Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyov (№ 282397)

- I don't agree with the assessment of Russian epic, because the main characters of the Russian epic is not the heroes, at least in fairy tales, Ivan the fool! Which only a fool from the point of view of their brothers the peasants, he is not engaged in peasant labour.
- Intellectual? [Soloviev V. R., presenter]
Is not the word, intelligent! It's like the Odyssey, the winner of each unpredictable situation. But if we take animals... a Bear, yeah! This is our totem animal. But the main character is, of course, a Fox! Asni, Asni in the sky the stars, merznu, merznu wolf tail! Broken unbeaten luck! Therefore, in Russian the epos intellect, mind, is not below at least a position, rather than a powerful force, which is also among the heroes is a kind of intellectual - Alyosha Popovich.