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	Firebird (Russian folklore) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Russian folklore, the Firebird (жар-птица, literally ember bird from жар ember, flameless fire) is a magical glowing bird from a faraway land, which is both blessing and doom of its captor.
		A typical role of the Firebird in fairy tales is an object of difficult quest.
		The Firebird tales follow the classical scheme of fairy tale, with the feather serving as a premonition of hard journey, with magical helpers met on the way, who help in travel and capture of the Bird, and returning from the faraway land with the prize.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Firebird_(Russian_folklore) (401 words)

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		Russian folktales are particularly rich in the themes (the good versus greedy person, the triumph of the young and weak over the powerful, and success as a reward for tasks accomplished) that appeal to children’s strong spirit of justice and their appreciation of well-earned reward.
		Fairy tales, usually defined as those folktales with magic, are particularly stunning in Russian literature, in part because of the strength of the characters, and, in picture-book presentation, because of the art that depicts the glory of the Russian court and the richness of the art, architecture, and geography of the country.
		In this biography of the great Russian czar who unified and to some extent modernized Russia, Stanley has captured, through her strong writing and vivid illustrations, the luxurious world of imperial Russia and the character of the bold figure who dominated an important period of Russian history.
	www.umaine.edu /call/profdev/booklists/russian.html (2946 words)

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		Such inquiry led me to research the role of nature and theology/spirituality within Russian folklore, another area of interest to me, as my second major is Russian Area Studies.
		Russian Film 256: After watching the movie Heart of a Dog, I wrote a paper about the Soviet idea of domination of nature.
		The paper addresses the integration of pre-Christian Russian folk belief with modern Russian Orthodox Christianity, this is known as dvoeverie or dual faiths.
	www.stolaf.edu /depts/cis/wp/gibbonsc/Russian/Russian.htm (571 words)

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		The character of the firebird itself is a mysterious being that is part of almost every fantasy world in Russian folklore.
		Although the high popularity of the Firebird as a character certainly would initially act as a source of attraction to the ballet, there was certainly the danger that the plot would be too familiar to the audience to create enough interest.
		However, this danger was successfully averted partially in that the plot was not taken from an existing legend or fairy-tale (perhaps since most skazki in Russian folklore did not provide enough focus on the character of the firebird itself, as Taruskin suggests); instead, the ballet's plot line draws from a multitude of sources.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/03/hhsu1/music_articles/stravinsky_firebird.html (2149 words)

	The Firebird Emblem
		Besides being told to children as a fairytale, the Firebird legend is the subject of Stravinsky's 1910 score, The Firebird Suite.
		The Firebird then appears and casts a spell by dancing wildly among the demons of Kastchei.
		The legendary Firebird is said to resemble a gigantic and magnificent hawk whose wings seem to be made of flame.
	www.firebirds.org /menu16/menu16.htm (750 words)

	Folklore - Russian Folklore Expedition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Folklore is a fully peer-reviewed international journal of folklore and folkloristics.
		Folklore is an even more fabulous album than her debut, which sees Nelly bridging the gap and breaking the boundaries between
		Examines the folklore, tales and supernatural creatures of England, Scotland and Wales.
	aliveinfo.com /?q=folklore (380 words)

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		Dressed to kill, Firebird was painted to the music Poem of Ecstasy by Scriabin and The Firebird by Stravinsky.
		Half mammal and half bird, the firebird is a female, the good fairy, with magical powers trying to hold back the tidal wave of violence and destruction.
		The firebird is a figure of Russian folklore.
	www.axisartists.org.uk /seWORK.aspx?WORKID=21706&ARTISTID=5230 (104 words)

	Underground Railway Theater - The Firebird
		"The Firebird" Underground Railway Theater is proud to present the show that has delighted children and their families all over the world for 15 years.
		The Firebird, a classic tale of good versus evil, tells the ancient Russian folklore of the small boy, Ivan and the magical Firebird.
		In the end, all demons are vanquished by the boy's peaceful spirit and the warm Firebird's magic.
	www.undergroundrailwaytheater.org /firebird.htm (150 words)

	Carleton College Academic Catalog
		Courses at the 330-395 level, which are conducted entirely in Russian, aim to expand students’ linguistic range as well as their understanding of analytical techniques and cultural contexts.
		Prerequisite: Russian 205 or consent of the instructor.
		A survey or Russian poetry from the eighteenth century to the present, including an introduction to the terminology and techniques of poetic analysis.
	www.carleton.edu /campus/registrar/catalog99/RUSS.html (1644 words)

	Firebird
		In Russian folklore the Firebird (Zshar-ptitsa) is a miraculous bird.
		The Firebird eats golden apples which give any who eat them youth, beauty and immortality; when the bird sings, pearls would fall from its beak.
		The Firebird's chants can heal the sick and return the vision to the blind.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/f/firebird.html (118 words)

