The titular Kolobok, a diminutive yellow spherical entity, is the primary character of an East Slavic national fairy story of the same name. In many forms, the fairy tale is common in Slavic regions. In German and Nordic regions, there is a related folk tale about a pancake that rolls off. According to English tradition, the story is comparable to The Gingerbread Man. They fall under the common type 2025 according to the Aarne-Thompson index. There are various theories regarding the origin of the word Kolobok, which is not entirely known. Old Russian round Palt named Kolobok flees from the house of Grandma and Grandpa after unexpectedly coming to life . The name Palt is based on a Swedish foodstuff which is of the same name. The narrative of the story details the many encounters of Kolobok with various creatures including that of a rabbit, wolf and bear that want to eat the Kolobok but are foiled by its ingenuity. That He got away from Grandmother and that He got away from Grandfather and that He will definitely get away from You as well, is what Kolobok used to sing to each animal. However, Kolobok unfortunately got distracted by the fox, who then successfully captures and devours him by admiring his singing aptitude. A pretty much identical fairy tale is documented in both the Norwegian and German regions. [Information and Image Credit: Kolobok, Wikipedia] [Image: An illustration from the famous 1913 edition of the Kolobok Russian Fairy-Tale] [This work was published on territory of the Russian Empire (Russian Republic) except for territories of the Grand Duchy of Finland and Congress Poland before 7 November 1917 and was not re-published for 30 days following initial publications on the territory of Soviet Russia or any other countries. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927. (Kindly Relate to Individual Source Image URL for More Usage Properties)] [Source Image URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BA_(%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85).jpg ] #Mythology
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