The work is sadko summary. Sadko - Russian epics and legends

The bylina "Sadko" is considered the oldest example of a Russian folk epic that has survived to this day. The work belongs to the Novgorod cycle of epics, telling about the life, life and beliefs of the inhabitants of Veliky Novgorod. The central character of the epic is the gusler Sadko, who, thanks to his luck and enterprise, becomes a revered person in Novgorod.

main characters

Guslyar Sadko- was a poor musician playing at feasts, but he took the advice of the sea king, became a successful merchant, and then one of the richest people in Novgorod.

Other heroes

Mykola Mozhaisky (Nicholas the Wonderworker)- a gray-haired old man who helped Sadko get out of the captivity of the sea king.

sea ​​king - the ruler of the underwater world, helped Sadko win a dispute with Novgorod merchants and get three shops with goods.

In Novgorod lived the harpman Sadko, who, apart from the spring gusli, had nothing. He was engaged in playing music at feasts, entertaining merchants and boyars. But suddenly they stopped inviting him to feasts - they don’t invite him for a day, the second, the third. Frustrated, Sadko comes to Ilmen-Lake, sits on the "white-flammable" and plays the harp until the evening. Late in the evening, the hero notices that “the water is churning in the lake” and, frightened, returns to the city.

However, for the next three days, no one again called the harpman to feasts, he again went to the lake and, again frightened by the excitement on the water, returned to the city. When the hero came to Ilmen Lake for the third time, the sea king suddenly appeared from the lake.

The ruler decided to thank the hero for his "great joys" and "gentle game", and told the guslar to go to Novgorod and argue with the merchants that "fish - gold feathers" is found in Ilmen Lake. On the advice of the sea king, Sadko had to lay his “violent head” in the dispute, and ask the merchants for “shops of red goods”. The sea king himself will give him three golden fish for this business.

As soon as the gusler returned to Novgorod, he was invited to a feast. In the midst of the fun, the tipsy Sadko began to boast to the merchants that he knew “miraculously wonderful” - “fish - golden feathers” is found in Ilmen Lake. The merchants did not believe the harpist, and then he offered the merchants, as the sea king advised, to argue. Immediately "they tied a silk seine and went to catch in Lake Ilmen". Three times they threw “tonya” into the lake and caught three fish with “golden feathers”. Merchants recognized Sadko's victory in the dispute and gave him three shops with goods.

So the gusliar became a Novgorod merchant, began to trade in Novgorod and other cities, quickly got rich, “built white-stone chambers”, in which he “made everything in a heavenly way”.

Sadko summoned wealthy merchants, abbots and peasants to a rich feast. Having had their fill, the guests began to brag about something: gold, horses, fatherland, power-luck, the smart ones - their parents, the crazy ones - their young wife. We decided to ask Sadko why everyone is boasting, but he is not. The merchant replied:

"What am I, Sadka, to brag about?"
“And to brag is not to boast of countless gold treasury:
To my countless gold treasury
I will buy New City goods,
Bad goods and good ones!

Before Sadko had time to finish, the abbots, outraged by his self-confidence, decided to bet the merchant for thirty thousand that he would not be able to do this.

Early in the morning, Sadko ordered his squad to buy out all the goods in the city - "good and bad". But the next day, the merchant found that the shops of Novgorod were full again - twice as many goods were brought overnight. And again Sadko ordered everything to be redeemed. On the third day, the merchant came to the "trading streets" and found that the goods had tripled - "Moscow goods arrived in time." Sadko thought that if he redeems these, then soon they will bring overseas anyway - “you won’t be able to redeem goods from all over the world.” Deciding that it would be more reasonable, the merchant gave the abbots the lost thirty thousand.

Sadko built thirty black ships “for countless gold treasury” and, having loaded them with Novgorod goods, went through the Volkhov, Ladoga and Neva, and then across the blue sea to the Golden Horde. The trade was lucrative, and he returned with magpie barrels filled with red gold and pure silver.

However, on the way home, the ships get into a severe storm:

“And it beats with a wave, breaks the sails,
Breaks blackened boats;
And the ships will not move from their place on the blue sea.

Sadko realized that this was the king of the sea demanding tribute, because they traveled by sea for a long time, but did not pay him anything. By order of the merchant, they threw out into the sea a “barrel of pure silver”, but nothing has changed. They lowered into the sea another "barrel-magpie of red gold", but the ships continued to stand still.

