Water king in mythology, films and fairy tales for children

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About who the water king is, what he has in common with Neptune, and what is the difference, will be discussed in this article. Some fairy tales will also be considered here, in which there is such an interesting character as a water one.

Information from Slavic mythology

In general, since ancient times, people worshiped the water element. It was considered as necessary as it was dangerous. And this is so: reservoirs feed and water, but very often they take the lives of careless people. Therefore, the water - mythical creatures - was given great importance in antiquity. People endowed them with dual character traits, attributed to them actions that were also opposite.

Most often the owner of rivers and lakes was called simply - water. Tsar - this title was assigned to him later by storytellers. This statement is proved by explanatory dictionaries, where such a name, un titled, is considered. Among the people, a variety of names were assigned to the water man: Vodokrut, Vodopol, Pereplut. There were even special holidays in honor of him, name day. On such days, commoners cajoled the owner of different waters with gifts, affectionately calling him grandfather.

Water and Neptuneis it the same thing?

Except for Slavic mythology and Slavic fairy tales, you will not find mermen anywhere. Foreign authors preferred other characters, although somewhat similar to our merman.

For example, Hans Christian Andersen tells in his famous "The Little Mermaid" about the king of the sea. He also lives under water, controls all underwater creatures. But if mermaids are still subject to our merman, then Andersen's character is the father of these mythical creatures.

There are works in foreign literature in which the gods Neptune or Poseidon take part. But they should not be identified with our merman - they are completely different characters both in appearance and in character.

Maria the Artisan, a film for children

The Water King is one of the characters in many Russian fairy tales. That is why this image is often present in films for children.

This very interesting tale about the water king was filmed in 1960 by director Alexander Arturovich Rowe. The plot of the film is based on the fact that a retired soldier in the forest meets Tsarevich Ivan, the son of Marya the Craftsman. And from the boy he learns that his mother is languishing at the Thirteenth Waterpipe. The water king captivated the queen because she knew how to embroider and sew very beautifully.

The soldier helped the prince rescue his mother. But on the way the water king builds obstacles for the rescuers. Various characters help the soldier: Auntie Bad Weather who knows how to conjure, the insidious Kwak, who has grown out of simple frogs, sea pirates, Som Karpych. amazing underwaterthe kingdom shows the viewer a film-tale, where there was a waterman and the king-son, a soldier and Marya the artisan.

Maybe nothing would have worked out for the soldier with Ivan, but the granddaughter of Vodokrut the Thirteenth, Alyonushka, came to their aid.

It should be noted that the water king from the fairy tale "Mary the Master" is stupid, ridiculous and ridiculous. He is not at all like the imperious and strong mythical characters of other countries - the sea kings and the gods of the water element.

A fairy tale for children about a merman

Once upon a time there was a mother and a son in the same village. They lived hard, poor. The son began to grow up - he began to try to help his mother. Every day he went to the river to fish.

And one day he suddenly saw that either a large fish was entangled in his nets, or an unprecedented beast with a fish tail. The prisoner prayed, began to ask the young man to let him go into the river. And for that, a strange creature promises to fulfill any of his desires. The guy didn’t even guess that the water king himself was floundering in his nets. Thought it was just an unfortunate animal accidentally entangled.

The young man smiled, untangled the nets and released the tailed beast into the river. And he didn't ask for anything in return. I returned home and told my mother a strange story.

– You are clever, my dear son! It is impossible to take payment for good deeds, - so said his kind mother.

In less than two days, messengers from overseas came to the poor. They bowed to the poor people and said the following word:

– In a distant kingdom-state, waitingyou have a huge legacy left by distant relatives. Will you go there yourself or will you bring great riches here?

The mother and son asked that the overseas ambassadors bring everything they owe themselves - they did not want to leave their native land. And they themselves understood: the waterman repaid them so well. Actually, it was a test. The merman didn’t accidentally get caught in the net, but he got tangled up on purpose to make sure that the poor young man was kind and pure in soul.