the tale of Kolobok
A tale about growing up. Why did the parents (in the tale - the grandparents) want to eat the bun? Overprotection and unwillingness to perceive the child as an individual, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of this very individual.
A convenient hero, leaves his parents' house, successfully overcomes life's stages: socialization - a hare, work - a wolf, everyday difficulties - a bear. And then he meets a "fox woman" who lures him in by deception and destroys him as a person.
The Tale of Kolobok - the Story of a Growing Up Personality
Once upon a time, in a quiet corner of the world, an old man and an old woman molded Kolobok. They gave him a shape, put into him the flour of their expectations, the sour cream of their fears, the butter of their cares and a little sugar - so that he would be "convenient", obedient, sweet. Kolobok did not ask to be born, but he was created - and he had to.He wasn't disobedient. He just felt that if he stayed, he would be eaten. Under the guise of love, care, overprotection - he would be swallowed, leaving only a shell. He leaves - rolls away. This is the first act of growing up: separation from the parental home, even if the home is not evil, but too "kind", too aware of what is right.
On Kolobok’s path he meets animals – archetypes of growing up:
- The hare is fears and the first socialization. He is weak, twitchy, but dangerous if you believe in his power. Kolobok copes - he knows how to avoid pressure, he knows how to be flexible.
- The wolf is the world of work, structure, responsibility. The wolf wants to eat Kolobok not out of malice, but out of habit: the adult world devours the freshness of youth if it does not know how to set boundaries. Kolobok escapes again.
- The bear is the everyday roughness of life, physical difficulties, sometimes - tests of the body: illness, fatigue, everyday life. Kolobok still slides - he is agile, he sings, he leaves.
But then the Fox appears. Not just a woman. An archetype of desire, passion, recognition, manipulation. The Fox does not chase - she watches, listens, praises. She says: “You are so smart... so delicious... so unique...” And Kolobok forgets that he is a person. He begins to want to please. He sings - even sweeter, even brighter. He climbs to her himself - on her nose, on her lips, in her mouth.
And then - he is no more.
This tale is not about the stupidity of Kolobok, but about the fragility of the individual, who, having gone through the path from separation to self-realization, can dissolve in someone else's attention if he does not learn to be himself even under the gaze of love.
The path of Kolobok is the path of each of us. We are born, we leave, we meet, we overcome. But at the end of this path there is a moment: you can be eaten if you want to be “tasty” for others too much.
“What’s good about a fairy tale?
She is not a set of words.
She is what is inside us and makes us human.
And as long as people believe in it, there will always be room for magic in the world.”
— Mary Margaret BlanchardA fairy tale is a mirror. And at every age it reflects something different. Today it is a fairy tale about boundaries, about the right to be yourself, even if you are “convenient”, “delicious”, “beloved”.
And if you rewrite it differently, Kolobok would learn to listen to himself. And perhaps he would not jump on the nose, but would look the Fox in the eyes. And he would
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