In different parts of our world there are legends about amazing animals and birds that no one has ever seen, but whose descriptions are strikingly similar.

In different cultures, the image of the Firebird acquired its own details and shades. Among the Slavs, the Firebird, ptak Ohnivak (Czech and Slovak) is a fabulous, fiery bird, its feathers shine with silver and gold (Ognivak’s feathers are reddish), wings are like tongues of flame, and its eyes glow like crystal.
It reaches the size of a peacock.
The Firebird lives in the Garden of Eden of Iria, in a golden cage.
At night it flies out of it and illuminates the garden with itself as brightly as thousands of lit lights.

The Firebird has a favorite food in the garden - rejuvenating apples, which give her beauty and immortality.
The Firebird has a healing singing; when she sings, pearls fall from her beak.
There is a blinding light around her. Every year, in the fall, the Firebird dies and is reborn in the spring.
Sometimes you can find a fallen feather from the Firebird's tail, brought into a dark room; it will replace the richest lighting.
You cannot catch it with your bare hands, as you can get burned on its plumage.
The fallen feather retains the properties of the Firebird plumage for a long time. It glows and gives warmth. And when the feather goes out, it turns into gold.

And only then, so that the luck and happiness that the Firebird bestows would not leave them, people began to make amulets and amulets, and paint dishes with her bright images.

According to a Russian fairy tale, each of her feathers “is so wonderful and bright that if you bring it into a dark room, it shines as if a great many candles were lit in that chamber.” The golden color of the Firebird and its golden cage are associated with the fact that the bird flies from another (“thirtieth”) kingdom, from where everything that is painted golden comes from. The Firebird can act as a kidnapper, in this case becoming closer to the Fire Serpent: she takes the mother of the hero of the fairy tale “far away.”

Firebird

A comparative analysis suggests an ancient connection between the Firebird and the Slovak “fire bird” with other mythological images embodying fire, in particular with Rarog, the fire horse-bird.

The Firebird is a fairy-tale bird, a character in Russian fairy tales, usually the goal of the hero's search. The feathers of the firebird have the ability to shine and their brilliance amazes human vision.

Catching the firebird is fraught with great difficulties and is one of the main tasks that the king (father) sets to his sons in the fairy tale. Only the kind youngest son manages to get the firebird. Mythologists (Afanasyev) explained the firebird as the personification of fire, light, and sun. The firebird feeds on golden apples, which give youth, beauty and immortality; When she sings, pearls fall from her beak. The singing of the firebird heals the sick and restores sight to the blind. Leaving aside arbitrary mythological explanations, we can compare the firebird with medieval stories about the Phoenix bird, reborn from the ashes, very popular in both Russian and Western European literature. The firebird is also the prototype of peacocks. Rejuvenating apples, in turn, can be compared with the fruits of the pomegranate tree, a favorite delicacy of Phoenixes.

The firebird feather is a subject of Russian folk tales, known for its magical properties. Who hasn’t read or listened to the fairy tale about Ivan the Fool, who found the firebird’s feather, as a child? It was with this discovery that his adventures began.

Many different fairy tales are associated with the firebird and his feather, which eventually became legends. The only thing more famous, perhaps, is the fern flower. It can also be noted that our firebird is clearly a relative of the phoenix, the firebird from European legends and fairy tales.

According to descriptions from fairy tales and illustrations to them, the Firebird resembles a peacock, and the feather of the Firebird also resembles a feather from a peacock’s tail. The firebird is also the size of a peacock, while the phoenix is ​​described as the size of an eagle.

They say that you can catch the firebird only with bait - a cage with golden apples inside. Since not only the found feather is the fire of a bird, but also its entire plumage burns with fire, you cannot grab such a bird with your bare hands, you will instantly get burned. So Ivan had to lure her into the cage and put a bag on her so that the heat wouldn’t reach her hands.

Also, according to legend, the firebird guards the fern flower on the night of Ivan Kupala, when it blooms only once a year, and many young people go into the forest to look for it.