	Oregon Symphony: Fairy Tales Revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Firebird marked the first of several pivotal collaborations between Stravinsky and Serge Diaghilev, head of the Ballets Russes, and it also became the world’s introduction to this young and unfamiliar composer.
		The Firebird is a patchwork tale, whose story and characters are drawn from several sources in Russian folklore.
		The Firebird is scored for two flutes (one doubling piccolo), pairs of oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, xylophone, piano, harp and strings.
	www.orsymphony.org /concerts/0506/programnotes/f1.html (1084 words)

	TEP - Ballet - Firebird
		The second half featured Kudelka’s The Firebird (originally debuted in Paris in 1910, a role that was intended for Anna Pavlova and which she declined to perform).
		Rex Harrington and Chan Hon Goh as Kastchei and the Firebird in The Firebird.
		This is truly a beautiful ballet with Chan Hon Goh performing the constantly moving “Firebird” as though the ballet was written for her and Guillaume Cote as a realistic Prince Ivan sent by the King to the enchanted forest to capture the firebird.
	www.tigerseye.ca /rave/reviews/ballet/firebird.htm (533 words)

	FIREBIRD by MERCEDES LACKEY - BOOK HELP WEB REVIEW
		Lackey’s Firebird is a beautiful narrative that combines many elements from many traditional Russian folklore.
		It is the Russia of the folklore, where bannik inhabit bathhouses and the rusalka stalk the rivers.
		Firebird is the story of how he escapes his murderous brother and father and pursues a dream across many dangers.
	www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/lackey/0312858124.htm (536 words)

	Russian Literature
		The Centre's purpose is to promote multi- and inter-disciplinary research on the work of the Russian philosopher and theorist Mikhail Bakhtin and the Bakhtin Circle, and on related areas of cultural, critical, linguistic and literary theory.
		The full Russian text all the major novels plus a few stories may be found in the incredible library of Maxim Moshkov.
		Vysotsky's gruff voice and starkly, sometimes slyly, poetic lyrics have inspired two generations of Russians and are working their way into the young hearts of a third.
	www.departments.bucknell.edu /russian/Site-prior-to-Easyweb-migration/ruslit.html (2257 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Firebird (Russian folklore)
		In Russian folklore, the Firebird (жар-птица, literally ember bird from жар; ember, flameless fire) is a magical glowing bird from a faraway land, which is both blessing and doom of its captor.
		Composer Stravinsky had written a symphonic open and ballet based on the same story, The Firebird.
		The story of the quest itself is closely paralleled by Armenian Hazaran Blbul, even though the bird in it is not glowing but rather its song makes the land bloom, which is also related to the Iranian tradition.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Firebird_(Russian_folklore) (382 words)

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		All relate to Russian folklore and explore aspects of Russian culture and tradition.
		The vivid depiction of the fairground, the pathos of the pierrot Petrushka, the violence of the Moor, the mechanical tenderness of the ballerina and the earthy depictions of Russian peasant life are unforgettable.
		The ballet is scored for a vast orchestra and the manuscript is written in the composer's magnificent, early, calligraphic hand.
	www.shareholder.com /bid/news/20040414-132778.cfm (526 words)

	Carleton College Academic Catalog 1998-99 : Russian
		Russian Studies Concentration: For information about the Russian Studies Interdisciplinary Concentration as well as courses in the field outside the department students should consult the separate alphabetical listing.
		Particular attention will be paid to private sponsorship in the second half of the nineteenth century and its revival in the post-Soviet period, to Russia's merchant classes as private sponsors, and to reflections of questions of sponsorship in works of art.
		Prerequisite: Russian 205 or 206 or consent of the instructor.
	www.carleton.edu /campus/registrar/catalog98/RUSS.html (1677 words)

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		What distinguishes the female hero from the male hero in Russian folk tales, is that the female hero is always expected to act and to perform some tasks.
		The Russian word that is the equivalent of "teddy bear," "misha," is also the diminutive for the name Mikhail, which is the standard "first name" of folk-tale bears.
		The rooster is cocky and boastful, and male (Russian -- "petukh," a masculine noun).
	www.bgfl.org /bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/english/w_firebird/6.doc (818 words)

	Igor Stravinsky
		The composer was also able to attract commissions: most of his work from The Firebird onwards was written for specific occasions and paid for generously.
		Stravinsky proved adept at playing the part of "man of the world", acquiring a keen instinct for business matters and appearing relaxed and comfortable in many of the world's major cities.
		For a time he preserved a ring of emigré Russian friends and contacts, but eventually realised that this would not sustain his intellectual and professional life in the USA.
	www.mp3.fm /Igor_Stravinsky.htm (2745 words)

