Not Children's Tales. Secret Meanings of Folk Texts

Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Beautiful, Baba Yaga and Kashchei the Deathless, swan geese, rejuvenating apples, and the mysterious number "three" – all of these are characters and symbols of fairy tales familiar to us from childhood. The history of... folk texts goes back to deep antiquity, and their meanings today seem absolutely obvious to us. And it seems that there can't be any subtext. But is it really so? 

Ulyana Nizhinskaya – a philologist, folklore researcher, blogger, and host of the program "The Other Side of Tales" on Silver Rain radio, in her book "Not Children's Tales..." will tell: 

• what the dead princess and seven heroes are silent about; 
• where the swan geese fly; 
• why Yaga put children on a spatula and who Kashchei the Deathless is; 
• how an ancient fairy tale reflected the relationship between men and women;
• where the warrior maidens in our folklore, so similar to Greek Amazons, came from… and much more that was left unsaid to us in childhood.