Kolobok

[
Ukrainian Kolobok-themed postage stamp] Kolobok (from _ru. колобок — circle side) is the main character of an East Slavic national fairy tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical being. He is accidentally created by an old man and his wife, as a bread dish, when he suddenly becomes animated and escapes from their home. The fairy tale's plot describes Kolobok's repetitive meetings with various animals (rabbit, wolf, and bear) who intend to eat it, but Kolobok cunningly escapes. With each animal Kolobok sings a song in which he explains his escape inductively: "I got away from Grandmother, I got away from Grandfather, and I will certainly get away from you". The fox manages to catch and eat Kolobok through distracting him by praising his singing.

The fairy tale in the Czech language is named "O Koblížkovi", where Koblížek is the main character. His name comes from Kobliha, which is the same doughnut as the Polish sweet Paczki or Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian Krafne. In the Slovak language, the story is called "O Pampúchovi" ("About Doughnut"), "Ako išiel Pampúch na vandrovku" ("How Doughnut went to wander"), or the equivalent using the diminutive "Pampúšik". "Pampúch" is the Slovak word for the same type of Slavic doughnut.

ICQ

Because of its round shape, Kolobok is the name for the smiley emoticon theme in ICQ.

See also

*Bread roll, specifically Bap
*The Muffin Man
*The Gingerbread Man, English version

External links

* [http://www.rustoys.com/Kolobok.htm Story in English]