Sentence from Afanasyev, 290 'Svinoy Chokhol'

[Robert Chandler]

Dear Katya and all,

Thank you for this.  So is the allusion a way of emphasizing that the heroine truly IS a sweet maiden and that, in spite of her apparent possessions of supernatural powers, she is NOT dangerous or destructive?

All the best,

Robert


On 4 May 2011, at 02:02, Katya Ites wrote:

> 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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>>> LFS, American University
>>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
>>> Washington DC 20016
>>> (202) 885-2387  fax (202) 885-1076
>>> aisrael at american.edu
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