It became clear to Sadko that the sea king demands a "living head". Twice the merchant and his retinue threw lots into the sea with names written on them, and both times the people's "lots float like gogol on the water", and Sadko's "the key to the bottom".

The hero understood that it was he who was "required" by the king of the sea. The merchant quickly made a will, in which he remembered the churches, and the "poor brethren", and the young wife, and the "good team". Saying goodbye, he asked Sadko to give him a harp and an oak board, so that it would not be so scary "to accept death in the blue sea." As soon as the merchant was launched, the ships immediately sailed, "flew like black crows."

Left at sea, Sadko soon fell asleep and woke up when he was already at the very bottom. In the white-stone palace, the hero meets the sea king, who asks him to play the harp. As soon as Sadko began to play, the sea king began to dance. The gusliar plays for three days - the king of the sea dances for three days. At that time, a terrible storm began at sea - many ships crashed and people died.

The people prayed to Mikola Mozhaisky (Nicholas the Wonderworker) to save them from the elements. The saint in the form of a gray-haired old man appeared to Sadko and touched his right shoulder, asking him to stop the game. The hussler answered Mikola that he was a slave at sea and was following the orders of the sea king. The old man advised Sadko to "pull the strings" and "break the pegs", telling the sea king that he had no other strings and pegs, so he could no longer play.

In addition, the old man said that the sea king would offer Sadko to marry a red girl and the harpman must agree. In the morning, the Sea King will show him the brides, and if the merchant wants to return home, he needs to let the first three hundred and three hundred second girls through, and choose the last one in the third hundred - Chernavushka. And in order to thank the elder for his help, Sadko will have to build the cathedral church of Mykola Mozhaisky upon arrival home.

Sadko did everything as the elder advised him. After the wedding feast, the merchant immediately fell asleep and woke up already in Novgorod - by the Chernava River "on a steep ridge". Sadko saw that it was his ships that were sailing along the Volkhov. Finding the merchant alive and unharmed, people could not believe their eyes. The merchant greeted his retinue, and after entering the chambers, and with his young wife.

Having unloaded all his wealth from the ships, Sadko built the “cathedral church to Mikola Mozhaisk”.

“Sadko did not go to the blue sea anymore,
Sadko began to live in Novegrad.

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The epic "Sadko" is the only work of the Russian epic in which the main character not only goes to another country, but also ends up in another, other world - in the possession of the sea king. This detail brings the epic closer to the fairy-tale folk tradition, while the merchant life of Novgorod is depicted with significant historical accuracy. That is why the style of the work is dual and combines both fabulous-fantastic and vividly realistic elements.

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Summary: Before you is a Russian folk tale-epic "Sadko" tells about a guslyar who is too beloved only by himself. The young man during his life had to endure many very positive and happy and sad moments. It so happened that Sadko was no longer invited to merry celebrations, out of desperation he often went to the blue lake and began to play a very sad melody that came from his heart. The water and waves in the sea began to rise to the melodic sounds of his playing. The mighty king of the deep blue sea himself came to him. He listened carefully to his stories and suggested how to avoid trouble. On this practical advice of the sea king, Sadko entered into a dispute with some wealthy merchants. Said he could catch all the goldfish in the blue sea. The noble lackeys did not believe and lost the argument. Thus He quickly became rich and famous. Then the merchants decided to get Sadok drunk and learned the whole secret of his quick wealth. The hussler again entered into a dispute that he was able to redeem all the merchant's goods, but he could not fully calculate his strength. He did not have enough savings and gold for everything. The big city, together with its noble and wealthy merchants, turned out to be much richer. He lost all his money and gold and went on a long and long voyage, to see and look at new unexplored earthly expanses. He sailed to the Golden Horde, after that he sold everything and again became very rich and prosperous. You can read Sadko's fairy tale online for free on this page. You can listen to it on audio. Don't forget to leave your feedback and comments.

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In the glorious in Novegrad

How was Sadko the merchant, a rich guest.

And before Sadok had no property:

Some were guselki yarovchaty;

Sadko went to feasts and played.

Sadka is not called to a feast of honors for a day,

Sadko missed that.

Sat down on a white combustible stone

It was then that Sadko got caught,

Another is not called to an honorable feast

And the third is not invited to an honorable feast,

Sadko missed that.

How Sadko went to Ilmen Lake,

Sat down on a white combustible stone

And he began to play guselki yarovchata.

