Character History
Boy-C-finger - the hero of the common fabulous plot. The story of a small character was popular in different countries of the world. The image varies depending on the cultural trends, however, is always endowed with such qualities as an engineering, kindness, courage, the ability to find a way out of difficult situations.C-finger boy in folklore
In the literature, the character came from Folklore. Researchers include a genre of writings about a C-finger boy to traditional stray plots, that is, which occurred in many cultures, many nationalities. Until our time, the story has reached art transfers of writers and folklorists.
It can be assumed that the image of a fabulous character was formed from the mythological ideas about the spirits guarding peace and prosperity of the family. So, for example, in Slavic mythology, the figure of the Czech house (Křet) was depicted as a statuette of bronze and was called Paleček.
Fate-C-finger boy
In the literature there are different versions of the folk fairy tale. In each of them, the main character because of circumstances faces dangerous adventures, often threatening his life. Boy-with-finger shows cunning and courage, coming out of difficulties the winner. This is the main idea of the composition. The fabulous description appears a traditional motive - the lack of money in the family. The character, hitting the difficult situation, can not only get away from death, but also to gain wealth.C-finger boy in fairy tales of different writers
The first mentions of the hero of the fairy tale appear in the English poem of the XVI century. The work was based on medieval legends about the exploits of the King Arthur, as well as the traditions of knightly court romance. In the fairy tale, it was reported how the wizard wizard Merlin in the appearance of the beggar asked the shelter from a poor peasant. The traveler found out that the owner of the house and his wife there are no children. The woman wanted a child, even if he was taking with a finger. Merlin decided to fulfill the desire of the peasant, and a tiny son was born shortly from a couple.
The house visited the queen of Fay, gave a newborn kiss, gave him a name - Tom - and invited the elves to stitch clothes for the boy. The hero of Ros, surrounded by the care of the parents, but soon got into the whirlpool of exciting adventures, on the basis of which, in the future, they will build their version of Brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm.
After wanderings, the hero falls into the Palace of King Arthur and Queen Guinera. A cheerful character of the character has to all likely. Especially for crumbs are built by a small palace, create a carriage harvested with 6 mice. All days of Tom are happily and carelessly.
The readers are the most famous fairy tale about the C-finger boy in the Arrangement of Charles Perro. The plot of this version of the author is distinguished by cruelty, murders - historians of literature explained this fact to the fact that the fairy tale was written during the period of global hunger in France. Anomalous cold and heavy rains destroyed yields. Not protected from the consequences of the elements was French poor, and in particular the children of peasants.
The story tells about the family of a logger, who lives with his wife and 7 sons. Children have nothing to feed, and parents decide to take them into the forest, so that the sons are not returned. This will know the boy-with-finger. To save yourself and brothers, the hero is gaining white pebbles into the bag, and when the father leads children to the forest, scatters stones along the way. Thanks to this boys, you manage to go home.
Parents repeat an attempt, but this time the intended character does not have time to score stones. Left alone, children roam the forest in search of help. Soon, they are found a hut, where the boys want to spend the night. The hostess at home warns the travelers that her husband is cannibal. But it does not scare children of the lumberjack - they are more afraid of wolves. In the evening, the owner returns to the hut and immediately wants to eat uninvited guests. However, the spouse persuades to wait until tomorrow.
The precharged that the cannibal will change the desire, a small hero is changing the caps of their brothers on the crown of the owner's daughters at home. At night, the villain comes to the bedroom and, confusing with the change of hats, kills girls. The brothers meanwhile run away from the hut. The cannibal goes beyond the fugitives into pursuit, putting boots boots. When he gets tired and falls asleep, the boy-with-finger takes his magic shoes.
He is heading back to the hut and informs the Goddadda's wife, that he was captured by the robbers and demand a redemption. Taking money from a woman, a character with other boys returns home. In the XIX century to the tales of Charles Perro, including about a small brave, created magnificent illustration of the artist Onor House.
In the version of the fairy tale set forth by the brothers Grimm, the hero is a long-awaited child. Thosed, the boy helps his father on the housework, driving a horse by climbing her ear. Such an amazing little man want to buy travelers to show at fairs. A small hero persuades his father to sell it, and then runs away from buyers.
Wanting to go home, the character passes through a lot of tests: It turns out in mink mink, in the stomach of the cow and inside the wolf. The writing ends with a happy finale: the wolf resorts to the house of the parents of the hero, the crumb to be removed, fed, wash and no longer let go. The plot of fairy tales is used not only by European, but also by Russians, Japanese writers.
Boy-with-finger in cartoons and films
In the XX century, the screen was removed, which was based on the version of Charles Perp, as well as the motives of the Russian folk tale. In the French film 2001, the PERR version was adapted for children while preserving a quotation from the text. Also popularity has acquired and cartoons about the C-finger boy, the first of which appeared in 1938. Also, the fairy tale in different versions was published in a book format with pictures of famous artists.