Children's fairy tales online. Russian folk tale "The Queen Guslar" Russian folk tale "The Queen Guslar"
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king and a queen; He lived with her for a considerable time and decided to go to a foreign land. He gave orders to the ministers, said goodbye to his wife and went on the road.
Whether long or short, he came to a foreign land, and in that land a cursed king ruled. This king saw the king and ordered to seize him and put him in prison.
He has many slaves of all kinds in his prison; At night they sit in chains, and in the morning the damned king puts collars on them and plows the arable land until the evening. The king lived in such torment for three whole years and did not know how to get out of there, how to give the queen news about himself? And he finally found an opportunity and wrote a letter to her.
“Sell,” he writes, “all our property and come buy me out of captivity.”
The queen received the letter, read it and cried:
- How can I ransom the king? If I go myself, the damned king will see me and take me instead of his wife; If I send ministers, there is no hope for them!
So what did she think? She cut off her brown braids, dressed up as a musician, took a harp and, without telling anyone, set off on a long journey.
She comes to the damned king’s courtyard and plays the harp so well that he could listen for a century, but he couldn’t hear enough. As soon as the king heard such glorious music, he immediately ordered the guslar to be called to the palace.
- Hello, guslar! From which land are you, from which kingdom? - asks the king.
The guslar answers him:
“Since I was little, your Majesty, I’ve been walking around the world, making people happy and feeding my own head.”
- Stay with me, live a day, two, three; I will reward you generously.
Guslyar remained; He plays in front of the king all day long, but he never gets enough of it. What glorious music! It takes away all boredom, all melancholy.
The guslar lived with the king for three days and comes to say goodbye.
- What kind of trouble are you getting? - asks the king.
- And perhaps, sir, I have only one slave, you have many imprisoned in prison; but I need a companion on the road. I walk through foreign lands; sometimes there is no one to say a word to.
- Feel free to choose anyone! - said the king and led the guslar to the dungeon.
Guslyar looked around at the prisoners, chose a slave king, and they went on a journey together.
They approach their state, the king says:
- Let me go, a kind person! I am not a simple slave, I am a king myself; Take as much ransom as you want: I won’t spare either the money or the peasants.
“Go with God,” says the guslar, “I don’t need anything of yours.”
- Well, at least come visit me.
- When I have time, I’ll visit.
Here they said goodbye and each went their own way.
The queen ran along a roundabout road, got home before her husband, took off her guslar dress and dressed herself up as she should.
An hour later, the courtiers began to shout and run around the palace: the king has come!
The queen rushed to meet him, and he greeted everyone, but didn’t even want to look at her. He greeted the ministers and said:
- This, gentlemen, is what my wife is like! Now she’s throwing herself at her neck, but when I was in captivity and wrote to her, asking her to sell all her goods and ransom me, she probably didn’t do anything. What was she thinking about if she had forgotten her husband?
The ministers reported to the king:
- Your Majesty! As soon as the queen received your letter, on the same day she disappeared into nowhere and disappeared all this time; I just came to the palace today.
The king became very angry and ordered:
- Gentlemen ministers! Judge my unfaithful wife according to the true truth. Why didn’t you want to ransom me? You would not have seen your king forever if not for the young guslar; I will pray to God for him, I will not regret giving him half of the kingdom.
Meanwhile, the queen managed to dress up as a gusliar, went out into the courtyard and played the gusli. The king heard, ran towards him, grabbed the musician by the hand, brought him to the palace and said to his courtiers:
- This is the guslar who rescued me from captivity!
The guslyar took off his outer clothing - and everyone immediately recognized the queen.
Here the king rejoiced: he began to feast in joy, and so he chilled out for a whole week.
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king and a queen; He lived with her for a considerable time and decided to go to a foreign land. He gave orders to the ministers, said goodbye to his wife and went on the road.
Whether long or short, he came to a foreign land, and in that land a cursed king ruled. This king saw the king and ordered to seize him and put him in prison.
He has many slaves of all kinds in his prison; At night they sit in chains, and in the morning the damned king puts collars on them and plows the arable land until the evening. The king lived in such torment for three whole years and did not know how to get out of there, how to give the queen news about himself? And he finally found an opportunity and wrote a letter to her.
“Sell,” he writes, “all our property and come and buy me out of captivity.”
The queen received the letter, read it and cried:
- How can I ransom the king? If I go myself, the damned king will see me and take me instead of his wife; If I send ministers, there is no hope for them!