How then in the lake the water stirred,

It was then that Sadko got caught,

He went away from the lake to his Novgorod.

Sadka is not called to an honorable feast for a day,

Another is not called to an honorable feast

And the third is not invited to an honorable feast,

Sadko missed that.

How Sadko went to Ilmen Lake,

Sat down on a white combustible stone

And he began to play guselki yarovchata.

How then in the lake the water stirred,

The king of the sea appeared

I left Ilmeni from the lake,

He himself said these words:

- Oh, you, Sadkho Novgorod!

I don't know how to welcome you

For your joys for the great ones,

For your gentle game:

Al countless gold treasury?

Otherwise, go to Novgorod

And hit the big bet

Lay your wild head

And get rid of other merchants

Red goods stalls

And argue that in Ilmen Lake

There is a fish - golden feathers.

How do you hit the big mortgage,

And go tie a silk net

And come to catch in Ilmen-lake:

I will give three fish - gold feathers.

Then you, Sadko, will be happy!

Sadko went from Ilmen from the lake,

How Sadko came to his Novgorod,

Sadok was invited to an honorable feast.

How is Sadko Novogorodsky

He began to play guselki yarovchata;

How did Sadka begin to get drunk here,

They began to wear Sadka,

As soon as Sadko began to boast:

As I know the miracle-wonderful in Ilmen-Lake:

And there is fish - golden feathers in Ilmen Lake!

How is it that the merchants of Novogorodsk

They say these words to him:

- You do not know a miracle-wonderful,

There can be no fish in Ilmen Lake - gold feathers.

- Oh, you, merchants of Novgorod!

What are you betting with me about the big bet?

Let's hit the big bet:

I'll lay my wild head

And you lay shops of red goods.

Three merchants jumped out

Laid down three shops of red goods,

How then they tied a silk seine

And we went to catch in Ilmen-lake.

They threw a tonka into Ilmen Lake,

We got a fish - gold feathers;

They threw another tonka into Ilmen Lake,

We got another fish - gold feathers;

The third was thrown into Ilmen Lake,

We got the third fish - gold feathers.

Here the merchants of Novogorodsk

They gave away three shops of red goods.

Sadko began to trade,

Began to receive great profits.

In their chambers of white stone

Sadko arranged everything in a heavenly way:

The sun is in the sky - and the sun is in the chambers,

A month in the sky - and a month in the wards,

Stars in the sky - and stars in the chambers.

Then Sadko the merchant, a rich guest,

He invited me to an honorable feast

Thy men of Novogorodsk

And your abbots of Novogorodsky:

Foma Nazaryev and Luka Zinoviev.

Everyone ate at the feast,

Everyone got drunk at the feast,

All boasted of praise.

Another boasts of countless golden treasury,

Another boasts of strength-good luck,

Who boasts of a good horse,

Who boasts of a glorious patronymic.

Glorious patronymic, young youth,

The smart one boasts of the old father,

The madman boasts of his young wife.

The abbots of the New City say:

- We all ate at the feast,

Everyone got drunk on honor,

All boasted of praise.

Why doesn't Sadko boast of anything with us?

That we have Sadko does not boast of anything?

- And what should I, Sadka, brag about,

What should I brag about, Sadka?

Is my treasury not thin with gold,

Colored dress is not worn,

The Horobr squad does not change.

And to boast - not to boast of countless gold treasury:

I will buy New City goods,

Bad goods and good ones!

Before he could say a word,

As rectors of Novogorodsk

Hit on a big bet

About the countless golden treasury,

About thirty thousand money:

How to redeem Sadka New Year's goods,

Bad goods and good ones,

So that there were no more goods for sale in Novegrad.

Sadko got up the next day early, early,

He woke up his squad Khorobruya,

Without an account he gave a golden treasury

And he himself went straight to the living room,

How I bought the New Year goods,

Bad goods and good ones,

The next day, Sadko got up early, early,

I woke up my good squad,

Without an account he gave a golden treasury

And disbanded the squad along the streets of the trade,

Doubly imported goods,

Doubly full of goods

To thuja to the glory of the great Novogorodskaya.

Again I bought goods from New Town,

Bad goods and good ones,

To my countless gold treasury.

On the third day, Sadko got up early, early,

I woke up my good squad,

Without an account he gave a golden treasury

And disbanded the squad along the streets of the trade,

And he himself went straight to the living room:

Three times the goods were brought,

Three times full of goods,

Moscow goods arrived

To the thuja to the great Novogorodsk glory.