Fire feather firebird

According to the well-known fairy tale, Ivan the Fool found the feather of a firebird in the forest on a stump when he passed by at night. This feather glows in the dark, burns as if it were glowing with fire. At first, Ivan even decided that it was a fire burning in the darkness of the night, but, coming closer, they saw a feather of unearthly beauty.

According to some descriptions, this feather is golden, like all the plumage of the firebird, some talk about the red, orange, yellow and even crimson color of the feathers of the firebird. Someone mentions that the firebird glows with silver and gold, and its wings are fiery, which once again proves the connection between the firebird and the phoenix. In books, the heat of the bird and its feathers are usually drawn in red and orange.

Properties of firebird feather

The feather of a firebird can illuminate any, even the darkest room, so that at night it will be light in a way that is not possible on the clearest day. If you remember the fairy tale, this is how the king’s servant noticed that Ivan the Fool had a firebird’s feather, immediately reporting this to his master.

According to legends, over time, the feather of the firebird stops glowing and burning with fire, hardening and turning into gold. Having found several of these feathers, you can get quite rich, if only you knew where to look.

They also say that with the help of the firebird's feather you can find treasures, since like attracts like. And so the golden feather attracts the gold stored in the earth.

The heatbird feather retains the properties of the heatbird plumage for a long time, until it becomes golden. And besides the fact that it glows brightly, it gives warmth. Apparently, not so much that you could get burned with it, since Ivan the Fool took it with his bare hands, but enough so that you could warm up from it. This is a pretty good hot water bottle.

Somehow I accidentally came across an article in which, referring to a Slavic legend, it was said that when the gods saw that people walk the earth without loving anyone and were destroying themselves with the coldness of their hearts, they sent a magical fire of love in the form of a bird to the earth - Firebirds

And since then she has been flying around the earth and spreading the fire of love.

Happiness is for the one who manages to catch her, but a hundred times greater happiness is for the one whom the Firebird honors as her master. After all, the Firebird is more like the molten metal from which it most likely consists. You can catch it only with mittens, it’s very hot - you can get very burned. To whomever she submits of her own free will, she will give her beneficial warmth all her life. But as soon as she feels indifference, she will immediately fly away - she cannot stand it, and it’s easy to kill her... Put her in a cage and she will die. Her fiery body will cool down and instead of hot love there will be a cold piece of gold in the cage...

Such a beautiful legend. It's a pity that I was never able to find the original.

Phoenix

The Egyptians believed that the Phoenix was the link between the divine plan and the implementation of the plan, reminiscent of divine creation and the rebirth of life. Phoenix is ​​the soul of Osiris, it is the hope of overcoming the path of the dead. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead it is written: “Like a phoenix I will pass through the regions of the other world.”

The Greeks, who took the story of the Phoenix from Egypt, believed that the life of the Bird is cyclically connected with world history and depends on the course of the planets (the Sun, Moon and other planets return to their “previous” places). The Stoics, in support of this, said that the world, like a Bird, dies and is born in fire, and there is no end to this transformation.

The Iranians knew another name for this bird - Simurgh. The bird had the gift of foresight, but its nature was dual, containing “good” and “harmful” halves.

In Sufism, the Simurgh symbolizes the Perfect Man, who has knowledge of the Divine Essence. This Entity, like the legendary bird, cannot be seen.

In the early Christian apocrypha of Baruch it was written about the Bird: “This is the keeper of the world... If it were not for covering | the fiery vision | the sun, then neither the human race nor all creation on earth would have been alive from the heat of the sun."

The Chinese fiery Feng Huang was one of the four sacred creatures, and symbolized immortality, perfection and generosity. The appearance of such a bird, even in a dream, meant a turning point in a person’s life, the need to perform a significant act or the birth of a child endowed with special talents.

Alchemists of medieval Europe considered the Phoenix a symbol of rebirth, the completion of the “Great Work.” For them it also meant purifying and transforming fire, the chemical element sulfur and the color red.

