#the feather of finist the falcon

[thelastofthebookworms]

*About Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll's Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden Harp

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

[russianfolklore]

Boris Zvorykin's illustration for russian tale "The Feather of Finist the Falcon".

[fate-magical-girls]

Comparing fairy tales with their inspirations from legendary sagas produces a weird effect, because you can see where the stories have been simplified and the behavior of the protagonists sanitized.

The Goose Girl whose position was stolen by her handmaiden and was reduced to speaking to her beheaded horse Falada was a club-footed princess who originally agreed to switch places with her maid because she was self-conscious about her feet and feared her prince was short and ugly. She was also mother of Charlemagne.

The Goose Girl at the Well who was exiled for saying she loved her father like meat loves salt was a British queen who led an army to rescue her father who had been driven insane by her abusive sisters.

Sleeping Beauty, who was cursed to sleep for a hundred years, was a Valkyrie who masterminded the death of her prince when he was brainwashed into marrying another woman, and then threw herself onto his pyre so she could die with him.

The youngest brother of the Wild Swans, whose arm remained a swan wing because his sister ran out of thread to make the tunic that would break his curse, became a knight in a swan boat that avenged a noble maiden's honor and had children with her that would give rise to the royal line of Bouillon.

Cinderella was a successful courtesan and a self-made woman, who had no fairy god mother, but did have a fling with fable-teller Aesop as well as an epic rivalry with her sister-in-law, who happened to be one of the greatest poets of their age. Alternatively, she was a queen of Egypt to died before seeing her family enslaved by the mad Persian king Cambyses.

The mystical husbands of East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Iron Stove, and the Feather of Finist the Falcon were originally the god Eros, and the Beauty that had to find her husband after losing him was his wife Psyche.

Often the animal husband takes the form of a snake. In certain myths among the indigenous Taiwanese, the animal husband is a snake and the ancestor of their people. In Baltic and Slavic stories, the snake husband is never accepted by his wife's family, who kill him through deceit. Meanwhile, a 9th century Chinese story makes the husband into a Yaksha, and the lovers are eventually parted because the wife cannot stay in the realm of the Yaksha.

Related to the animal husband theme, the Beast was a tragic man from Tenerife with hypertrichosis, and Beauty was a noblewoman who was married to him almost as a joke. Though they lived a long and happy life together, four of their seven children were stolen away and sent to live in foreign courts because they shared their father's condition.

The Girl Without Hands was a Mercian queen who ruled her nation with iron fists, and was involved in more than one assassination.

Maid Maleen's original name was Brangaine, the maid of Tristan and Iseult. In most variants of the tale, it is the guilty bride who substitutes her maid in the bridal procession to hide her loss of virginity that is the actual protagonist. When the prince questions her about the children she has born, she is forced to reveal the tokens that her lover left with her, and the prince realizes that he himself is the lover in question, and apologizes and proceeds with the wedding.

The speechless Little Mermaid's beloved prince was a Swedish duke, brother to the king, named Magnus Vasa. He was afflicted with psychotic episodes throughout his life, and had assistants assigned to look after him. He never married but had a longtime affair with a commoner woman who cared for him. During one of his episodes, he jumped into a moat, claiming to have seen a woman there. This became the basis for a class of ballads called Herr Magnus and the Mermaid, which describes how Magnus lost his heart and then his mind to the mermaid after initially rejecting her. This then became stories of the tragic mermaid's rejection and revenge.

[kebriones]

the feather of Finist the bright falcon is the coolest fairytale not just because you have "girl goes on epic quest to get her bird boyfriend back but because you also have an evil princess literally selling the prince (the bird boyfriend) she's about to marry out to strangers. She's like "yeah, sure, random girl i found on the beach, you can have a night with him in exchange for this fancy gold thingy you have." She also drugs him to make him be unconscious the entire night.

