one more question on kukharka

[Edward M Dumanis]

I have never had a slightest doubt that it was a reward. While they were
talking, it was just a talk, and they had nothing to expect. They became
not just a weaver and a cook but "the court weaver and the court cook."
Certainly, their status was elevated. And any other time they would be
very happy, but they envied their sister and that was the cause of the
evil-doing.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Alina Israeli wrote:

> >On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Alina Israeli wrote:
> >
> >....................../snip/...............
> >> Povarixa has a negative overtone, while kukharka does not:
> >
> >I disagree. Pushkin's Tsar Sultan (Saltan) says:
> >"Bud' odna iz vas tkachihoj, a drugaja povarihoj" as an award for the
> >sisters' promisses.
> 
> Not awards but punishement: they have not been chosen for a bride. So a
> nice "devica" all of a sudden is relegated to the low role of a tkachixa or
> povarixa while their sister is chosen to marry the czar! As the result all
> of the following venom and vengeance. As the second best he could have at
> least found them some other dobryj molodec or boyarin for a husband, but
> no, he sent one into the kitchen and the other into the weaving shop.
> 
> Did you really think it was an award all of your life? I can't believe it!
> 
> 
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