The description of the Bird is very similar for different peoples. “The air was colored with all the colors of the rainbow, beautiful sounds came from the feathers and wings of the bird, a pleasant smell emanated from it...” - this was what was said about the wonderful bird Simurgh in an Arabic treatise of the 13th century. “There is another sacred bird there... and its name is Phoenix,” wrote Herodotus. “Her appearance and appearance are very reminiscent of an eagle, and her feathers are partly golden, partly red.” “The cinnabar bird, the substance of flame,” “its color pleases the eye, its crest expresses righteousness, its tongue is sincere,” the Chinese said, referring to Feng Huang, the ruler of the South. The fire bird, the Slavs believed, meaning the Firebird, you can easily get burned on its plumage. Each feather glows like many candles, and is sharp, stronger than damask steel. And she herself shines with either blue or crimson light.

“O Atum-Khepri, you shone [in the form of] Benu on the eternal Hill of Ben-Ben...” - these are the words of the ancient Egyptian Hymn about the creation of the world. Not created by anyone, the original bird flew over the waters of the ocean until it finally made a nest for itself on Ben-Ben Hill. Or maybe it was not Benu at all, but the beautiful white goose Great Gogotun, who laid an egg on the same hill from which the sun god was born? However, many peoples tell stories that a bird took part in the process of creating the world. It is unlikely that people knew exactly who created the world, but the image of the dazzling bird remained in myths and legends, and the obelisks on the memorial hill near Heliopolis shone, reflecting the sun.

If you try, according to surviving legends, to restore the history of the fabulous Firebird, or as it is more often known, the Phoenix, then you can tell the following legend.

The beautiful Bird with dazzling plumage existed from the very beginning of the world, dying and being reborn in the purifying flame at the turn of the eras. She herself sacrificed herself, and each time, again rising from the ashes, she turned her gaze beyond the earthly boundaries, through the stars, to the world of pure light, to where the immortal gods were once born, and where she went in those three days while her body turned to dust, and her soul became free. The bird knew what was, what is and what will be, and yet it preserved the world in which it had built its nest. People who heard about the Bird believed that, like her, they also had an immortal soul that only changed shells.

There lived a magical Bird far, far away, at the very edge of the earth. No one knew where exactly. Some said that her nest was hidden from human eyes on the top of a mountain, others that she built it in the middle of the endless desert, in the thirtieth “other” state, perfect and far from worldly vanity. Many trials and dangers lay in wait on the path of those who dared to go on a search, for any path to a creature that contains the fire of the original creation is thorny and unpredictable.

To get to the Bird, it was necessary to overcome the Valley of Search, the Valley of Love, the Valley of Knowledge, the Valley of Separation, the Valley of Unity, the Desert of Amazement, the Desert of Destruction and Death. And one could try to walk this long path along the roads, washing iron boots and gnawing iron loaves, or one could do it in one’s heart, overcoming and changing oneself.

Rarely did mortals see the beautiful Bird in all its glory. For this to happen, peace and harmony had to reign on earth. Only a desperate daredevil with pure thoughts, guided through life by a dream, could see her, having overcome many trials. It is not for nothing that the Bird was sometimes called the Firebird, because heat, fire is creativity, creation, and “burning.”

She was the perfect creation of the One, and everyone who saw her, even from afar, became the owner of a wonderful gift. The light of divine radiance that surrounded the Bird also fell on the person, endowing him with what he wanted most in his heart: talents, skills, happiness. And now the man who received the gift from the Bird himself carried a reflection of the magical light.

The Legend of the Firebird

Believe it if you want, check it if you want.
If you want, listen, if you want, hear.
But the matter was overgrown with reality,
and what did not happen are fables.