So what did she think? She cut off her brown braids, dressed up as a musician, took a harp and, without telling anyone, set off on a long journey.
She comes to the damned king’s courtyard and plays the harp so well that he could listen for a century, but he couldn’t hear enough. As soon as the king heard such glorious music, he immediately ordered the guslar to be called to the palace.
- Hello, guslar! From which land are you, from which kingdom? - asks the king.
The guslar answers him:
- Since I was a child, Your Majesty, I have been walking around the world, making people happy and thereby feeding my own head.
- Stay with me, live a day, two, three; I will reward you generously.
Guslyar remained; He plays in front of the king all day long, but he never gets enough of it. What glorious music! It takes away all boredom, all melancholy.
The guslar lived with the king for three days and comes to say goodbye.
-What kind of trouble are you getting? - asks the king.
- But perhaps, sir, I have only one slave, you have many imprisoned in prison; but I need a companion on the road. I walk through foreign lands; sometimes there is no one to say a word to.
- Feel free to choose anyone! - said the king and led the guslar to the dungeon.
Guslyar looked around at the prisoners, chose a slave king, and they went on a journey together.
They approach their state, the king says:
- Let me go, good man! I am not a simple slave, I am a king myself; Take as much ransom as you want: I won’t spare either the money or the peasants.
“Go with God,” says the guslar, “I don’t need anything of yours.”
- Well, at least come visit me.
- When I have time, I’ll visit.
Here they said goodbye and each went their own way.
The queen ran along a roundabout road, got home before her husband, took off her guslar dress and dressed herself up as she should.
An hour later, the courtiers began to shout and run around the palace: the king has come!
The queen rushed to meet him, and he greeted everyone, but didn’t even want to look at her. He greeted the ministers and said:
- This, gentlemen, is what my wife is like! Now she’s throwing herself at her neck, but when I was in captivity and wrote to her, asking her to sell all her goods and ransom me, she probably didn’t do anything. What was she thinking about if she had forgotten her husband?
The ministers reported to the king:
- Your Majesty! As soon as the queen received your letter, on the same day she disappeared into nowhere and disappeared all this time; I just came to the palace today.
The king became very angry and ordered:
- Gentlemen ministers! Judge my unfaithful wife according to the true truth. Why didn’t you want to ransom me? You would not have seen your king forever if not for the young guslar; I will pray to God for him, I will not regret giving him half of the kingdom.
Meanwhile, the queen managed to dress up as a gusliar, went out into the courtyard and played the gusli. The king heard, ran towards him, grabbed the musician by the hand, brought him to the palace and said to his courtiers:
- This is the guslar who rescued me from captivity!
The guslyar took off his outer clothing - and everyone immediately recognized the queen.
Here the king rejoiced: he began to feast in joy, and so he chilled out for a whole week.
№338 The location of the recording is unknown. AT 888 (Wife rescues her husband). AT takes into account Livonian, Lithuanian, Icelandic, Danish, Irish, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovenian and Russian texts. There are 3 Russian versions, 2 Belarusian ones. The history of the plot is connected with a German ballad of the 15th century. about the Count of Rome, which was included in the repertoire of the Mastersingers, and with folk book
"Alexander of Metz." The Russian fairy tale is similar to the epic about Stavr Godinovich.
The queen received the letter, read it and cried: “How can I ransom the king? If I go myself, the damned king will see me and take me instead of his wife; If I send ministers, there is no hope for them!” So what did she think? She cut off her brown braids, dressed up as a musician, took a harp and, without telling anyone, set off on a long journey. She comes to the damned king’s courtyard and plays the harp so well that he could listen for a century, but he couldn’t hear enough. As soon as the king heard such glorious music, he immediately ordered the guslar to be called to the palace. “Hello, guslar! From which land are you, from which kingdom?” - asks the king. The guslar answers him: “Since I was a child, Your Majesty, I have been walking around the world, making people happy, and thereby feeding my own head.” - “Stay with me, live a day, two, three; I will reward you generously." Guslyar remained; He plays in front of the king all day long, but he can’t hear enough of it. What glorious music! It removes all boredom, all melancholy.
