Main characters
Morozko
Morozko, the main character of the fairy tale, represents the power of goodness and justice. He monitors the correct course of the season, can cover the trees in the forest with snow, monitor the animals so that they do not freeze and are not hungry, the bears go to their den on time for hibernation, and the birds take shelter from bad weather and frost. Loves hardworking, respectful and easy-to-communicate people. He strives to somehow reward them for their efforts. He doesn’t like lazy people and ill-mannered people, he tries to re-educate them, and if that doesn’t work, he can punish them.
Old Man's Daughter
The main character of the fairy tale, grandfather's daughter, is a very modest, kind, caring, respectful and hard-working girl. It will even snuggle and warm a bird and a dog. She works alone for three, lighting the stove, fetching water, preparing food, cleaning and caring for pets, spinning and embroidering. He fulfills all the wishes of his stepsister and the old woman. The old woman treats her like a servant, does not love her, even hates her, and does not know how to get rid of her. The girl endures all the old woman’s whims because of her father, whom she loves very much and is afraid of being offended. She politely talks to Frost, helps him clean his house, does not demand anything, but only thanks her for sheltering her and receives as a reward a chest of semi-precious stones, a handsome groom and a fast three horses.
Old Woman's Daughter
The second female image is the daughter of an old woman. An ill-mannered rude person, a glutton, a lazy person and a capricious slacker, a lover of new outfits and gossip. The old woman cherishes her daughter, pampers her in every possible way and does not let her work. The old woman's daughter mocks her stepsister and the old man in every possible way. She does not understand any prohibitions or words; she only does what is beneficial to her alone. Getting into the forest for the sake of wealth and clothes, and there she shows her disrespect, laziness and rudeness, for which Morozko punishes her, in some versions he freezes her to death, in others he “rewards her for her labors” with a chest of ashes and a cart drawn by a pair of pigs.
Minor characters
Old woman
The old woman is a minor female character in the fairy tale. Cunning and selfish. She married an old man only for money. He eats his daughter and tries in every possible way to make his own better. In the end, after an unsuccessful attempt to marry his daughter, he decides to drive his stepdaughter away from the world, forces her to be taken to the forest and left to be torn to pieces by the wolves. Seeing how the old man’s daughter returned from the forest, without regret, she sends her daughter into the forest in the bitter cold.
Old man
An old man, a kind and conscientious man, getting married a second time gets a lot of problems and a wayward old woman who doesn’t respect him one bit and wants to take possession of his property. The old man tries in every possible way to help his daughter, but he is weak-willed and cannot stand up for himself.
In the end, Good wins and Evil is punished.
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Morozko
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Once upon a time, a grandfather lived with another wife. The grandfather had a daughter and the woman had a daughter. Everyone knows how to live with a stepmother: if you turn over, it’s a bitch, and if you don’t turn over, it’s a bitch. And no matter what my own daughter does, she gets a pat on the head for everything: she’s smart. The stepdaughter watered and fed the cattle, carried firewood and water to the hut, heated the stove, chalked the hut before daylight... Nothing could please the old woman - everything is wrong, everything is bad.
Even if the wind makes a noise, it dies down, but the old woman disperses - she won’t calm down soon. So the stepmother came up with the idea to take her stepdaughter away from the world.
“Take her, take her, old man,” he says to her husband, “where you want my eyes not to see her!” Take her to the forest, into the bitter cold.
The old man groaned and cried, but there was nothing to do, you couldn’t argue with the women. Harnessed the horse: “Sit down, dear daughter, in the sleigh.” He took the homeless woman into the forest, dumped her in a snowdrift under a large fir tree and left.
A girl sits under a spruce tree, trembling, and a chill runs through her. Suddenly he hears - not far away Morozko is crackling through the trees, jumping from tree to tree, clicking. He found himself on the spruce tree under which the girl was sitting, and from above he asked her:
-Are you warm, girl?
- Warm, Morozushko, warm, father.
Morozko began to descend lower, crackling and clicking louder:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one?
She takes a slight breath:
- Warm, Morozushko, warm, father.
Morozko descended even lower, crackled louder, clicked louder:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one? Are you warm, honey?
The girl began to stiffen, moving her tongue slightly:
- Oh, it’s warm, my dear Morozushko!
Here Morozko took pity on the girl, wrapped her in warm fur coats, and warmed her with down blankets. And her stepmother is already holding a wake for her, baking pancakes and shouting to her husband: “Go, old brat, take your daughter to be buried!”
The old man rode into the forest, reached the place where his daughter was sitting under a large spruce tree, cheerful, rosy-cheeked, in a sable fur coat, all in gold and silver, and nearby was a box with rich gifts.
