![]() ![]() After many trials, the huntsman becomes king himself, and marries the princess. The king demands that he bring him the bird – which he does he is then asked to bring Princess Vasilisa to be the king’s bride. The story follows a royal huntsman who finds a Firebird’s feather. The first recorded version is believed to be The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilisa, a Russian fairy tale collected by Slavist and ethnographer Alexander Afanasyev, in his world-class collection of folklore tales, Narodnye russkie skazki. OriginsĪs the Firebird tale was initially told orally, there are many variations. The feather found at the start serves as a prophecy of a hard journey to a faraway land, featuring magical helpers en route who help with the bird’s capture. Despite the Firebird’s magnetism, the hero slowly comes to blame it for his rapidly spiralling troubles. The hero of the tale then sets out to find and capture the bird – usually on the orders of an authority figure such as a father or king. Typically, in fairy tales, the Firebird is the object of a difficult quest which begins with the finding of a lost tail feather. Later renditions depict a smaller, fire-coloured falcon with crystal eyes. Even once removed, its feathers continue to glimmer. The Firebird, which appears in numerous Slavic folk tales, is a large bird with rich plumage that glows with a red, orange and yellow light.
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