-Tsarevich, Ilya Muromets and other heroes are formed thanks to an extensive entrance text and accompanying comments on fairy tales.

In the hands of the talented artist Marik, popular magical stories turn into epic fabrics, distinctive and at the same time retaining recognizable features of a traditional fairy -tale illustration.