The old man was delighted, put all the goods in the sleigh, put his daughter in, and took her home.
And at home the old woman is baking pancakes, and the dog is under the table:
- Tuff, tuff! They take the old man's daughter in gold and silver, but they don't marry the old woman. The old woman will throw her a pancake:
– You’re not yapping like that! Say: “They marry an old woman’s daughter, but they bring bones to an old woman’s daughter...”
The dog eats the pancake and again:
- Tuff, tuff! They take the old man's daughter in gold and silver, but they don't marry the old woman. The old woman threw pancakes at her and beat her, and the dog gave her everything...
Suddenly the gates creaked, the door opened, the stepdaughter walked into the hut - in gold and silver, and shining. And behind her they carry a tall, heavy box. The old woman looked and held her hands apart...
- Harness another horse, old bastard! Take, take my daughter to the forest and put her in the same place...
The old man put the old woman's daughter in a sleigh, took her into the forest to the same place, dumped her in a snowdrift under a tall spruce tree and drove off.
The old woman's daughter is sitting, chattering her teeth. And Morozko crackles through the forest, jumps from tree to tree, clicks, the daughter glances at the old woman:
-Are you warm, girl?
And she told him:
- Oh, it's cold! Don’t creak, don’t crack, Morozko...
Morozko began to descend lower, crackling and clicking louder:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one?
- Oh, my hands and feet are frozen! Go away, Morozko...
Morozko descended even lower, hit harder, crackled, clicked:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one?
- Oh, I’ve got a cold! Get lost, get lost, damned Morozko!
Morozko got angry and got so angry that the old woman’s daughter became numb. At first light the old woman sends her husband:
“Harry up quickly, old brat, go get your daughter, bring her in gold and silver... The old man left.” And the dog under the table:
- Tyaf! Tyaf! The grooms will take the old man's daughter, but the old woman's daughter will carry the bones in a bag.
The old woman threw her a pie: “You’re not yapping like that!” Say: “The old woman’s daughter is being carried in gold and silver...”
And the dog is all his: - Tyaf, tyaf! The old woman's daughter is carrying bones in a bag...
The gate creaked and the old woman rushed to meet her daughter. Rogozha turned away, and her daughter lay dead in the sleigh. The old woman cried out, but it’s too late.
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Morozko is the most important character in the well-known fairy tale of the same name. Morozko personifies the good nature, generosity, and wisdom of the master of winter. And at the same time, if he doesn’t like anyone, he will punish him with all severity. He watches over the winter forest: so that bears, hedgehogs, and marmots go to hibernation in time, covers the trees with snow so that they do not freeze in the winter cold. He likes people who are kind, honest, and hardworking. He can reward such people with all his generosity, but he can easily freeze the evil, greedy and envious ones.
The old man's daughter is the main character of the fairy tale. A very modest, hardworking and pretty girl. Lives in a house with his father, stepmother and stepsister. The stepmother does not give her any permission, treats her stepdaughter as a servant, and she unquestioningly carries out all her orders, because otherwise the evil old woman will kill her father. The poor girl does all the housework alone: fetching water from the well, heating the stove, cooking, knitting, sewing, spinning. And you won’t hear a bad word from her, she won’t treat anyone with affection: be it a person or a dog, or even a bird. The old woman hates her stepdaughter with fierce hatred and sends her off into the winter forest, but there the girl meets Morozko. She talks to him with great respect and reverence, tidies up his mansion and every now and then thanks him for the kind Morozko sheltering her. For these qualities, Morozko gifts her with a chest of gems, a handsome groom, and sends her home on a trio of fast horses.
The old woman's daughter is the complete opposite of her stepsister. She sits around all day, eats and collects gossip. He loves beautiful outfits and tries them on every now and then, admiring himself. The stepdaughter is insulted and humiliated in every way, just like her father. Her mother pampers her immensely and fulfills all her wishes. She went to the forest, hoping that Morozko would reward her as well as his sister, but according to one version of the fairy tale, he freezes her to death, and according to the second, he rewards her with a chest of ash and sends her home on pigs.
The old woman is a minor character in the fairy tale. An angry, envious and deceitful woman. She eats the old man and his daughter; she married the old man only for selfish reasons. She failed to marry off her daughter profitably and, taking her anger out on her stepdaughter, sends her to the forest, in the hope that she will be torn apart by wolves. And when the girl returns home alive and well, and even with expensive gifts, she without hesitation equips her own daughter for the winter forest.
