Talk:Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf
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[edit] Image question
The description page for Image:Vasnetsov samolet.jpg states that the painting comes from this story, but there is no mention of a flying carpet in the plot summary, so is this correct? Also, what does The Knight at the Crossroads have to do with this story? howcheng {chat} 17:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
- There is no flying carpet in the story I consulted for the synopsis (and linked in Externa links), so, either
- The description confused this fairy tale with another one featuring Prince Ivan and the Firebird, both of whom are common fairy tale creatures, or
- The description is referencing a variant of the tale. Alas, the description page is not sufficient to add such a variant to this page; we would need a reference.
- As for the knight at the crossroads, it is depicting a common Russian fairy tale motif: a knight reading a stone to learn what can happen in each direction. It appears in this tale. Goldfritha 01:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks for your help. Perhaps you can look at Template:POTD/2007-03-12 to see if I have this correct then. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 05:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
- I looked, and it looks good to me. Goldfritha 17:23, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. Perhaps you can look at Template:POTD/2007-03-12 to see if I have this correct then. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 05:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Twin Brothers
I just read this story, it seems fairly similar to The Two Brothers, but I'm not sure if it bears mention in this article. It seems that alot of Fairy-tale/folktale articles have similar references. I was thinking it should be added to the See Also section. --illumi 23:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- It has its similarities, but its differences too. If you look at the stories already in the "See also" and the ones that have the same Aarne-Thompson type, you will see tales that are more closely related. Goldfritha 00:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
