The fire god of the Marranos
The fire god of the Marranos is a book by the Russian writer Alexander Volkov . The story was published in 1968 under the original title "Огненный бог Марранов" in Moscow and is the fourth volume in the Emerald City series. As in the three previous books, the illustrations are by Leonid Wladimirski . The translator of the long-used German version is Lazar Steinmetz .
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The fallen Urfin Juice cannot come to terms with his defeat and therefore thinks about a possibility to take power again. Seven years later he observed a fight between two giant eagles. The eagle Karfax loses the fight and is looked after by Urfin. From conversations with the eagle he learns details of the life of the giant eagle. They live in a remote part of the magical land and know nothing of human affairs. Therefore, Karfax has no idea about the rise and fall of Urfin. He sees the eagle as a welcome aid in regaining power. By manipulating the backward Marran people , he is recognized by them as a god of fire and can persuade them to go to war against his neighbors. When Karfax realizes what interests Urfin is pursuing, he turns away from him and leaves the self-proclaimed fire god. As a result of the strong fighting strength of his army, Urfin succeeds in quickly regaining power. He can capture the rulers of the Violet Land and the Emerald City, the Iron Lumberjack and the Wise Scheuch .
In Kansas, too, many things have changed in the past seven years. Elli and her cousin Fred are studying. Elli wants to be a teacher and Fred an engineer. During her third stay, Elli had a baby sister, Ann . Because of the many stories told by the older sister, Ann and her friend Tim O'Kelli would like to get to know the magic land for themselves. For this purpose, Fred makes two mechanical mules that have solar batteries. The children make their way to the magical land with the mules. They were accompanied on this trip by the dog Arto , a grandson of Ellis companion Toto . After having overcome many dangers, the trio arrives in the magic land. There they learn that Urfin has regained power. When the children hear this, they decide to overthrow Urfin. Ann and Tim managed to free the sage Scheuch and the iron woodcutter. You are moving to the Violet Land to end Marran rule. Once there, the friends find that the suppressed winkers are already free again. The sports-obsessed Marranos get to know Tim's favorite game, volleyball .
In the meantime, Urfin is concerned about what has happened. First the connection to the Violet Land is broken and then its most important prisoners disappear. Through a spy he learns of what is going on in the Violet Land and decides to retake it. To this end, he gathers his Marran army and tells them that the Winkers slaughtered a Marran troop. Enraged in this way, the Marranen swear vengeance and move to the Violet Land with Urfin. A volleyball game is currently taking place there and the army recognizes their allegedly butchered comrades among the players. Only now do they see through the self-proclaimed fire god and put an end to his rule. After Urfin's fall, Ann, Tim and Arto return home on the back of their mules.
radio play
There is a radio play about this book: The fire god of the Marranas . Director: Paul Hartmann, MC, ISBN 3-82-910327-1
An audio book version was published in 2008:
- The fire god of the Marranas , read by Katharina Thalbach , Jumbo Neue Medien, 2CD, ISBN 978-3-8337-2086-4