The old man is a kind man, but has no character. He married a second time and became completely dependent on the old woman. He is very sorry for his daughter, but he cannot speak out against the old woman, due to his weak character.
Be that as it may, good triumphed in this tale, and evil was destroyed.
Morozko's Tale (Tolstoy)
Once upon a time, a grandfather lived with another wife. The grandfather had a daughter and the woman had a daughter. Everyone knows how to live with a stepmother: if you turn over, it’s a bitch, and if you don’t turn over, it’s a bitch. And no matter what my own daughter does, she gets a pat on the head for everything: she’s smart.
The stepdaughter watered and fed the cattle, carried firewood and water to the hut, heated the stove, chalked the hut before daylight... Nothing could please the old woman - everything is wrong, everything is bad.
Even if the wind makes a noise, it dies down, but the old woman disperses - she won’t calm down soon. So the stepmother came up with the idea to take her stepdaughter away from the world.
“Take her, take her, old man,” he says to her husband, “where you want my eyes not to see her!” Take her to the forest, into the bitter cold.
The old man groaned and cried, but there was nothing to do, you couldn’t argue with the women. Harnessed the horse: “Sit down, dear daughter, in the sleigh.” He took the homeless woman into the forest, dumped her in a snowdrift under a large fir tree and left.
A girl sits under a spruce tree, trembling, and a chill runs through her. Suddenly he hears - not far away Morozko is crackling through the trees, jumping from tree to tree, clicking. He found himself on the spruce tree under which the girl was sitting, and from above he asked her:
-Are you warm, girl?
- Warm, Morozushko, warm, father.
Morozko began to descend lower, crackling and clicking louder:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one?
She takes a slight breath:
- Warm, Morozushko, warm, father.
Morozko descended even lower, crackled louder, clicked louder:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one? Are you warm, honey?
The girl began to stiffen, moving her tongue slightly:
- Oh, it’s warm, my dear Morozushko!
Here Morozko took pity on the girl, wrapped her in warm fur coats, and warmed her with down blankets.
And her stepmother is already holding a wake for her, baking pancakes and shouting to her husband: “Go, old brat, take your daughter to be buried!”
The old man rode into the forest, reached the place where his daughter was sitting under a large spruce tree, cheerful, rosy-cheeked, in a sable fur coat, all in gold and silver, and nearby was a box with rich gifts.
The old man was delighted, put all the goods in the sleigh, put his daughter in, and took her home. And at home the old woman is baking pancakes, and the dog is under the table:
- Tuff, tuff! They take the old man's daughter in gold and silver, but they don't marry the old woman. The old woman will throw her a pancake:
– You’re not yapping like that! Say: “They marry an old woman’s daughter, but they bring bones to an old woman’s daughter...”
The dog eats the pancake and again:
- Tuff, tuff! They take the old man's daughter in gold and silver, but they don't marry the old woman. The old woman threw pancakes at her and beat her, and the dog gave her everything...
Suddenly the gates creaked, the door opened, the stepdaughter walked into the hut - in gold and silver, and shining. And behind her they carry a tall, heavy box.
The old woman looked and held her hands apart...
- Harness another horse, old bastard! Take, take my daughter to the forest and put her in the same place...
The old man put the old woman's daughter in a sleigh, took her into the forest to the same place, dumped her in a snowdrift under a tall spruce tree and drove off.
The old woman's daughter is sitting, chattering her teeth. And Morozko crackles through the forest, jumps from tree to tree, clicks, the daughter glances at the old woman:
-Are you warm, girl?
And she told him:
- Oh, it's cold! Don’t creak, don’t crack, Morozko...
Morozko began to descend lower, crackling and clicking louder:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one?
- Oh, my hands and feet are frozen! Go away, Morozko...
Morozko descended even lower, hit harder, crackled, clicked:
-Are you warm, girl? Are you warm, red one?
- Oh, I’ve got a cold! Get lost, get lost, damned Morozko!
Morozko got angry and got so angry that the old woman’s daughter became numb. At first light the old woman sends her husband:
“Harry up quickly, old brat, go get your daughter, bring her in gold and silver... The old man left.” And the dog under the table:
- Tyaf! Tyaf! The grooms will take the old man's daughter, but the old woman's daughter will carry the bones in a bag.
The old woman threw her a pie: “You’re not yapping like that!” Say: “The old woman’s daughter is being carried in gold and silver...”
And the dog is all his: - Tyaf, tyaf! The old woman's daughter is carrying bones in a bag...
The gate creaked and the old woman rushed to meet her daughter. Rogozha turned away, and her daughter lay dead in the sleigh. The old woman cried out, but it’s too late.
