"Three Little Pigs": the author. "Three Little Pigs", an English fairy tale

In a magical and so mesmerizing world of a good children's fairy tale, real images are intertwined with fantastic ones, only here good always overcomes evil, everyone lives happily ever after. It is with the help of this magical world that it is easiest to form the correct concepts of kindness, truth, faithfulness and love. Without fairy tales, childhood would not be so surprising. Without fairy tales, it simply loses its attractiveness and magic.

A good tale never dies. It is passed from mouth to mouth, slightly modifying, but still bears a spark of kindness in the open hearts of the kids.

One of the most famous in the world of fairy tales is the English folk tale "Three Little Pigs". Yes, this is the English fairy tale, although many mistakenly consider it to be Slavic folklore. It is interesting that some sources attribute the authorship of this work to specific individuals, and not only to the British. To whom? This now and find out.

Brief contents of your favorite fairy tale

Three brother-pigs - Nif-Nif, Nuf-Nuf and Naf-Naf - had a great summer, walking a lot, lying on the grass and enjoying the sunshine. But clever Naf-Naf at the end of summer reminded his brothers that it would be time to think about the dwelling for the winter. Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nuf were too lazy to start building a house, they still enjoyed a carefree life, while the clever Naf-Naf was already working on the dwelling. With the first frosts, they set to work. Nif-Nif built himself a small house of straw, and the dwelling of Nuf-Nuf was made of thin rods. Such huts could not protect not only from the winter cold, but from the wolf, who so wanted to eat these pink and plump pigs. He did not have any problems blowing off (and thereby destroying) the straw house of Nif-Nif, who afterwards tried to hide in the house of the rods of Nuf-Nof. But this house was destroyed. Only thanks to the fact that Naf-Naf built a house of stone, the piglets were able to protect themselves from the evil wolf, but he tried to climb through the chimney, but still the good conquered the evil, and the piglets remained alive.

Acute question of authorship

I wonder who is the real author? "Three Little Pigs" and authorship are widely discussed today. After all, many people have known this fairy tale since childhood, since it refers to one of the simplest to perceive. It suits even the smallest children, so it is often called the Russian folk. But for Russian children, parents have not started reading "Three Little Pigs" for a long time. The author of the book with the translation of this English fairy tale is none other than the famous Sergei Mikhalkov. Interestingly, his version is slightly different from the original. After all, only the Russian variant of the fairy tale tells that clever pigs just taught the wolf. If you compare this tale with the source, that is, with the work "Three Little Pigs" (the author of the fairy tale - the people) the original, then the insolent wolf cunning pigs were cooked in the cauldron when he tried to get through the chimney to the house of Naf-Naf.

Such cruelty of the folkloric variant is inherent not only specifically to this fairy tale, in the original, many works (not only of English, but also of other peoples) were cruel enough, but after they were changed and modernized to the kind in which they had already come to us. And thus, three pigs (the author of the English fairy tale - the English people) have already become not so bloodthirsty and have not welded a wolf, but just let them go.

A little more about the Russian version of the fairy tale

Mikhalkov is an excellent author. "Three Little Pigs" is a fairy tale, which he translated in the distant 1936. It was then that under his name was published "The Tale of Three Pigs", which immediately became beloved and widely known. It is interesting that not only this work Mikhalkov was created on the basis of another fictional story (a story, a fairy tale), but he was able to add to them such colors, after which the characters come to life in a new way.

The tale of Mikhalkov was translated into English

An interesting historical fact is that the version of the work "Three Little Pigs" (author of the fairy tale - Mikhalkov) was published in 1968 in England. It is noteworthy that the original source for this translation was the German edition of "Three Little Pigs" Mikhalkov, which was published in 1966. This fact confirms that Mikhalkov really created this fairy tale, that is, he is the author. "Three Little Pigs" is a work that many attribute to his pen. In extreme cases, he is the author of the most popular and interesting version of this tale.

More options for possible authors

Who wrote the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs"? English author or not? One can hear such an answer, according to which the Brothers Grimm still consider the authors of this tale. But this is absolutely wrong answer. Confirmation of this can be found in the book "Childish rhymes and stories" (this is the first printed version of this tale), which was published in London in the distant 1843. At that time, the Brothers Grimm was already well known and would hardly have been allowed to print this work under his own name. On the other hand, it does not matter who the author is, "Three Little Pigs" is just a great tale.

Interpretation of fairy tales in cartoons

Nif-Nif, Nuf-Nuf and Naf-Naf are so fond of children that their story was even filmed in cartoons. The most famous variants for us are, of course, Disney's and from the Soyuzmultfilm studio. And here the question of who wrote the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs" has already ceased to be important. The author of each separate adaptation made his own adjustments, thereby slightly changing the tale, making it more interesting for children. The main thing is that, despite the fact that both versions of the fairy tale were filmed in the last century, they still remain interesting for new generations.

The fairy tale, which became the basis of the provocative cartoon of Tex Avery

A well-known worldwide cartoonist, Thex Avery managed to give a new meaning to a children's fairy tale. In his cartoon version of the cartoon, which was created during the Second World War, the "evil and terrible gray wolf" was the image of Hitler. "Countries" that agreed to sign a non-aggression pact are stupid Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nof. And only "Captain Pig" was preparing for a possible attack of the "wolf". So it can be said that Takes Avery is also the one who wrote The Three Little Pigs. The author here simply created a story for adults, not for children. After he wrote and continued this story of "piglets".

A fairy tale worth reading to children

In this tale we have good and bad heroes. Good, of course, pigs, we sympathize with them. An evil wolf wants to eat them. But the piglets are also stupid (Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nuf), because they hope that the little houses will save them, and if it were not for smart Naf-Naf, they would not survive. Only by uniting, the brothers were able to defeat the wolf, and even to teach him a lesson, so that he would never try to eat them again.

Although this fairy tale is considered by many to be primitive, it is still this work that is worth telling to the children of the whole world. After all, regardless of who wrote "Three Little Pigs", the author wanted to convey the main point - we must always prepare for the "winter" in time, that is, be prepared for bad times and start preparing in advance, and the family is the main value, only together with the family You can even "wolf" overcome. Indeed, it is only in the form of a fairy tale that young children can be given such serious life concepts, and only in this form will they perceive them. It is important to answer the children correctly the questions that they can ask after listening to or reading this work, so that they understand the whole point. And it is better to give the kids the option in which the wolf is not killed, because after that the piglets (like the heroes) are no longer good. It's better that they only punish him for their desire to eat them, because this is an incorrect act. And young parents should not be lazy to tell this fairy tale again. If she is interested in a baby, then he really likes it.

A fairy tale is the simplest form of conveying wisdom, experience from generation to generation, this is our inheritance, which we must preserve for the next generations, who, perhaps in their own way, will understand everything and will also wonder who wrote the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs." The author of such a question will already receive an entirely different answer, the essence of which is that the author of this fairy tale is the people of the whole world, after all, generation after generation has modernized and perfected it.