Sentence from Afanasyev, 290 'Svinoy Chokhol'

[Katya Ites]

свистнула-гаркнула не соловейским посвистом...
This is very much likely to be a reference to Solovey-razboynik (not just a
nightingale) who was notorious for his deadly & destructive whistle.

Katya Ites

3 мая 2011 г. 18:18 пользователь Derek Andersen <tvc15tvc15 at gmail.com>написал:

> pig hide case - maybe "pigskin encasement"?
>
> 2011/5/4 Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>:
> > Куда тебе! = It's not for you!
> >
> > She went out into the open field, whistled, barked, not as a nightingale
> > whisltes, but with her own young maiden voice, and a carriage appeared;
> she
> > tossed off her pig hide case, put on a dress: ...
> >
> > May 3, 2011, в 3:52 PM, Robert Chandler написал(а):
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I don't know what to do with this sentence from a skazka (one that is
> very
> >> similar to Cinderella)"В другой раз собрались к царю на бал. Свиной
> Чехол
> >> просит позволения прийти посмотреть. <<Куда тебе!>> Она вышла в чистое
> поле,
> >> свистнула-гаркнула не соловейским посвистом, а своим девичьим голосом --
> >> явилась карета; скинула свой свиной чехол, надела платье: на спине
> светел
> >> месяц, на груди красно солнышко! Приехала на бал и пошла танцевать.
> >>
> >> My English translation seems odd - odd without being interesting or
> >> expressive: "She went out into open steppe and let out something between
> a
> >> shout and a whistle - her voice was not the voice of a nightingale but
> the
> >> voice of a young maiden - and a carriage appeared."
> >>
> >> I don't know what to do to make it work.  Probably it would be easier if
> I
> >> could see the point of what I assume is an allusion to the
> >> Solovei-Razboinik.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >> Robert
> >>
> >>
> >> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
> >>
> >> tel. +44 207 603 3862
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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