Also the evil sisters in this fairytale at least have a use in the plot and aren't there just to be mean to the protagonist. They put knives on the window their youngest sister's bird lover comes in through every night. And his reaction is " ;_; why would she do this to me ;_; I'm leaving forever ;_; going very far away ;_; sad ;_; ouchies ;_;"

But it's never clarified if he's more bird than human or vice versa so maybe that's why he's silly. He also has magic feathers that can grant wishes.

[thormanick]

Ok so everyone is sharing what they called the Wanderer and I want to share my choice too hehe

I named him Finist, after Finist-Yasnyi-Sokol (Finist Bright Falcon), because:

Bird motif/feather motif. The Wanderer has a feather on him, there was a bird in his trailer and Nahida also said "I've hidden him like one would hide a feather" and first of all it's all very cute, while second of all Finist had the ability to turn into a falcon's feather and fly

Finist went through many hardships. So did Wanderer.

Something that came to me while playing the quest - like Wandered Finist (in some versions of the tale) was betrayed/manipulated! Huh! what a coincidence with the lore!

And the last but not the least, I've read that Finist as a name came from a changed version of Phoenix, which is a bird of rebirth, and the whole theme of Wanderer revolves around starting anew

[vesperlionheart]

There is a rich tradition in fairytales of making the girl/woman the one who goes out on the quest to save her lover, her friend, her husband, or her feathery brothers from something greater than herself, aided by crafty wise women in the woods and talking animals, or in spite of them. The more I read the more I wonder why we’ve forgotten their courage and turned the term ‘fairytale’ into something silly and childish that often ends in a ball gown with glass slippers and a neat happy ever after.

[takaraphoenix]

Fairy Tale Recap: The Feather of Finist the Falcon

Because I had so much fun doing the recaps yesterday, have some more fairy tales. We have moved on to Russian ones, specifically those from Alexander Afanasyev, who I find utterly fascinating, to be quite honest.

Let’s kick this off with The Feather of Finist the Falcon.

Bit of a Beauty and the Beast vibe - the youngest daughter wants a fancy present from her dad the merchant while her two older sisters just want dresses. The only way for dear old dad to get the fancy thing is from a magical creature.

A feather from the magical falcon Finist. Finist agrees, if he in return gets to marry the man’s daughter.

Finist and the girl get along great and talk a lot at night, which does not sit right with her jealous older sisters, who chase the bird away.

Now she has to go and search for her beloved falcon.

On her journey, she meets Baba Yaga, who helps her on her journey so that she may make it in time to the magical enchanted castle of Finist, where thanks to magic tools from Baba Yaga, the girl manages to get past Finist’s bride.

Bird turns into prince, girl marries prince and they live happily ever after.

[darth-salem-emperor-of-earth]

@leepunzel , @vesperlionheart

Finally found time to finish this! 

An illustration for a Russian fairytale The Feather of Finist the Falcon.

Art by me.

[inkyami]

I’ve made a cover for a single “Финист ясный сокол” by Philidel! "The Feather of Finist the Falcon” is a russian fairy tale about perilous love between a girl and a prince-shapeshifter.  The song is an homage to the tale.

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[ivan-bilibin]

Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon", Ivan Bilibin

[diegoalvesisgod]

not on the question list, but is there anything you would want to write or read, but you just can't seem to write it yourself? an idea you have but can't execute?

Sometimes I get ideas like this, and I'm really sad that the kinkmemes aren't a thing anymore, because I would always post those things there, and someone would execute them beautifully.

Some examples of amazing fics that I couldn't write but someone else could:

It's worth all the misery - I had this idea of anti-soulmate thing, and here a lovely anon wrote it with Morata/Dybala and it's *chef's kiss*

Borne in Red - one of the absolute masterpieces in the fic universe - a Handmaid's Tale story with Hendollana that I was intimidated by, and I could never do it this justice.

Written in the Software - I had this idea when I read the Matched series (I think it was called that), and I felt like the fic world could do it better, but not me, you know? And so @montocalypse did it much, much better than both me and Ally Condie ever could.

