Character History
Biblical character, beloved King Solomon. Also, the heroine of the book of Alexander Cookin "Sullaify", poor selylanka from the vineyard, in which the Israeli king falls in love with the wisest of people.History of creation
Alexander Kubrin wrote a story "Sullamife" in 1907. The plot is borrowed by the author from the song "Song of the song" Tsar Solomon - Text, which is part of the Old Testament. Judging by the letters of Kupper, in September and October 1907, the author was still engaged in the selection of material to work on the story. Kubrin studied the Bible and a number of research works dedicated to the story of the song "Songs".
The writer himself in the letters reported to respondents that he writes "whether the historical poem writes, or the legend of love" and thinks to introduce the works of "many bright passions and a naked body" into the plot. For the first time the story was published in 1908 in the collection "Earth".
Tale "Sullaph"
In the story of Kupper Sullaif, this is a poor girl from the vineyard, in which King Solomon is in love. The hero has a thousand wives, concubines, dancers and other women who can use, the king shared his bed with the queen Sava, but the poorness loves the poorness of Sulamif. The heroine works in the royal vineyard, and Solomon somehow takes the tupping vine. The heroine sings some melody, is occupied by work and does not notice the king observing her. Solomon comes up to the girl and asks that that showing a face.
Sullami has a young slender body, a dark skin, thick and curly dark red hair falling a girl on his back. The king himself is also young and beautiful, and the girl falls in love with him. Solomon asks heroine to sit next to him and tell who she is. The heroine calls his name and admits that he helps the brothers to engage in royal vineyards. Solomon kisses the girl and appoints a date next night at the House of Sulamy. About myself the king lies that he is a royal chef.
Sulami thirteen years old, but the girl has already podnatar in the art of seduction. The heroine is departed in the evening in the city and sells his only silver earrings there to help out money. Instead of Seagh, the girl buys a sweet Merra, which is going to diminish his own body before a date, so that it smelled incense.
At night, the heroine is waiting for the phenomenon of the beloved, he does not come for a long time, and when the steps of the hero are still heard outside the door, the girl is frightened and long does not decide to unlock him. In the end, the Sulamifern looks out the door, but no one finds there. The heroine is looking for a beloved on the streets of the night city, and then goes to the vineyard - their place of their first meeting. There, the girl finds Solomon, between the characters there is an erotic scene, after which Solomon admits who he really is.
The king will take away the beloved to the palace, where she bathes in the whole basker incense, then decorates his hair with pearls and has clothes from the lightest Egyptian fabrics. Week undergoing, during which the king and Sulauf "enjoy love", and Solomon crepts the girl with precious stones and gifts.
Meanwhile, against the heroine, the unkind Queen Astis was found, the Supreme Priestess of the temple of Isis, which Solomon left at one time. Astis is experiencing a black jealousy to Suulfi and senses the head of the royal guard Eliava to kill a new king's new beloved. In the exchange of Astis promises to surrender.
The head of the guardian hides at the door of the royal bedroom, where the main characters are staying, and is waiting for a convenient moment. Sullaith, meanwhile, suffer unkind premonitions, and the girl tells the king that death suffered near. At this moment, the killer breaks into the bedroom and pierces the Sulamife with a sword. At this short biography of the heroine ends. Tsar Solomon orders to kill the head of the Guardians, and the Tsaritsa Astis to send to Egypt.
Sullaif in the Bible
"Sullamify", "Suults" - such a word in the Bible is called the beloved King Solomon, and this name is connected with the place where the girl comes from. This word is found in the text of the Bible twice and in Hebrew sounds like "Hashulat", which means "a woman from the village of Shule (or Sunam)". It turns out, "Sullaph" is a nominal name, and not own.
Some researchers believe that "Sullaph" is the same character as Queen Sava, or identify the heroine with a certain daughter of Pharaoh, Solomon's wife. Other researchers believe that the name "Suulita" is a female form of the name "Solomon", and both of these names are for the symbolic designation of the bride and groom during the wedding rite.
It is assumed that the images of Sulami and Solomon are used to describe some ideal relationships between the bride and groom, which have not had time to conclude a lawful marriage. In the lyrics of Solomon's songs, Solomon is talking about the inadmissibility of the meetings in private, describes the chaste communication of the Sualad with the Beloved, etc.