The historical roots of a fairy tale. Propp V.Ya.

“The historical roots of a fairy tale” - the fundamental work of Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp, translated into many languages ​​and repeatedly reprinted. It studies a fairy tale on the material of Russian and foreign folklore. How are ancient rituals and rituals masked for plot turns? Were there real prototypes for fairy -tale heroes? What secrets and historical parallels are hidden in the structure of our favorite fairy tales since childhood? All this can be found in one of the most worked out research of the fairy tale of the twentieth century.