One idea that I've had in my head for the longest time, but it kind of intimidates me, is a modern retelling of the Russian fairy tale "The Feather of Finist the Falcon". It has this very interesting part where two women basically fight over the main hero, one is literally selling a night with him to the other for expensive gifts, but always puts a magic pin in his hair before so he would be asleep during the night. And it just has so much potential as a modern, dark story involving possessive pimps and prostitutes, but I think my brain doesn't have the capacity to create this the way I imagine it.

[thelastofthebookworms]

The Feather of Finist the Falcon

The Legend of the White Snake

The Snowman

Pele's Revenge

Peter Klaus

The Wicked King

How the Sky-God's stories came to be Anansi's stories

The Blue Mountains

Boots and the Troll

*About Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll's Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden Harp

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

[perevision]

Welcome to my BokuAka AU, a hot mess of fairytale tropes loosely based on Beauty and the Beast, Ladyhawke, and Finist the Falcon. Akaashi is hired to look after a very secret, very old library in the middle of a city. The first thing he needs to do is open a box at midnight. The box contains a feather, which when it hits the floor becomes an owl that flies out the window. At sunrise the owl returns and, instead of turning back into a feather, turns into a loud young man who doesn’t like wearing shirts. There’s questing and book shenanigans and fond exasperation. I wish I knew how to write this.

[rhianna]

AuthorCurtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906 LoC No.12031714 TitleMyths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars ContentsThe three kingdoms: the copper, the silver, and the golden -- Ivan Tsarevich, the fire-bird, and the gray wolf -- Ivan the peasant's son and the little man himself one-finger tall, his mustache seven versts in length -- The feather of Bright Finist the falcon -- The pig with gold bristles, the deer with golden horns, and the golden-maned steed with golden tail -- Water of youth, water of life, and water of death -- The footless and blind champions -- The three kingdoms -- Koshchéi Without-Death -- Vassilissa Golden Tress, bareheaded beauty -- The ring with twelve screws -- The footless and the blind -- Koshchéi Without-Death -- Go to the verge of destruction and bring back Shmat-Razum -- Marya Morevna (variant of the rescue of Ivan Tsarevich and the winning of the colt) -- Yelena the wise -- The seven Simeons, full brothers -- The enchanted princess -- Vassilissa the cunning, and the tsar of the sea -- Boyislav, youngest of twelve -- The table, the pack, and the bag -- The king of the toads -- The mouse-hole, and the underground kingdom -- The cuirassier and the horned princess -- The treacherous brothers -- The poor man, and the king of the crows -- The useless wagoner -- Mirko, the king's son -- The reed maiden -- Kiss Miklos and the green daughter of the green king -- The hedgehog, the merchant, the king, and the poor man. LanguageEnglish LoC ClassGR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore SubjectFairy tales -- Russia SubjectFairy tales -- Czech Republic SubjectFairy tales -- Hungary CategoryText EBook-No.50011 Release DateSep 19, 2015 Copyright StatusPublic domain in the USA.

[pinehutch]

🌲, 🌠, and 🐾!

Ohoho, three asks! Jackpot! 

pine 🌲 - what’s something you’ve had since you were a child?

I’m currently curled up in my favourite corner of the sofa, which means that one of the bookcases is behind me, and on that bookcase there are books that I’ve had for ages and ages. One of my favourites was and is the Ivan Bilibin-illustrated The Feather of Finist the Falcon. The cover’s still shelved with it but came off many, many, many years ago. I can’t even remember when it was given to me - I may have been as young as four or five. 

fae 🌠 - what’s a fact about yourself that you don’t know how to explain?

What an intriguing question, honestly. I had to think about this. 

I’m not ‘lucky’ in the random chance sense. However, the three times I can remember in my life when I’ve won something through, like, a draw, I was absolutely and quietly certain in the minutes leading up to it that I was going to win. It wasn’t excitement or anticipation, or wishing. It was just this calm sense of - oh, this will be me, and it’s only ever happened in those cases. (FYI these have not been lavish wins - the most recent one I can remember was years ago and was a book of Canadian poetry.) I have no explanation for this and so have chalked it up to “the universe and the mind are both way more complex than we can ever hope to explain, guess I’ll take my Body Shop Dewberry Gift Basket from this prize table in 1994 and be on my way.” 

raccoon 🐾 - have you ever accidentally stolen something?