Only in one distant kingdom,
heavenly state
Once upon a time there were beautiful maidens -
they are all such needlewomen,
your article is bright and beautiful,
beautiful souls with beauty.
Only with people who knew them
seemed like a bird of paradise,
a burning bird of fire,
the light of the soul illuminating the world.
That's why they were all called Firebirds,
casting out all unclean things,
that's why all people don't just
You can now hear the songs of the birds of paradise.
But a fiery bird awaits everyone,
what you can’t take with your hand, don’t touch,
where the goblin didn’t even go,
There is one tree true to life,
a beautiful bird sits there,
bursting with heat and a wondrous voice
gives the traveler sweet peace
and burns away everything that is wrong in him.
It is unlikely that you will be able to reach the Tree yourself,
dark forces do not let people in,
guarded from the eyes of strict guards
by decree from above heaven.
For a long time there have been escorts there
were that they knew
go around like dark thickets
and the steep mountains are impassable.
But only worthy and lucky
could lead to the Eternal Tree,
so that when you meet that bird-maiden
The fire stopped burning her.

That's the whole wonderful tale.
Those who were obedient should feast for that.
for good, for health, and for Glory
live, but don’t get upset!!!

Crimean legend about the Firebird

A long time ago, peace, joy and prosperity reigned in our region. Overseas guests came with strange gifts, they were welcomed by local residents, and taken to see the wondrous wonder - the Firebird.

That bird was of extraordinary beauty: every feather on it glowed and shimmered, and it shone in the night like the bright sun. The Firebird flew in every night to feast on the rejuvenating apples that grew at that time on our fertile land. Having eaten, she began to sing angelic songs in a heavenly voice. The guests listened to healing singing and admired such a rich region and its kind inhabitants.

Year after year passed, and somehow Greed sailed from across the sea with one ship. She went into people's huts and whispered evil intentions in their ears.

The neighbors began to quarrel with each other, looking for richer guests so that they could get the best and richest gifts. Dark thoughts entangled their heads, fierce envy settled in kind hearts. People became greedy, angry and inhospitable, they began to slander and often stamp their feet in anger.

And the earth hardened, turned into stones, and dried up without human love.

As a result, the apple trees with their plump apples dried up, and there was no one to care for them. And magic apple trees never grow on earth where brother does not shake hands with brother and where discord reigns between people.

The wonderful Firebird stopped flying for her favorite delicacy. The last apple fell from the branch, the grains fell into the cracks of the earth, and did not sprouted again.

So they still lie there, waiting for the soil to become soft and caring again. And the land will be better only if kind and good people begin to live on it.

As people again begin to coexist in love with each other, stop envying and making evil intrigues, so the earth and nature will answer them in the same way. And then the seeds of the rejuvenating apple tree will sprout, and the Firebird will begin to fly to us again. And again, overseas guests will come with gifts to look at the wondrous wonder, listen to angelic songs, and will praise our wonderful, prosperous land.

In different parts of our world there are legends about amazing animals and birds that no one has ever seen, but whose descriptions are strikingly similar.

In different cultures, the image of the Firebird acquired its own details and shades.

The Slavs associated the Firebird with gold and treasures, believing that it was the bird that pointed to them. Where it falls, there are treasures hidden in the ground. Sometimes they said that on Kupala night the Firebird descends to the earth, and it is its radiance that is mistaken for a fern flower.

The Egyptians believed that the Phoenix was the link between the divine plan and the implementation of the plan, reminiscent of divine creation and the rebirth of life. Phoenix is ​​the soul of Osiris, it is the hope of overcoming the path of the dead. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead it is written: “Like a phoenix I will pass through the regions of the other world.”

The Greeks, who took the story of the Phoenix from Egypt, believed that the life of the Bird is cyclically connected with world history and depends on the course of the planets (the Sun, Moon and other planets return to their “previous” places). The Stoics, in support of this, said that the world, like a Bird, dies and is born in fire, and there is no end to this transformation.

The Iranians knew another name for this bird - Simurgh. The bird had the gift of foresight, but its nature was dual, containing “good” and “harmful” halves.