The guslar lived with the king for three days and comes to say goodbye. “What kind of trouble are you getting?” - asks the king. “Perhaps, sir, I have only one slave; you have many imprisoned in prison; and I need a companion on the road. I walk through foreign lands; sometimes there is no one to say a word to.” - “If you please, choose anyone!” - said the king and led the guslar to the dungeon. Guslyar looked at the prisoners, chose a slave king, and they went on a journey together. They approach their state,
the king says: “Let me go, good man! I am not a simple slave, I am a king myself; Take as much ransom as you want: I won’t spare either the money or the peasants.” “Go with God,” says the guslar, “I don’t need anything of yours.” - “Well, at least come visit me.” - “When there is time, I will visit.” Here they said goodbye and each went their own way.
The queen ran along a roundabout road, got home before her husband, took off her guslar dress and dressed herself up as she should. An hour later, the courtiers began to shout and run around the palace: the king has come! The queen rushed to meet him, and he greeted everyone, but didn’t even want to look at her. He greeted the ministers and said: “This, gentlemen, is what my wife is like! Now she’s throwing herself at her neck, but when I was in captivity and wrote to her, asking her to sell all her goods and ransom me, she probably didn’t do anything. What was she thinking about if she forgot her husband? The ministers reported to the king: “Your Majesty! As soon as the queen received your letter, on the same day she disappeared into nowhere and disappeared all this time; I just came to the palace today.”
The king became very angry and ordered: “Gentlemen, ministers! Judge my unfaithful wife according to the true truth. Where in the world did she wander around? Why didn’t you want to ransom me? You would not have seen your king forever if not for the young guslar; I will pray to God for him, I will not regret giving him half of the kingdom.” Meanwhile, the queen managed to dress up as a gusliar, went out into the courtyard and played the gusli. The king heard, ran towards him, grabbed the musician by the hand, brought him to the palace and said to his courtiers: “This is the guslar who rescued me from captivity!” The guslyar threw off his outer clothing - and everyone immediately recognized the queen. Here the king rejoiced; He began to feast to celebrate, and so he chilled out for a whole week.
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king and a queen; He lived with her for a considerable time and decided to go to a foreign land. He gave orders to the ministers, said goodbye to his wife and went on the road.
Whether long or short, he came to a foreign land, and in that land a cursed king ruled. This king saw the king and ordered to seize him and put him in prison.
He has many slaves of all kinds in his prison; At night they sit in chains, and in the morning the damned king puts collars on them and plows the arable land until the evening. The king lived in such torment for three whole years and did not know how to get out of there, how to give the queen news about himself? And he finally found an opportunity and wrote a letter to her.
Sell,” he writes, “all our property and come and buy me out of captivity.”
The queen received the letter, read it and cried:
- How can I ransom the king? If I go myself, the damned king will see me and take me instead of his wife; If I send ministers, there is no hope for them!
So what did she think? She cut off her brown braids, dressed up as a musician, took a harp and, without telling anyone, set off on a long journey.
She comes to the damned king’s courtyard and plays the harp so well that he could listen for a century, but he couldn’t hear enough. As soon as the king heard such glorious music, he immediately ordered the guslar to be called to the palace.
Hello, guslar! From which land are you, from which kingdom? - asks the king.
The guslar answers him:
“Since I was little, your Majesty, I’ve been walking around the world, making people happy and feeding my own head.”
- Stay with me, live a day, two, three; I will reward you generously.
Guslyar remained; He plays in front of the king all day long, but he never gets enough of it. What glorious music! It takes away all boredom, all melancholy.
The guslar lived with the king for three days and comes to say goodbye.
What kind of work do you deserve? - asks the king.
- And perhaps, sir, I have only one slave, you have many imprisoned in prison; but I need a companion on the road. I walk through foreign lands; sometimes there is no one to say a word to.
- Feel free to choose anyone! - said the king and led the guslar to the dungeon.
Guslyar looked around at the prisoners, chose a slave king, and they went on a journey together.
They approach their state, the king says:
- Let me go, good man! I am not a simple slave, I am a king myself; Take as much ransom as you want: I won’t spare either the money or the peasants.
“Go with God,” says the guslar, “I don’t need anything of yours.”
- Well, at least come visit me.
- When I have time, I’ll visit.
Here they said goodbye and each went their own way.
The queen ran along a roundabout road, got home before her husband, took off her guslar dress and dressed herself up as she should.
An hour later, the courtiers began to shout and run around the palace: the king has come!
The queen rushed to meet him, and he greeted everyone, but didn’t even want to look at her. He greeted the ministers and said:
- This, gentlemen, is what my wife is like! Now she’s throwing herself at her neck, but when I was in captivity and wrote to her, asking her to sell all her goods and ransom me, she probably didn’t do anything. What was she thinking about if she had forgotten her husband?
