Kolobok

An illustration from the classic 1913 edition of the Kolobok Russian fairy-tale
Illustration of Kolobok from the 1913 A. Medvedev Russian edition (see Category:Kolobok (A. Medvedev))

Kolobok (Cyrillic: колобо́к) is the main character of an East Slavic fairy-tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical bread-like being. The story is often called "Little Round Bun"[1][2][3] and sometimes "The Runaway Bun."[4]

The fairy tale occurs widely in Slavic regions in a number of variations. A similar fairy tale - with a pancake rolling off - has also been recorded in German and Nordic regions. The plot is similar to that of "The Gingerbread Man" tale in English tradition. The Aarne-Thompson index classifies such stories in a common type: 2025.[5]

  1. ^ "The Little Round Bun. Ukrainian folk tale". freebooksforkids.net. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ Suwyn, Barbara J. (1997). Kononenko, Natalie O. (ed.). The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine. World Folklore Series. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 33–36. ISBN 978-1-56308-425-6. OCLC 43476377.
  3. ^ Zheleznova, Irina (1985). Ukrainian Folk Tales. Kyiv: Dnipro Publishers. pp. 15–17.
  4. ^ Oparenko, Christina (1996). Oxford Myths and Legends: Ukrainian Folk-tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 42–46. ISBN 0192741683.
  5. ^ Haney, Jack V. (2014). "Commentaries: The Bun". In Haney, Jack V. (ed.). The complete folktales of A.N. Afanas'ev. Vol. I. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-62846-094-0.