The Moon in the Well: And Other Macedonian Folk Tales
by Danica Cvetanovska, Irma Rosenfeld, William Rosenfeld
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folklore-mythology
Read in March, 2008
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Folktale Enthusiasts / Readers Interested in Macedonian Culture
A collection of thirty short folktales from the Macedonian tradition, divided into three sections: Legends, Peasant Tales, and Animal Tales.
I know very little about Macedonia and its history and culture, so this book served as my introduction to the topic. Many of the stories contained herein have clear parallels in other folk traditions. The village of Mariovo, with its local "wise man," Pejo, struck me as being akin to the Jewish town of Chelm - a fictional location for some very...more
I know very little about Macedonia and its history and culture, so this book served as my introduction to the topic. Many of the stories contained herein have clear parallels in other folk traditions. The village of Mariovo, with its local "wise man," Pejo, struck me as being akin to the Jewish town of Chelm - a fictional location for some very...more
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