As Sadko thought about it:

“Do not redeem goods from all over the world:

I will also buy Moscow goods,

Overseas goods will arrive.

It’s not me, apparently, the merchant is rich in Novogorodsk -

Glorious Novgorod is richer than me.

He gave to the rectors of Novogorodsk

He has thirty thousand dollars.

To my countless gold treasury

Sadko built thirty ships,

Thirty ships, thirty dark ones;

On those on the ships on blackened

Dumped the goods of New City,

Sadko went along the Volkhov,

From Volkhov to Ladoga,

And from Ladoga to the Neva River,

And from the Neva River in the blue sea.

As he rode across the blue sea,

He returned to the Golden Horde,

Selling New Year's goods

Received great profits,

He poured barrels of forty red gold, pure silver,

Went back to Novgorod

He traveled across the blue sea.

Strong weather converged on the blue sea,

Blackened ships stagnated on the blue sea:

Breaks blackened boats;

Says Sadko the merchant, a rich guest,

To their squad, they are good:

- Oh, you, good friend!

As we traveled the sea for a century,

And they did not pay tribute to the sea king:

It can be seen that the king of the sea demands tribute from us,

Demands tribute in the blue sea.

Ay, brothers, a good team!

Charge a forty barrel of pure silver,

Lower the barrel into the blue sea, -

His team is good

Charged a barrel of pure silver,

I lowered a barrel in the blue sea;

And it beats with a wave, tears the sails,

Breaks black boats,

And the ships will not move from their place on the blue sea.

Here his squad is good

I took a barrel-magpie of red gold,

I lowered the barrel into the blue sea:

And it beats with a wave, tears the sails,

Breaks black boats,

And the ships will all move from their place on the blue sea.

Says Sadko the merchant, a wealthy guest:

- Apparently, the king of the sea requires

Living head in the blue sea.

Make, brothers, lots of Volzhan,

I myself will do it on red on gold,

Everyone sign your names

Cast lots on the blue sea:

Whose lot will go to the bottom,

Such to go to the blue sea.

They made lots of Volzhany,

And Sadko himself did it on red on gold,

Everyone signed their name

Cast lots on the blue sea.

Like the whole squad are good

The foals float like gogol on the water,

Says Sadko the merchant, a wealthy guest:

These lots are incorrect:

Draw lots on red on gold,

And I will make a free lot.

They made lots on red on gold,

And Sadko himself made a free lot.

Everyone signed their name

Cast lots on the blue sea:

Like the whole squad are good

Fots are floating like gogol along the zoda,

And at Sadko the merchant - with a key to the bottom.

Says Sadko the merchant, a wealthy guest:

- Oh, brothers, good team!

Apparently, the king of the sea demands

Sadko himself rich in the blue sea.

Carry my imposing ink,

Swan feather, sheet of stamped paper.

They brought him imposing ink,

Swan feather, sheet of stamped paper,

He began to unsubscribe to the name:

What estate he wrote to God's churches,

Another property of the poor brethren,

Another name for a young wife,

The rest of the estate to the good squad.

Sadko the merchant, a wealthy guest, said:

- Oh, brothers, good team!

Give me guselki yarovchaty,

Play something for me in the rest:

I don't play guselki anymore.

Ali take me a harp with me in the blue sea?

He takes the guselki yarovchaty,

He himself says these words:

- Dump the oak plank into the water:

Though I fall on an oak board,

I'm not so afraid to accept death in the blue sea.

They dumped an oak plank on the water,

Then ships sailed across the blue sea,

They flew like black crows.

Sadko remained on the blue sea.

From that with great passions

I fell asleep on a plank on an oak tree.

Sadko woke up in the blue sea,

In the deep blue sea,

Through the water I saw the red sun baking,

Evening dawn, morning dawn.

I saw Sadko: in the blue sea

There is a white-stone chamber.

Sadko came into the white stone ward:

The king of the sea is sitting in the chamber,

The king's head is like a heap of hay.

The king says these words:

- Oh, you, Sadko the merchant, a rich guest!

For a century you, Sadko, traveled by sea,

I, the king, did not pay tribute,

And nony all came to me in gifts.

They will say that the master of playing guselki is yarovchata;

Play me guselki yarovchaty.

