The Gigantic Turnip

For the Grimms' fairy tale about a giant turnip see The Turnip
"Repka"
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Illustration by Elisabeth Boehm, 1887
CountryRussian Empire
Genre(s)Fairy tale
Publication
Published inНародные русские сказки
Media typePrint
Publication date1863
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"The Gigantic Turnip" or "The Enormous Turnip" (Russian: Репка, Repka, IPA: [ˈrʲepkə], literally "small turnip"; ATU 2044, ‘Pulling up the turnip') is a cumulative Russian fairy tale, collected in Arkhangelsk Governorate and published in 1863 by folklore researcher Alexander Afanasyev in his collection Russian Fairy Tales (tale number 89), a collection not strictly Russian, but which included stories from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian tales.[1][2][3] The tale is well-known in Ukraine as adapted by Ivan Franko[4][5]

The story has been rewritten and adapted numerous times in other languages, for example Polish by Julian Tuwim;[6] Bulgarian by Ran Bosilek,[7] and English by Jan Brett.[8]

  1. ^ Афанасьев, А. Н. (1984). "Репка: Сказка N 89". Фундаментальная электронная библиотека: Русская литература и фольклор. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  2. ^ Suwyn, Barbara (1997). Kononenko, Natalie (ed.). The magic egg and other tales from Ukraine. World folklore series. Englewood, Colo: Libr. Unlimited. pp. xxi. ISBN 978-1-56308-425-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Suwyn, Barbara J. (1997). Kononenko, Natalie O. (ed.). The magic egg and other tales from Ukraine. World folklore series. Englewood, Colo: Libr. Unlimited. pp. 41–43. ISBN 978-1-56308-425-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ "Franko, Ivan. Ripka".
  5. ^ Гукало, Юлія (2018-10-13). "РОЛЬ КАЗОК ІВАНА ФРАНКА У ФОРМУВАННІ НАЦІОНАЛЬНО-КУЛЬТУРНИХ ЦІННОСТЕЙ УЧНІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ". Молодь і ринок. 9 (164). doi:10.24919/2308-4634.2018.144327. ISSN 2617-0825. S2CID 187396169.
  6. ^ "Fundacja im. Juliana Tuwima i Ireny Tuwim".
  7. ^ "chitanka.info". 18 August 2008.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).