The ministers reported to the king:
- Your Majesty! As soon as the queen received your letter, on the same day she disappeared into nowhere and disappeared all this time; I just came to the palace today.
The king became very angry and ordered:
- Gentlemen ministers! Judge my unfaithful wife according to the true truth. Why didn’t you want to ransom me? You would not have seen your king forever if not for the young guslar; I will pray to God for him, I will not regret giving him half of the kingdom.
Meanwhile, the queen managed to dress up as a gusliar, went out into the courtyard and played the gusli. The king heard, ran towards him, grabbed the musician by the hand, brought him to the palace and said to his courtiers:
- This is the guslar who rescued me from captivity!
The guslyar took off his outer clothing - and everyone immediately recognized the queen.
Here the king rejoiced: he began to feast in joy, and so he chilled out for a whole week.
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king and a queen; He lived with her for a considerable time and decided to go to a foreign land. He gave orders to the ministers, said goodbye to his wife and went on the road.
Whether long or short, he came to a foreign land, and in that land a cursed king ruled. This king saw the king and ordered to seize him and put him in prison.
He has many slaves of all kinds in his prison; At night they sit in chains, and in the morning the damned king puts collars on them and plows the arable land until the evening. The king lived in such torment for three whole years and did not know how to get out of there, how to give the queen news about himself? And he finally found an opportunity and wrote a letter to her.
Sell,” he writes, “all our property and come and buy me out of captivity.”
The queen received the letter, read it and cried:
How can I ransom the king? If I go myself, the damned king will see me and take me instead of his wife; If I send ministers, there is no hope for them!
So what did she think? She cut off her brown braids, dressed up as a musician, took a harp and, without telling anyone, set off on a long journey.
She comes to the damned king’s courtyard and plays the harp so well that he could listen for a century, but he couldn’t hear enough. As soon as the king heard such glorious music, he immediately ordered the guslar to be called to the palace.
Hello, guslar! From which land are you, from which kingdom? - asks the king.
The guslar answers him:
Since I was a child, Your Majesty, I have been walking around the world, making people happy and thereby feeding my own head.
Stay with me, live a day, two, three; I will reward you generously.
Guslyar remained; He plays in front of the king all day long, but he never gets enough of it. What glorious music! It takes away all boredom, all melancholy.
The guslar lived with the king for three days and comes to say goodbye.
What kind of work do you deserve? - asks the king.
But perhaps, sir, I have only one slave, you have many imprisoned in prison; but I need a companion on the road. I walk through foreign lands; sometimes there is no one to say a word to.
Feel free to choose anyone! - said the king and led the guslar to the dungeon.
Guslyar looked around at the prisoners, chose a slave king, and they went on a journey together.
They approach their state, the king says:
Let me go, good man! I am not a simple slave, I am a king myself; Take as much ransom as you want: I won’t spare either the money or the peasants.
Go with God,” says the guslar, “I don’t need anything of yours.”
Well, at least come visit me.
When I have time, I'll visit.
Here they said goodbye and each went their own way.
The queen ran along a roundabout road, got home before her husband, took off her guslar dress and dressed herself up as she should.
An hour later, the courtiers began to shout and run around the palace: the king has come!
The queen rushed to meet him, and he greeted everyone, but didn’t even want to look at her. He greeted the ministers and said:
This, gentlemen, is what my wife is like! Now she’s throwing herself at her neck, but when I was in captivity and wrote to her, asking her to sell all her goods and ransom me, she probably didn’t do anything. What was she thinking about if she had forgotten her husband?
The ministers reported to the king:
Your Majesty! As soon as the queen received your letter, on the same day she disappeared into nowhere and disappeared all this time; I just came to the palace today.
The king became very angry and ordered:
Gentlemen ministers! Judge my unfaithful wife according to the true truth. Why didn’t you want to ransom me? You would not have seen your king forever if not for the young guslar; I will pray to God for him, I will not regret giving him half of the kingdom.
Meanwhile, the queen managed to dress up as a gusliar, went out into the courtyard and played the gusli. The king heard, ran towards him, grabbed the musician by the hand, brought him to the palace and said to his courtiers:
This is the guslar who rescued me from captivity!
The guslyar took off his outer clothing - and everyone immediately recognized the queen.
Here the king rejoiced: he began to feast in joy, and so he chilled out for a whole week.