How Sadko began to play in the gooselets of the yarovchata,

As the king of the sea began to dance in the blue sea,

How the king of the sea danced.

Sadko played for a day, played others

Yes, Sadko and third played -

And all the king of the sea dances in the blue sea.

In the blue sea the water rippled

With yellow sand, the water was confused,

It began to break many ships on the blue sea,

Many names began to die,

Many righteous people began to drown.

How the people began to pray to Mikola Mozhaisky,

How it touched Sadka on the right shoulder:

- Oh, you, Sadko Novogorodsky!

It is full to play goslings yarovchaty! —

He turned around, looking Sadko Novogorodsky:

A grey-haired old man is already standing.

Sadko Novogorodsky said:

- I have no will of my own in the blue sea,

Ordered to play guselki yarovchata.

The old man says these words:

- And you pull out the strings,

And you break the pins

Say: “I didn’t have strings,

And the pegs were not useful,

Nothing else to play

The goslings of the yarovchaty have broken down. ”

The king of the sea will tell you:

"Would you like to marry in the blue sea

On the darling on the red girl?

Say these words to him:

"I have no will of my own in the blue sea."

Again the king of the sea will say:

“Well, Sadko, get up early in the morning,

Choose yourself a beautiful girl.

How will you choose a beautiful girl,

So skip the first three hundred girls,

And skip another three hundred girls,

And skip the third three hundred girls;

Behind comes a beautiful girl,

Beautiful girl Chernavushka,

Marry Tuya Chernava...

You will be, Sadko, in Novegrad.

And on your countless gold treasury

Build a cathedral church for Mykola Mozhaisk.

Sadko pulled the strings in the guselka,

I broke the pins in the spring ones.

The king of the sea says to him:

- Oh, you, Sadko Novogorodsky!

Why don't you play guselki yarovchata?

- My strings in the gooselets pulled out,

And the pegs in the yarovchaty broke out,

But the spare strings did not happen,

And the pegs were not useful.

The king says these words:

- Would you like to marry in the blue sea

On the darling on the red girl? -

Sadko Novogorodsky tells him:

“I have no will of my own in the blue sea.”

Again the king of the sea says:

- Well, Sadko, get up early in the morning,

Choose your beautiful girl.

Sadko got up early in the morning,

Look: there are three hundred red girls.

He missed the first three hundred girls,

And another three hundred girls missed,

And missed the third three hundred girls;

Behind was a beautiful girl,

Beautiful girl Chernavushka,

He took thuja Chernava to marry himself.

How was their dining room an honorable feast

How Sadko went to bed on the first night,

As Sadko woke up in Novegrad,

About the river Chernava on a steep ridge,

As it looks - they are already running

His blackened ships along the Volkhov

Sadka's wife commemorates with her retinue in the blue sea:

- Do not visit Sadka from the blue of the sea! -

And the squad commemorates one Sadko:

And Sadko stands on a steep ridge,

Meets his friend from Volkhov

Here his squad was surprised:

- Sadko remained in the blue sea!

He found himself ahead of us in Novegrad,

Meets the squad from Volkhov!

Sadko met a good squad

And he led me to the white-stone chambers.

Here his wife rejoiced,

She took Sadka by the white hands,

Kissed on the lips in sugar.

Sadko began to unload from blackened ships

The estate is a treasury of countless gold.

How he unloaded from blackened ships,

He built the cathedral church to Mikola Mozhaisk.

Sadko did not go to the blue sea anymore,

Sadko began to live in Novegrad.

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"Sadko" tells the story of a young harpist Sadko, who at first lived in poverty, and then became rich thanks to the sea king. But when Sadko got rich, the sea king took Sadko to his bottom and was not going to let him go. But thanks to the prompts of Nikolai Mozhaisky, Sadko was able to find himself in the wild, in addition to his beloved girl.

