Fairytale quotation

[William Ryan]

Alina - you and Natalie have nailed this one, which relieves me of the 
obligation to live up to Natalie's over-optimistic opinion of my 
capabilities. I would only add that a quick look at the internet 
suggests that the phrase has gone from being a quotation to being a 
semi-proverb, and it is possible that more people have seen Viktor 
Vasnetsov's painting "Vitiaz' na rasput'e" than have read the bylina 
(but I don't know what they teach in Russian schools nowadays).

Will Ryan


On 17/11/2012 03:18, Alina Israeli wrote:
> It's from byliny about Ilya Muromets:
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> http://www.rusizn.ru/leg17_11.html
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> On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:08 PM, dusty wilmes wrote:
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>> Actually what I'd like to know is not the phrase's origin, but in 
>> which fairytale(s) it appears. It is quoted in a recent Russian film.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Justin
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>> -- 
>> Justin Wilmes
>> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
>> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
>> Ohio State University
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