The legacy of ancestors: proverbs about cunning

What is cunning? How does this concept relate to Russian folklore, which has been passed on from mouth to mouth for centuries, from grandfathers to grandchildren? Was the Russian man cunning by nature? All these questions can be answered by studying the proverbs about the trick that will be presented in this article.

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In Russian folk tales, proverbs and sayings, very often the fox figured, which became, we might say, a synonym for the word "cunning." Red tail, thin voice, cheating - all this is a description of Patrikeevna.

Is it possible to transfer all this description to a person? Of course, this is exactly what our ancestors did, creating proverbs about cunning. What is the person with this quality? Certainly, clever, wise, resolute and bold. And this can be seen on the example of objects of oral folk art.

Proverbs about stealth

"Put in a row of seven - one cunning will be"

The meaning of this proverb is simple enough: the world can not exist without cunning people. At least one person who knows how to cheat, but there.

"When something you do not know, the trick to help will come"

The truth is simple: it is impossible to know everything. After all, as the well-known thinker said: "The more I know, the more I want to know." So it is here. Not so important is the mind, as wisdom and skill, and somewhere and cunning. After all, you can not know something, but to get out of the situation is completely different.

"As much as try to cheat, everything will be clear"

Here the meaning is slightly different from the previous two. After all, often the proverbs about cunning also condemned this quality, proving that one must always tell the truth, because in any case, even the smallest lie will ever come up.

"How much trickery or try, and the truth can not outwit the truth"

The meaning of this proverb practically does not differ from the value of the previous one. Proverbs about cunning very often were written with the purpose to warn against possible consequences. After all, cunning is at least a small, but still deceptive.