In Sufism, the Simurgh symbolizes the Perfect Man, who has knowledge of the Divine Essence. This Entity, like the legendary bird, cannot be seen.

The Jews, who called the miracle bird Milham, said that only she refused to eat the forbidden fruit, and for this God granted her immortality.

In the early Christian apocrypha of Baruch it was written about the Bird: “This is the keeper of the world... If it were not for covering | the fiery vision | the sun, then neither the human race nor all creation on earth would have been alive from the heat of the sun."

The Chinese fiery Feng Huang was one of the four sacred creatures, and symbolized immortality, perfection and generosity. The appearance of such a bird, even in a dream, meant a turning point in a person’s life, the need to perform a significant act or the birth of a child endowed with special talents.

Alchemists of medieval Europe considered the Phoenix a symbol of rebirth, the completion of the “Great Work.” For them it also meant purifying and transforming fire, the chemical element sulfur and the color red.

The description of the Bird is very similar for different peoples. “The air was colored with all the colors of the rainbow, beautiful sounds came from the feathers and wings of the bird, a pleasant smell emanated from it...” - this was what was said about the wonderful bird Simurgh in an Arabic treatise of the 13th century. “There is another sacred bird there... and its name is Phoenix,” wrote Herodotus. “Her appearance and appearance are very reminiscent of an eagle, and her feathers are partly golden, partly red.” “The cinnabar bird, the substance of flame,” “its color pleases the eye, its crest expresses righteousness, its tongue is sincere,” the Chinese said, referring to Feng Huang, the ruler of the South. The fire bird, the Slavs believed, meaning the Firebird, you can easily get burned on its plumage. Each feather glows like many candles, and is sharp, stronger than damask steel. And she herself shines with either blue or crimson light.

"O Atum-Khepri,<... >you shone [in the form of] Benu on the eternal Hill of Ben-Ben…” - these are the words of the ancient Egyptian Hymn about the creation of the world. Not created by anyone, the original bird flew over the waters of the ocean until it finally made a nest for itself on Ben-Ben Hill. Or maybe it was not Benu at all, but the beautiful white goose Great Gogotun, who laid an egg on the same hill from which the sun god was born? However, many peoples tell stories that a bird took part in the process of creating the world. It is unlikely that people knew exactly who created the world, but the image of the dazzling bird remained in myths and legends, and the obelisks on the memorial hill near Heliopolis shone, reflecting the sun.

If you try, according to surviving legends, to restore the history of the fabulous Firebird, or as it is more often known, the Phoenix, then you can tell the following legend.

The beautiful Bird with dazzling plumage existed from the very beginning of the world, dying and being reborn in the purifying flame at the turn of the eras. She herself sacrificed herself, and each time, again rising from the ashes, she turned her gaze beyond the earthly boundaries, through the stars, to the world of pure light, to where the immortal gods were once born, and where she went in those three days while her body turned to dust, and her soul became free. The bird knew what was, what is and what will be, and yet it preserved the world in which it had built its nest. People who heard about the Bird believed that, like her, they also had an immortal soul that only changed shells.

There lived a magical Bird far, far away, at the very edge of the earth. No one knew where exactly. Some said that her nest was hidden from human eyes on the top of a mountain, others that she built it in the middle of the endless desert, in the thirtieth “other” state, perfect and far from worldly vanity. Many trials and dangers lay in wait on the path of those who dared to go on a search, for any path to a creature that contains the fire of the original creation is thorny and unpredictable.

To get to the Bird, it was necessary to overcome the Valley of Search, the Valley of Love, the Valley of Knowledge, the Valley of Separation, the Valley of Unity, the Desert of Amazement, the Desert of Destruction and Death. And one could try to walk this long path along the roads, washing iron boots and gnawing iron loaves, or one could do it in one’s heart, overcoming and changing oneself.

Rarely did mortals see the beautiful Bird in all its glory. For this to happen, peace and harmony had to reign on earth. Only a desperate daredevil with pure thoughts, guided through life by a dream, could see her, having overcome many trials. It is not for nothing that the Bird was sometimes called the Firebird, because heat, fire is creativity, creation, and “burning.”

