The Flying Ship ( Ukrainian: летючий корабель; letuchiy korabel, Russian: летучий корабль; letuchiy korabl) is an East Slavic or Eastern European folk tale, [1] considered a Ukrainian folk tale in some collections, [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] as well as a Russian folk tale in others. [8] [9] In retellings, it is also called The Ship That Flew, [10] Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, [11] [9] and The Fool and the Flying Ship. [12]
An old man and old woman had three sons, two wise and one foolish. The two wise sons were treated better than the foolish son. When the tsar offered his daughter in marriage for any man who could make a ship fly, the two wise sons were allowed to leave while the foolish son was not. Undeterred, the foolish son convinced his parents to let him go, and they sent him away with a small amount of stale, flavorless food and some water. On his way, he met an old man. When the old man asked for food, the foolish son opened his sack and was surprised to discover that it was no longer stale and flavorless. The foolish son next discovered that the water turned to wine after he had offered it to the old man. The old man thanked the foolish son for the food and drink, then tells him how the foolish son can go into the forest, chop a tree down, and then lay down and go to sleep until woken up. The foolish son does as suggested, and awakes to discover a flying ship, into which he climbs and flies off. [3] [1]
While flying, the foolish son meets a number of people. While the characters are similar, their names differ by storyteller. [2] [1] [3] [10]
Finally, they arrive at the Tsar's feast and disembark from the flying ship. Viewing them as peasants, the tsar decides to give them five impossible tasks to avoid marrying his daughter to them. [3] [1]
Seeing this, the Tsar and his daughter were both satisfied. [3] [1]
The tale is classified, in the East Slavic Folktale Classification ( Russian: СУС, romanized: SUS), as two tale types: SUS 513A, Russian: Шесть чудесных товарищей, romanized: Shest' chudesnykh tovarishchey, lit. 'Six Wonderful Companions', and SUS 513B, Russian: Летучий корабль, romanized: Letuchiy korabl', lit. 'Flying Ship'. In type SUS 513A, the hero finds companions with wonderful powers that help him win a princess. In type SUS 513B, the hero carves a ship that traverses both in land and sea. [13]
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The Flying Ship ( Ukrainian: летючий корабель; letuchiy korabel, Russian: летучий корабль; letuchiy korabl) is an East Slavic or Eastern European folk tale, [1] considered a Ukrainian folk tale in some collections, [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] as well as a Russian folk tale in others. [8] [9] In retellings, it is also called The Ship That Flew, [10] Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, [11] [9] and The Fool and the Flying Ship. [12]
An old man and old woman had three sons, two wise and one foolish. The two wise sons were treated better than the foolish son. When the tsar offered his daughter in marriage for any man who could make a ship fly, the two wise sons were allowed to leave while the foolish son was not. Undeterred, the foolish son convinced his parents to let him go, and they sent him away with a small amount of stale, flavorless food and some water. On his way, he met an old man. When the old man asked for food, the foolish son opened his sack and was surprised to discover that it was no longer stale and flavorless. The foolish son next discovered that the water turned to wine after he had offered it to the old man. The old man thanked the foolish son for the food and drink, then tells him how the foolish son can go into the forest, chop a tree down, and then lay down and go to sleep until woken up. The foolish son does as suggested, and awakes to discover a flying ship, into which he climbs and flies off. [3] [1]
While flying, the foolish son meets a number of people. While the characters are similar, their names differ by storyteller. [2] [1] [3] [10]
Finally, they arrive at the Tsar's feast and disembark from the flying ship. Viewing them as peasants, the tsar decides to give them five impossible tasks to avoid marrying his daughter to them. [3] [1]
Seeing this, the Tsar and his daughter were both satisfied. [3] [1]
The tale is classified, in the East Slavic Folktale Classification ( Russian: СУС, romanized: SUS), as two tale types: SUS 513A, Russian: Шесть чудесных товарищей, romanized: Shest' chudesnykh tovarishchey, lit. 'Six Wonderful Companions', and SUS 513B, Russian: Летучий корабль, romanized: Letuchiy korabl', lit. 'Flying Ship'. In type SUS 513A, the hero finds companions with wonderful powers that help him win a princess. In type SUS 513B, the hero carves a ship that traverses both in land and sea. [13]
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