	Russian Lacquer Box - The Firebird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It features one of the most famous creatures from Russian folklore, the Firebird, on the lid, and appropriately has a red background.
		The firebird is posed so that its shape is essentially circular, giving it a feeling of graceful motion, and helping the image to fit nicely with the shape of the box.
		The image is surrounded with a gold and silver ornament of leaves and flowers and swirls, which frame the firebird nicely.
	www.lacquerbox.com /SUKHFB.HTM (251 words)

	Program notes by Dr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For 27-year-old Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), The Firebird ballet was what we might call his “big break.” The commission for this work came late in 1909 from Sergei Diaghilev, impresario of the famed Ballets Russes in Paris.
		The movements of the suite trace the outline of The Firebird’s story, which was originally drawn from Russian folklore.
		However, the Firebird’s power is even greater, and she lulls Kashchei to sleep in the Lullaby movement.
	www.stamfordsymphony.org /pn/pnoct.htm (1021 words)

	firebird! the russian stories and stravinsky - www.ezboard.com
		The scenario for the "Firebird" was written by Mikhail Fokine (1880 - 1942), since 1909 one of the most important dancers and choreographers in Sergei Diaghilev´s "Ballets russes" company.
		Fokine´s libretto was derived from traditional Russian folklore, especially the sagas relating to Tsarevitch Ivan and the immortal sorcerer Kashchei.
		"Tzaravich Ivan, the firebird and the grey wolf" appears to be one story.
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2003/jan2003/firebird.html (284 words)

	The Russian Lubok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Russian Folklore and Culture - by Sang Hyun Kim
		Russian Folklore - by the Slavic and East European Folklore Association
		Russian Folklore in Modern Records - from the folklore archive of the St.-Petersburg State University (in Russian / English)
	www.usc.edu /dept/LAS/IMRC/russianart/fairytales.HTM (145 words)

	From Stoneage to Rock and Roll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Stravinsky wrote several notable ballets for the impresario Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe -- Rite of Spring, Petrouchka and Firebird.
		It was produced by the impresario, Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe, and was performed in Paris on June 25, 1910.
		The story centers around Ivan who revceives a magic feather from the Firebird as a reward for setting her free.
	www.iacta.com /yolanda/stravballet.htm (342 words)

	Global Education: Display Modules By Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Be aware that lacquer boxes are considered by Russians to be one of the most refined examples of Russian folk art, and there is a great deal of national pride associated with them.
		The literature covered includes early folklore, the medieval literatures, the dissident and emigre writing after the revolution, and the realist fiction of Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy, to the dissident literary movement that followed Stalin`s death.
		In particular, Firebird is a Russian legend about an archer named Ivan and his inseperable companion, the Horse of Power.
	www.coe.ohio-state.edu /globaled/display.cfm?parent=5&child=9 (4676 words)

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		Dazhdbog in Russian mythology Dazhdbog in Russian mythology or His story, and the relationships of Russian deities.
		Russian Folklore Extensive listing of websites that feature such legends as the firebird, the Baba Yaga, byliny, skazki, and more, from the University of Alabama's Russian Folklore department.
		The Princess Libushe: A Czech Legend Story of a time when woman-rule by three wise sisters was questioned by their people, causing the sisters to turn power over to a mysterious peasant who became Princess Libushe's husband.
	www.eheee.com /dir_28509_0_0___.html (275 words)

	Name Gurus, Help! - City of Heroes Forums - CoH Guru
		The firebird (Zshar-ptitsa) comes from Russian folklore it is a miraculous bird, its feathers shine silver and gold, its eyes sparkle like crystals.
		The firebird is a noctural bird as at night this bird illuminates the land that it flies over.
		The firebird was also able to heal the sick and cure the blind by its chants.
	www.cohguru.com /forum/showthread.php?t=467 (262 words)

	Russian Fairy Tales, Spring 1998: Images
		Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (Bilibin 1899)
		Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (V.
		Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (1889)
	clover.slavic.pitt.edu /~tales/images.html (363 words)

	Russian Nesting Dolls: Fairy Tales and Russian Folklore
		Russian wooden dolls with nestling smaller dolls are called matryoshka.
		Russian nesting dolls that tell the story of Ivan, the Firebird & the Gray Wolf, 6¾" tall.
		Russian nesting dolls, 4" tall depicting Snow White & the 7 Dwarves.
	www.christmasespast.com /fairytales.html (462 words)

	Russian Folkways
		Course Objectives: This course will present an overview of Russian folklore, both traditional (narrative genres such as magic tales and epic songs, folk belief, etc.) and its modern descendants (UFOs, graffiti, etc).
		An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics by J. Bailey and T. Ivanova, and of handouts, including materials that may be posted on the World Wide Web.
		Readings will be assigned ahead of time and must be completed by the day on which they will be discussed.
	www.trinity.edu /bholl/Folkways/Folkways-Syllabus.htm (374 words)

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