She was the perfect creation of the One, and everyone who saw her, even from afar, became the owner of a wonderful gift. The light of divine radiance that surrounded the Bird also fell on the person, endowing him with what he wanted most in his heart: talents, skills, happiness. And now the man who received the gift from the Bird himself carried a reflection of the magical light.

And only then, so that the luck and happiness that the Firebird bestows would not leave them, people began to make amulets and amulets, and paint dishes with her bright images.

A fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it, says popular wisdom. Who do the characters in Russian fairy tales allude to? Do they have real prototypes?
“Ivan walks around the garden: he’s afraid to sit down, let alone lie down. Suddenly, everything lit up... lo and behold, the Firebird on the apple tree was pecking at golden apples! Ivan rushed, grabbed the bird by the tail, but it escaped - only one feather remained.”

This is an excerpt from the fairy tale about Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf. It would seem that the animals inhabiting it are very fantastic. Can a wolf talk and a luminous bird exist? But, if you think about her image, you can find a real prototype here too.

The Slavs, like no other people, densely populated their folklore with images of animals. Hares, foxes, bears, wolves, horses, roosters - almost all the animals that caught the eye of our ancestors acquired human speech, habits, qualities and even appearance in fairy tales. It was often through animals that the Slavs ridiculed our shortcomings and praised friendship, patience, resourcefulness and kindness.

Folklorists call the humanization of animals “anthropomorphism.” Some experts believe that this technique is used in legends only by peoples with low self-awareness. They say that only immature individuals look for similarities between themselves and the animal. But I consider the method of anthropomorphizing animals to be a sign not of backwardness, but, on the contrary, of a high moral culture. The Slavs loved Nature and felt a sense of brotherhood with all living creatures. They saw animals as their younger brothers, and not as alien and terrible monsters, as is observed in the mythology of Western peoples.

But what’s strange is that despite the “sociability” of the vast majority of animal characters, the Firebird in all fairy tales remains proudly silent. She acts as an unreasonable creature, for whom the Kings send good fellows. Why, given such anthropomorphism of other animals, does the Firebird, even endowed with magical qualities, remain just a bird? Why did our ancestors, who always knew how to see the rudiments of intelligence in animals, fail to see them this time? Maybe the real prototype is to blame?

A stupid but very picky bird

• According to descriptions, the Firebird is much larger than a chicken.
• She can fly.
• Its plumage is capable of emitting light and heat, so much so that you can go blind and get burned by it. The fallen feathers also glow, and after a while they turn into gold.
• She lives in a gilded cage in the gardens of the kings who rule in lands far away.
• And it feeds exclusively on rejuvenating apples.

With such vivid descriptions, it is not difficult to find a prototype - it is quite obvious that the peacock served as it. Now, of course, no one will say that peacock feathers glow and turn into gold. And no one will keep a peacock in a gilded cage. But, in ancient times, this bird of the chicken family played a big role in world culture.

The peacock's homeland is Sri Lanka. It was tamed and taken out from there in ancient times, and this bird quickly took root in almost all countries of Eurasia. Chinese and Japanese emperors, rajas of India, kings of Byzantium and caliphs of the East loved to keep peacocks in their gardens. Since ancient times, Rus' has maintained trade relations with these countries. It is likely that the Russian princes, following the example of their overseas colleagues, kept peacocks. Fortunately, they do not require special conditions - they can be kept like ordinary chickens. To have a peacock, all you had to do was buy it for a large sum. Therefore, not all princes could afford such a “toy”.

In Rus', the peacock was called paun, and peacock hens were called peahen. Due to its high cost, this bird was considered in Rus' a symbol of prosperity and happiness, and because of its beauty, its name became a household name for arrogant and arrogant people. Young people who like to show themselves off as a commodity also began to be called peacocks.