(omg the FEETS) 

Well I mean, hearts, mostly. *finger guns*  *finger shoots self in own foot* 

I am also guilty of accidental cheese larceny as recently as a few months ago. It was late, and the grocery store was closed or just about when I got to the car and realized. 

Thank you for these asks from the woods! 

[russianfolklore]

Hi! Kind of curious, do you have a favourite Russian/Slavic fairy tale? Are there any movie/tv/novel adaptations that you particularly like? Thank you for running this blog, it always brings beautiful things to my dash!

Hi! Yes, I do. I like “Marya Morevna", “The Feather of Finist The Bright Falcon”, “Tsarevich Ivan, the Fire-Bird and the Grey Wolf”, “The Three Kingdoms, The Copper, The Silver, And The Golden”, “The Truth and The Lies”, “Sadko”, “The Sun, The Moon and Voron Voronovich”, “Witch and sister of Sun”, “Nastasya Mikulishna”… well, I love many tales xD

But there are very few movies. Just a few Soviet adaptations:

1. “Sadko”, 1953 - https://youtu.be/zedi4fgeMeI (with eng sub)

2. “Koschei The Deathless”, 1944 - https://youtu.be/wtsDw6gowrA (no sub, sorry)

3. “Morozko” or “Father The Frost”, 1964 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAsCujfg7VU (dubbed in English!)

4. “Finist The Brave Falcon”, 1975 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMRWHQAF2I0 (with eng sub)

5. “Varvara The Long Braid”, 1969 - https://youtu.be/S1W8Y3BcYpA (no sub sorry)

6. “Skilful Marya”, 1959 - https://youtu.be/OqVwAeKIOyY (no sub sorry)

7. “Viy”, 1967 - https://youtu.be/zyg0WUsY9HI (spanish sub), https://youtu.be/W6wpEpfx5dQ (eng sub)

8. “Vasilisa The Beautiful”, 1939 - https://youtu.be/sKR_H5fSuVI (eng sub)

Also there are several modern films based on Russian/Ukranian fairy tales:

1. “Viy” or “Forbidden Empire“, 2014 - https://youtu.be/h5ZnsaG7RhU (dubbed in English!)

2. “Gogol. The Beginning”, 2017 - https://youtu.be/537rmn8EzII and “Gogol. Viy”, 2018 - https://youtu.be/_Fhe4f0d3v8 (sorry these two are just trailers!)  These two movies are about Nikolai Gogol - russian writer of 19 century. He wrote tales and novels inspired by ukranian folklore. The movies filmed in a fantasy/mystical genre. “Viy” of 1967 and “Viy” of 2014 are also adaptations of his novel of the same name. (Viy is a evil spirit in the novel)

3. “The Last Hero”, 2017 - https://youtu.be/IXbVuRoybr8 (just trailer sorry!) I really like this movie. It’s about a guy who accidentally landed in the world of the russian fairy tales. Good comedy, with good graphic and good actors’ play. Also there are stunning Baba Yaga and cool Koschei The Deathless.

Cartoons! Many cartoons!

1. “Vasilisa Mikulishna” - https://youtu.be/CnysHoprhsQ (eng sub)

2. “Tsar Saltan” - https://youtu.be/b3TQevs14CE (eng sub)

3. “There Once Was A Dog” - https://youtu.be/wvZfOMbAUnU (eng sub) Beautiful and a little sad tale.

4. “Fly’s house”, 2014 - https://youtu.be/tUgZEGYPjvA (eng sub) Absolutly crazy musical cartoon! Watch it! :D It was really made ofplasticine.

5. “Kolobok”, 2014 - https://youtu.be/9M286oRxFxs (eng sub) Beautiful musical cartoon.

You can watch more cartoons here: Mountain of Gems and here: Russian Animation with Sub.

I don’t know any tv or novel adaptation and never heard of it, so I think it don’t even exist.