Bylina "Sadko" very briefly

Sadko-young gusler from Veliky Novgorod. Sadko was invited to honest feasts, where he played the harp and earned a living.
But for 9 days now he has not been invited to feasts and he was very sad. He went to Ilmen-lake. He played the harp and suddenly the king of the sea appears. He thanked Sadko for his playing the harp and taught him how to get rich. He argued with the merchants that there were fish with golden fins in the lake. Sadko won the argument and became rich.
After that, the harpist arranged a feast. Suddenly, one merchant said that: since Sadko is so rich, let him buy all the goods in Novgorod. He agreed, and if he loses, he will give each merchant thirty thousand rubles.
On the first day he sent servants and went to buy all the goods himself. On the second day, even more goods appeared. And on the third day, Sadko realized that he could not buy all the goods. So Sadko lost the argument and gave the merchants thirty thousand rubles each. He built ships, loaded goods and went to distant countries.
When he returned to Novgorod, the sea raged. Sadko thought that the Sea King was angry with him and decided that he needed to give the victim. Saying goodbye to his servants, he went down into the water.
Sadko saw the Sea King in the depths of the ocean. He asked the harpist to play the harp and started dancing. The king liked his game so much that he wanted to marry Sadko to one of his daughters. Suddenly, Mikolya Mozhaisky (a holy man) appeared in front of Sadko and prompted Sadko to choose the girl Chernavka as his wife. He did just that. Then together they went to land, where they were met by the whole of Novgorod. Sadko no longer swam in the sea.

Epic "Sadko" summary

Sadko was a poor gusler. He earned his bread by playing at feasts. But for nine consecutive days, Sadok has not been invited to any feast. Then he went to Ilmen Lake and began to play on the empty shore. Suddenly, the king of the sea himself appeared from the lake, who announced that he was “consoled” by the game of the harpman and wanted to reward him. Having received the instruction of the sea king, Sadko went to Novgorod and bet with three rich merchants, claiming that there is a wonderful “fish-gold feathers” in Ilmen Lake. Having won the mortgage, Sadko began to trade and became rich.

Once, at a feast, Sadko boasted that he would buy up all the goods in Novgorod - “good and bad”; Indeed, for two days in a row Sadko bought up all the goods, but on the third day, when Moscow goods were brought up, Sadko confessed that he could not buy up goods "from all over the white world." He gave 30 thousand to merchants.

After that, Sadko loaded 30 ships with goods and went to trade overseas. On the way back, the ships suddenly stopped in the middle of the sea, and a storm broke out. Sadko realized that it was the king of the sea who demanded tribute, threw barrels of gold, silver and pearls into the sea, but in vain; then it was decided that the king of the sea requires a living head. The lot fell on Sadko, who, taking the harp with him, ordered himself to be lowered into the sea on an oak plank. After that, the ships moved. Sadko fell asleep on his board, but woke up already at the bottom of the sea, in the chambers of the sea king. He demands that Sadko play the harp. To the sounds of the harp, the sea king began to dance, as a result of which the sea was agitated, the ships began to sink, and many people died.

Through the prayers of those in distress, Saint Mykola of Mozhaisk (Nicholas the Wonderworker), the intercessor of water travelers, came to Sadko and taught him how to deal with the sea king. Sadko acted in strict accordance with the instructions: first he stopped the game, breaking the strings of the harp, and when the sea king demanded that Sadko marry a sea maiden, he chose the last one out of 900 contenders - the “maiden Chernavushka”. After the wedding feast, Sadko "did not commit fornication" with his young wife; falling asleep, he woke up already on the ground - on the steep bank of the Chernava River near Novgorod. At this very time, he saw that his ships were approaching along the Volkhov. In gratitude for the salvation, Sadko built a church to Mykola Mozhaisky, and he never went to the “blue sea” again.

Ancient Russia, as a rule, bogatyrs fighting evil for the Russian land. They reflected the reality of the 11th-16th centuries. Bylina is a kind of genre in which historical events seem to be reflected, but with figurative exaggerations. The heroes in them have superpowers or other abilities (the ability to play, sing); and the enemies are completely fantastic: the Serpent Gorynych, the Nightingale the Robber, the Tsar, the lord of the sea. Since the epic is a song genre, it has a rhythm, a special style. Reading it, as if you find yourself in the historical past and see the film, because it is rich in figurative expressions.

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The epic "Sadko" is beautiful, unusual and different from other legends. A brief summary of it, perhaps, will not make the proper impression. There are no heroes in it. There are no battles with obvious enemies in it. But it contains the idea of ​​how important it is to have talent, the patronage of the Higher powers for personal qualities. Also in the epic we are talking about the fight against human vices, in particular, boasting. But all this can be learned indirectly by drawing your own conclusions, and not necessarily the same, perhaps completely different. Reading the summary of "Sadko", you learn only the sequence of events.

retelling

In lived Sadko - guslyar. He was young, handsome and talented, that's just "a goal like a falcon." Gusli - all his property was. But Sadko loved to sing and play so much that even when no one wanted to listen to him, he came to the shore of Lake Ilmen and devoted himself to his beloved work alone. At least, that's how it seemed to him. After all, everything around was quiet. All nature listened to the wonderful singing.