How the Firebird's feather turned into gold

The question regarding plumage is very interesting. Firstly, peacock feathers are really so bright and colorful that they seem to glow with gold - take a look at the photo. Secondly, they were so highly valued that a sufficient sum could be obtained for the sale of one feather. “The feather went out and turned into gold,” is wittily noted in the fairy tale.

As mentioned above, peacocks were kept as garden decorations by the rulers of eastern countries. And if for the Byzantines it was just a beautiful bird, and for the Romans a symbol of the queen and her daughters, then among the Arabs and especially Indians the peacock had a sacred and religious meaning. He was a hypostasis of the solar gods; palaces and temples were decorated with his images, and he himself was surrounded with extraordinary care and attention. It is possible that they were indeed kept in gilded cages to emphasize their nobility.

Most folklorists believe that rejuvenating apples traditionally mean pomegranate fruits. They contain so many vitamins that this name can be considered completely justified. It is known that in the gardens of Arab rulers, peacocks were always fed with pomegranate, which, apparently, was known in Rus'. And, by the way, the habitat of the Firebird - the distant kingdom - is also quite suitable for the distant countries of the East. But why is the Firebird a mute character in Russian fairy tales? This is due to the intelligence of the real prototype - the peacock. It has long been known that he is not very intelligent and is as stupid as he is handsome. This is confirmed by the research of L.V. Krushinsky, a Soviet biologist, aimed at identifying the level of extrapolation (smartness, in other words) in animals. So, the peacock ranked second in the list of birds with low intelligence after the pigeon. Apparently, our ancestors noticed this long before the experiments were carried out and were unable to endow the peacock, that is, the Firebird, with either speech or intelligence.

Russian folk tales introduce the reader to magical creatures with incredible abilities and an interesting biography. Among these characters is the Firebird. The myth about the latter is fascinating, as it is similar to the legend about the bird, known from the mythology of foreign countries. In appearance the bird resembles a peacock. The bird itself is medium in size, and its body is decorated with a luxurious tail the size of a peacock.

Origin story

The Firebird is the embodiment of a fairy tale, the personification of God, the patron of thunder and thunder. The Lord of Lightning appears in her guise, flying from the thirtieth kingdom, whose inhabitants are all rich. The lands there are incredibly fertile, and people know no need, so the bird’s golden color is a symbol of well-being.

The Slavs believed that representatives of the divine pantheon also lived there. Abundance and serenity are the value of those blissful places, the fruits of local trees give additional years of life, and the water has life-giving power.

According to legend, an unprecedented creature eats rejuvenating apples, which bring eternal youth, immortality and attractiveness, and drinks living water. The magical songs of the Firebird are accompanied by the appearance of lightning and pearls from its beak. The bird's tail consists of feathers shining with bright light.

She is the embodiment of fire, so in the dark, the light from her tail replaces thousands of light sources. The bird can take a break from exhausting flights in a golden cage. Brave heroes dream of catching the Firebird's feather, believing that such an amulet brings happiness and good luck.

Mythology

It is believed that the Firebird belongs to the same flock as the Phoenix, Finist - Clear Falcon, Rarog. All these birds are representatives of the light side. They radiate kindness and warmth. Magical creatures soaring in the clouds are characterized by idleness, they do not care about worldly problems. The only thing that keeps them busy is singing songs.

Being a bird, the creature belongs to the air element. But, personifying fire, it is also related to it. According to legend, Iriy was the place of origin of the character. The world of fairy tales is fraught with danger for creatures with unusual abilities. Traveling to different lands, the Firebird sometimes found herself captured by heroes like. She was often captured to bring good luck into life.

A freedom-loving heroine, the Firebird often appears in gardens. A golden cage is the unloved place of a bird accustomed to space and flight. She is timid and mistrustful, like any bird, but extremely curious.

Our ancestors believed that the Firebird would heal ailments and give many years to those who believed in her and listened to her singing. Realizing that she is bored with the owner, she leaves him, ceasing to give her magic and songs. The creature's bile can cure eye diseases. According to legend, a burning bird feather emits light and heat. When it goes out, it turns golden.

