What does the Hedgehog see in the fog? Philosophy on the theme of the cartoon

This tiny hedgehog with a tiny bundle and a big dream for the evening - to get on a visit to Bear cub - one of the most touching characters of Soviet animation. And the most controversial. Actually, the Hedgehog was not a hero of one cartoon, but the plot of how he got into the fog zone does not leave indifferent ... adults.

Not children's cartoon

For several decades now, parents have stated that the children remain completely indifferent to the wanderings of the Hedgehog in the fog. Apparently, the director and the artist picked up the wrong color for the cartoon: somehow it turned gray, gloomy and not perceived by the children's audience.

Often, parents have to torment the baby with questions about what the hedgehog sees in the fog , Where he goes, why he turned into a fog. Children answer, but somehow without enthusiasm. And experts say that in a ten-minute saga about the Hedgehog too much philosophy, there is even the impression that the protagonist himself is a bachelor of some eminent high school with a philosophical bias.

And although the "Hedgehog in the fog" is recognized as a cartoon of all times and peoples, the five-year-old is still too early to watch it, it remains unclear for children of 10 years. For about 25 years you are beginning to realize its meaning a little.

Although ... Children are different for children. Hedgehog, wandering in the fog, asks the same questions that any kid can dazzle his parents.

Will not the horse drown in the fog? It interests the Hedgehog.

Why can not you throw away the sour hydrogen (hydrogen peroxide)?

Why does Santa Claus hiccup and smell of it?

Who collected a hedgehog? It interests children. Of the three questions - only one for cartoons.

Symbols and signs

Now the review for this animated film is not written is not lazy. Especially there is much to say in representatives of various esoteric currents.

So, what does the Hedgehog see in the fog? Oak leaf, a beautiful white horse, a huge owl, which, perhaps, does not want anyone to be evil, but scares everyone, especially the Hedgehog, who is already scared. The owl in the cartoon is too huge, and also it is loud and a little impudent: it reminds the aunt from the market.

In front of the Hedgehog, a black elephant, snail and a dog also appear.

In each of these beings one can see both mysticism and symbol.

What was the Hedgehog looking for in the fog? Why did he get into this dense veil of milky color, if he could safely bypass the nebula along the little path and catch the Bear in time?

But how? There, in the fog, is a horse (in the esoteric interpretation: soul, light, truth). Here is a small, weak, poorly trained Hedgehog and went to look for her. I went to look for myself.

The owl, the black elephant - is, as experts say, the symbolism of problems and difficulties, even dangers on the way to your soul. Fog - also something means, namely, uncertainty in their abilities. Yes, and the hedgehog with its soft supple character symbolizes a small man who aspires to his truth with all his might, but at every step is amenable to influence from the outside.

Or maybe not complicate it?

And on the other hand, is it not so in nature: animals can easily get off the track, get lost in the fog and see enough about horses, owls and snails? Only fog and fear make these simple images mysterious and frightening.

What did the Hedgehog see in a fog that contradicted nature and the climatic zone in which hedgehogs usually live? Elephant unless. But this vision could have arisen simply due to fog and unwind with the first rays, turning into an ordinary tree.

It is because of the appearance on the screen of an elephant and a horse, so different in elegance and color, that many began to criticize the authors of the "Hedgehog" and accuse them of chanting the post-alcohol syndrome and drug glitches.

Yes you?!! Which of the hedgehogs is an alcoholic and especially a drug addict? Nice face and kind soul. A horse and an elephant - this is an occasion to ponder and nudge the thoughts of others. And also - that the fairy tale was unlike other "lived-were" ...

What does the Hedgehog see in the fog? Only that which he wants to appear, and in the form in which he wants to appear. The rest is a conjecture of cynical critics.

Hedgehog lives on Zolotovorotskaya ...

Whoever, and as it were, would blacken the Hedgehog, but he still remains a favorite of generations. The cartoon is watched and reviewed with pleasure, because in it such an ending is remarkable: The hedgehog escaped and saw the same stars.

Thanks to this unusual animation in Kiev, a sculpture "The Hedgehog in the Fog" appeared. Lovely creature with a little bundle in short paws "settled" at the intersection of Zolotovorotskaya and Reitarskaya streets and immediately gained popularity among Kyivans and guests of the capital.

Near the Hedgehog, photoshoots are arranged, wishes are near him and they just go to see. Despite the spines made of self-tapping screws (in the amount of 5000 pieces), it does not look bristled: the same kindest face, the same sad eyes.

Even the sculpture, the hedgehog, looks all the time steadily somewhere, probably into his own personal fog, in which his personal horse wanders.

And after not just watching the cartoon, and after visiting the sculpture, we still can not understand what the Hedgehog sees in the fog. Maybe the way out?