Heard him once and rose from the depths to reward the harpman for his marvelous playing. He ordered Sadko to bet with merchants, pawning his head that a wonderful gold-feather fish lives in Lake Ilmen. And in return he ordered to ask them to pawn their goods and trading shops (business in our opinion). The three richest merchants agreed to a deal - they wanted to destroy Sadko out of envy. But the singer won the argument. The sea king kept his word and caught Sadko a goldfish in the net. On the advice of the Lord, he did not argue anymore and soon became rich thanks to the acquired good. But several years passed, he married and became a merchant, richer than whom there was in the city. He made a feast, a noble one, as it was customary then. Many made speeches on it: the stupid ones boasted of their young wife, the smart ones honored their parents. Sadko could not resist either, he began to boast of his wealth and bet that he could redeem all of Novgorod. But when he began to buy up all the goods, gold and silver quickly began to run out. Sadko decided to sail to other cities in order to sell his goods. During the trip, a strong storm arose on the lake. And he would have sunk the ships, but Sadko realized in time: the Tsar demands sea tribute.

He ordered to pour a barrel of silver into the water, then gold, but the waves did not subside. Sadko understood: the tsar needs a human sacrifice. There was (this is an interesting point, everything cannot be contained in the summary of "Sadko"). Sadko was chosen, although he tried to be cunning. They lowered him into the water on a board, where he fell asleep, and woke up at the bottom of the sea in front of the chambers of the Lord, who was glad to have a guest. Sadko played the tsar until he broke the strings (not without the intervention of other forces, which we also cannot fit into the summary of Sadko). Then the king suggested that the singer choose a wife - one of his daughters, which meant forever remaining in the underwater kingdom. The hero (also not without the help of the Saint) chooses a living girl, thereby freeing the captive and himself.

In glorious Novegrad
How was Sadke the merchant, the rich guest.
And before Sadok had no property:
Some were guselki yarovchaty;
Sadke went to feasts and played.



Sadka missed that.

Sat down on a white combustible stone


It was then that Sadke got mixed up,

Sadka is not called to an honorable feast for a day,
Another is not called to an honorable feast
And the third is not invited to an honorable feast.
Sadka missed that.
How Sadke went to Ilmen Lake,
Sat down on a white combustible stone
And he began to play in the gooselets of the yarovchata.
How then in the lake the water stirred,
It was then that Sadke got mixed up,
He went away from the lake to his Novgorod.
Sadka is not called to an honorable feast for a day,
Another is not called to an honorable feast
And the third is not invited to an honorable feast.
Sadka missed that.
How Sadke went to Ilmen Lake,
Sat down on a white combustible stone
And he began to play in the gooselets of the yarovchata.
How then in the lake the water stirred,
The king of the sea appeared
I left Ilmen from the lake,
He himself said these words:
“Oh, you, Sadko Novgorodsky!
I don't know how to welcome you
For your joys for the great,
For your gentle game.
Al countless gold treasury?
Otherwise, go to Novgorod
And hit the big bet
Lay your wild head
And get rid of other merchants
Red goods stalls,
And argue that in Ilmen Lake
There is a fish - gold feathers.
How do you hit the big mortgage,
And go - tie a silk net,
And come to catch in Ilmen-lake:
I will give three fish - golden feathers.
Then you, Sadke, will be happy.”
Sadke went from Ilmen from the lake.
How Sadko came to his Novgorod,
They called Sadka to a feast in honor.
How is Sadke Novgorodsky
He began to play guselki yarovchata;
How Sadka began to get drunk here,
They began to wear Sadka,
As soon as Sadke began to boast:

As I know a wonderful miracle in Lake Ilmen:
And there is a fish - gold feathers in Ilmen Lake.
How is it that the merchants of Novgorod
They say these words to him:
“You don’t know a wonderful miracle,
There cannot be fish in Ilmen Lake - golden feathers.
“Ah, you merchants of Novgorod!
What are you betting with me about the big bet?

Let's hit the big bet:
I'll lay my wild head
And you lay shops for red goods.
Three merchants jumped out
They laid down three shops for red goods.
How then they tied a silk seine