SiM 9 2024

Fairy Tale and Myth No. 9 2024

Contents

3 From the Editors
PSYCHOLOGY
8 Can You Bear It?
Article by Murray Stein, translated by Oksana Yastrebova
21 The Image of Malignant Introversion in the Bulgarian
Fairy Tale “The Physician’s Apprentice”
Article by Tatyana Kabluchkova
51 Analysis of the Witch's Image on the Hero's Journey
Based on P. Bazhov's Ural Tale "Sinyushka's
Well"
Article by Elena Panchenko
SCIENCE
73 Images of the Universe in Shamanic Drawings
Article by Olard Dixon
93 Ud to the Sky
Article by Bogumil Gasanov

116 Everything Mythological is Emotional.
Part II. Adolescence and the Need
to Experience the Mythological
Interview with Alexandra Barkova
Interview by Yulia Pustynnikova
ART
144 "The Main Work of a Lifetime": The Path of the Artist
Myud Mechev – Illustrator of "Kalevala"
Article by Elena Dorofeeva
163 "The Piano," Animus, and Colonial Experience
Article by John Izod, translated by Lidiya Chigarkova
PRACTICE
196 On the Border of Worlds. Railroads and Lighthouses –
Their Significance in the Psyche (Based on a Journey
to Sakhalin Island)
Article by Natalia Kiryushina
205 Journey into the World of Tarot
Article by Alla Tretyakova

219 Annotations
226 Abstracts
Contents

FAIRY TALE AND MYTH │ No. 9 2024 • 5
From the Editors

Dear Readers!
After a long silence, our almanac (and now it is an almanac, as we have finally accepted that it comes out at its own pace, which we cannot regularize), so, our almanac "Fairy Tale and Myth" No. 9 has finally met you. Its appearance has changed a bit, and we have added color inserts, which, we hope, will enrich your perception of the articles, because many of them needed color, but we could never bring ourselves to try this experiment. Also, by your request, we have increased the font size, and we very much hope that reading will become more comfortable as a result.
The almanac traditionally begins with the "Psychology" section. It opens with an article by Swiss Jungian analyst Murray Stein, "Can You Bear It?" We thank the author for supporting our journal from its very first issue (and in 2019 it was a journal) and for kindly allowing us to publish this article here, and we regret that the "Robin Hoods" of domestic psychology have already generously distributed the text without any permission. In the article, Murray Stein asks questions about psychedelics and the power of the ego, about the difficulties of journeys into the treasury of the Great Mother on a high-speed elevator, and our readiness for such immersions. The theme of substances and transitions is continued by analytical psychologist Tatyana Kabluchkova from Ekaterinburg with her article about the physician's apprentice, "The Image of Malignant Introversion in the Bulgarian Fairy Tale 'The Physician's Apprentice'," and the section is concluded by her colleague from Perm, Elena Panchenko, in the article "Analysis of the Witch's Image on the Hero's Journey (Based on P. Bazhov's Ural Tale 'Sinyushka's Well')."

The second section of the almanac, "Science," is opened by ethnographer, traveler, cartographer of inner worlds Olard Elvil Dixon, also a long-time friend of our almanac, with his article "Images of the Universe in Shamanic Drawings." The theme of travels is continued by the researcher of Slavic mythology, Bogumil Gasanov. His works have been published in many countries. For example, the first article from a research series on folklore texts has been published in Slovenia; we are publishing the second. And here—attention—a spoiler, but also a warning—since the article contains uncensored folklore texts, we ask you to be careful, and if offensive language offends you, please skip this article. We long weighed the pros and cons and still decided to offer you the living language as it is, because, as they say, you can't take words out of a song. The third text in the section is the second part of an interview taken by Yulia Pustynnikova with Alexandra Leonidovna Barkova, mythologist, historian, writer. In this part of the interview, Alexandra reflects on the issues of growing up in the modern world.

The third section, "Art," opens with Elena Dorofeeva, a specialist in Scandinavian and Finnish literature, with the article "The Main Work of a Lifetime": The Path of the Artist Myud Mechev – Illustrator of "Kalevala." The release of our almanac is timed to two dates related to the famous Karelian-Finnish epic poem. In February 2024, 175 years passed since the release of Elias Lönnrot's full version of "Kalevala," and the poem was awarded the European cultural heritage label, and in February 2025, the 190th anniversary of its first publication will be celebrated. The second article in the section is "The Piano, Animus, and Colonial Experience" – John Izod's reflections from Scotland on the character of Ada, the heroine of the film "The Piano." In his text, he also draws on the ideas of Marie-Louise von Franz, expressed by her in the analysis of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Girl Without Hands."
And this issue concludes with the "Practice" section, which, like the previous one, contains two articles. One belongs to the psychologist, our frequent author Natalia Kiryushina, but this time Natalia will surprise you – her attention is focused not on the folklore plots of Japan, as we are used to, but on a trip to Sakhalin Island. The article is called "On the Border of Worlds: Railways and Lighthouses, Their Significance in the Psyche. A Journey to Sakhalin Island." You can expect travel notes and photographs from the author. However, of course, we are being sly – of course, Japan is the main character in Natalia's story. After all, love is forever. The second article is a story by one of the inspirers of our almanac, psychologist Alla Tretyakova, about her author's program "Journey into the World of Tarot," in which Alla will offer you a view of the arcana as a mirror in which what you do not yet know about yourself can be reflected.

It seems that our almanac has pretended to be a travel guide this time. Well, in that case, have a good trip!

Sincerely, Alla Tretyakova,
Elena Senkina, Yulia Pustynnikova,
Evgenia Frolova, Olga Kondratova