The bird is afraid of almost nothing, because it is immortal. It is impossible to take possession of it without secret tricks - it radiates heat and is capable of wounding. Fairy-tale characters manage to take possession of the bird by putting its favorite delicacy - apples - in its cage. Three fruits are enough for the Firebird to pay attention to the trap.

The image of the Firebird is described in the fairy tales “Ivan the Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf”, “The Firebird and Vasilisa the Princess”, “The Little Humpbacked Horse”, etc.

Film adaptations

Vladimir Samsonov released a cartoon about the Firebird in 1984. The story told by the director did not differ from the plot of the fairy tale about the catching of the Firebird.

Vaclav Vorlicek made a film in 1997 called “Firebird”. In the Czech-made film, the villain Skeleton appeared instead of Koschei, Prince Afron replaced Ivan Tsarevich, and the Firebird was embodied using pictures. She appeared in several frames and was present in the film nominally.

The modern world of fairy tales that Russian children are introduced to is very different from the Soviet one. In 2013, directors Georgy Gitis and Vyacheslav Plotnikov released the cartoon “How to Catch the Firebird’s Feather,” in which Ivan Tsarevich became the main character.

• In 1984, the film-ballet “Firebird” with music was released on television. The plot of a bird personifying the Sun God is very popular in the theater. The premiere took place back in 1910 with choreography by Mikhail Fokin. In the first ballet, the role of the Firebird was danced by Tamara Karsavina.

• In 1994, the famous ballet dancer Andris Liepa released the film "The Return of the Zhur-bird", combining three ballets: "Scheherazade", "Firebird" and "Petrushka".
• The Firebird is depicted on the dome of the famous Parisian Grand Opera Theater.
• The image of the bird is familiar to heraldists, since the character is present on the coats of arms of Russian cities and principalities. Her image is popular in thematic areas of applied art. The bird is often painted on matryoshka dolls, objects decorated with Khokhloma or Gzhel painting.

Firebird Company

Catalog

Store Address

Metro station

Metro "Ulitsa 1905 Goda"

Store Address

Moscow, Zvenigorodskoe shosse, 4, shopping center "Electronics on Presnya", yellow line, stand B-12

Operating mode

Every day from 10:00 to 20:00

How to get there

Metro "Ulitsa 1905 Goda", the first car from the center, exit to the left side, walk to the intersection of Street 1905 with Zvenigorodskoye Shosse, turn right and after 150 meters on the right side the entrance to the territory of the shopping center. Convenient access from the new eight-lane Zvenigorodskoe highway will provide maximum convenience to buyers arriving by personal vehicle.

About the company "Firebird"

Dear friends!

"Firebird" welcomes you and thanks you for your interest in our company.

The Firebird company was founded in 2001.

Firebird products are united by a common idea - providing a healthy lifestyle and nutrition. The company's task, or as they say now, the mission, is to make kitchen life convenient, beautiful and environmentally friendly. We work under the motto - “There are no trifles in the kitchen!”, offering customers exclusive products for the kitchen and home from the world's best manufacturers.

When choosing products, "Firebird" gives preference to environmentally friendly and functional goods, highlighting among suppliers European manufacturers, countries with a high production culture, and, as a result, high quality of the goods produced.

Currently, the company cooperates with 12 foreign partners from Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Sweden. We are pleased to note that our partners value cooperation with Firebird and fulfill their obligations by providing exclusive rights to distribute their products.

The site presents modern kitchen utensils and useful household appliances, a wide range of baking products, special tools for decorating dishes and carving, and many other interesting products.

"Firebird" will help you arrange your home and a harmony of beauty and health will reign in it. Our products will serve faithfully. They will change your idea of ​​household chores and turn the ordinary process of cooking into an exciting and joyful event.

We are sure that our products will not leave you indifferent.

Thank you for your attention, we wish you pleasant viewing and successful shopping!