SV: [SEELANGS] Buravchik

[Marit Bjerkeng]

Hello Robert,
in a Norwegian fairy-tale which is very similar, the boy transforms
himself "lion, falcon and ant" -
don't you think buravchik is some kind of insect?
I have seen before that northern Russian tales in detail may resemble
Norwegian ones.
 
Have you looked it up for instance in Arkhangelsk'skij oblastnoj
slovar'?
Or contacted people up north - in the Dobrolyubov Library in
Archangel?
I think they will look it up for you: 
http://lib.aonb.ru/inetresurs.phtml?cid=60
 
Greetings from Marit,
Norway
 
 
 
Dosent i russisk 
Marit Bjerkeng
Høgskolen i Finnmark
N-9509 ALTA

Professor of Russian
Marit Bjerkeng
Finnmark University College
N-9509 ALTA
Norway

Tel.  +47 78 45 02 60
Fax  + 47 78 43 76 70
 >>> Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> 14.09.2010 19:47 >>>
Dear all,

In ‘Tsar’-chernoknizhnik’, from Ozhegov’s SEVERNYE SKAZKI,  the hero,
after
transforming himself into a number of different wild animals, in order
to
hide from the evil tsar, бегал, бегал, прибежал перед царски окошки,
овернулся золотым буравчиком и начал кататьца перед царскими окошками.

Тhe only meaning I can find for ‘buravchik’ is gimlet.  That is not
utterly
impossible, but it surprises me.  Can anyone suggest any other
possible
meanings?

Thanks, in advance,

Robert

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