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Sixty Folk Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources
Book Description:
An excellent (and long out of print) collection of Slavic folktales, with hints of some very ancient lore. This collection of Slavic folktales at first glance appears to have all of the usual suspects of European Marchen.
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Preface; Western Slavonians; Bohemian Stories; Introduction; Long, Broad, And Sharpsight; 'the Three Golden Hairs Of Grandfather Allknow'; Goldenhair; Intelligence And Luck; The Jezinkas; The Wood-lady; George With The Goat; Moravian Stories; Introduction; Godmother Death; The Four Brothers; Hungarian-slovenish Stories; Introduction; The Three Lemons; The Sun-horse; The Golden Spinster; Are You Angry?; Upper And Lower Lusatian Stories; Introduction; Right Always Remains Right; Little Red Hood; Kashubian Story; Introduction; Cudgel, Bestir Yourself!; Polish Stories; Introduction; Prince Unexpected; The Spirit Of A Buried Man; The Pale Maiden; The Plague-swarm; Eastern Slavonians; White Russian Stories; Introduction; The Frost, The Sun, And The Wind; Little Rolling-pea; The Wonderful Boys; Little Russian Stories (from Galicia.); Introduction; God Knows How To Punish Man; The Good Children; The Devil And The Gipsy; God And The Devil; Little Russian Stories (from South Russia); Introduction; The Beautiful Damsel And The Wicked Old Woman; The Snake And The Princess; Transformation Into A Nightingale And A Cuckoo; Transmigration Of The Soul; The Wizard; Great Russian Stories; Introduction; The Lime-tree; Ilya Of Murom And Nightingale The Robber; Southern Slavonians; Bulgarian Stories; Introduction; The Lord God As An Old Man; Bulgarian Hospitality; Cinderella; The Golden Apples And The Nine Peahens; The Language Of Animals; Serbian Stories; Introduction; The Lame Fox; The Sons' Oath To Their Dying Father; The Wonderful Hair; The Dragon And The Prince; Fate; Serbian Stories From Bosnia; Introduction; The Birdcatcher; The Two Brothers; Serbian Stories From Carniola; Introduction; The Origin Of Man; God's Cock; Kurent The Preserver; Kurent And Man; The Hundred-leaved Rose; Croatian Stories; Introduction; Kraljevitch Marko; The Daughter Of The King Of The vilas; The Wonder-working Lock; The She-wolf; Milutin; Illyrian-slovenish Stories; Introduction; The Friendship Of A vila And Of The Months; The Fisherman's Son; The White Snake; The vila
About the Publisher:
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
An excellent (and long out of print) collection of Slavic folktales, with hints of some very ancient lore. This collection of Slavic folktales at first glance appears to have all of the usual suspects of European Marchen.
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Preface; Western Slavonians; Bohemian Stories; Introduction; Long, Broad, And Sharpsight; 'the Three Golden Hairs Of Grandfather Allknow'; Goldenhair; Intelligence And Luck; The Jezinkas; The Wood-lady; George With The Goat; Moravian Stories; Introduction; Godmother Death; The Four Brothers; Hungarian-slovenish Stories; Introduction; The Three Lemons; The Sun-horse; The Golden Spinster; Are You Angry?; Upper And Lower Lusatian Stories; Introduction; Right Always Remains Right; Little Red Hood; Kashubian Story; Introduction; Cudgel, Bestir Yourself!; Polish Stories; Introduction; Prince Unexpected; The Spirit Of A Buried Man; The Pale Maiden; The Plague-swarm; Eastern Slavonians; White Russian Stories; Introduction; The Frost, The Sun, And The Wind; Little Rolling-pea; The Wonderful Boys; Little Russian Stories (from Galicia.); Introduction; God Knows How To Punish Man; The Good Children; The Devil And The Gipsy; God And The Devil; Little Russian Stories (from South Russia); Introduction; The Beautiful Damsel And The Wicked Old Woman; The Snake And The Princess; Transformation Into A Nightingale And A Cuckoo; Transmigration Of The Soul; The Wizard; Great Russian Stories; Introduction; The Lime-tree; Ilya Of Murom And Nightingale The Robber; Southern Slavonians; Bulgarian Stories; Introduction; The Lord God As An Old Man; Bulgarian Hospitality; Cinderella; The Golden Apples And The Nine Peahens; The Language Of Animals; Serbian Stories; Introduction; The Lame Fox; The Sons' Oath To Their Dying Father; The Wonderful Hair; The Dragon And The Prince; Fate; Serbian Stories From Bosnia; Introduction; The Birdcatcher; The Two Brothers; Serbian Stories From Carniola; Introduction; The Origin Of Man; God's Cock; Kurent The Preserver; Kurent And Man; The Hundred-leaved Rose; Croatian Stories; Introduction; Kraljevitch Marko; The Daughter Of The King Of The vilas; The Wonder-working Lock; The She-wolf; Milutin; Illyrian-slovenish Stories; Introduction; The Friendship Of A vila And Of The Months; The Fisherman's Son; The White Snake; The vila
About the Publisher:
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
315 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1889
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January 18, 2019
Long, Broad, and Sharpsight
- 4 / 5
This story begins as basic as you please: an old king wants his son to get married, and of course the damsel that the son picks is hard to obtain, therefore he might go on a quest and whatnot. Along the way in this story, he meets Long, Broad, and Sharpsight, three men whose abilities are exactly what their names imply, and who volunteer to be the prince's servants and help him obtain the princess.
Now, while this tale is charmingly original with the abilities of the servants, one thing that kind of stuck at me was that the prince himself doesn't actually do any of the work, but has the servants do everything for him--which is kind of like Aladdin with the genie, when I thought about it, except that by the end Aladdin has to get the genie back himself, so he does some of the work. Unfortunately, this nameless prince does absolutely nothing, so for that, I had to take off a point of merit for this story.
Other than that though, again, quite original with the three servants.
Goldenhair - 5 / 5
Our main hero in this story is a servant named George, and that in itself merits full points for this story, as this is generally uncommon in fairy tales. Firstly, to have the servant given a name is a rare thing, and to have him be the main character who does on a quest instead of his king/lord/knight/whatever is even more rare.
The ability to talking to animals is explored in this tale, which I also liked a lot, as well as the tasks given and the proving of worthiness on a quest. All in all, it rounds up the rating of this entire collection of stories to five stars, and full points for the originality of the tales, which is what I enjoyed the most.
All in all, a charming, pleasant, and quick read.
This story begins as basic as you please: an old king wants his son to get married, and of course the damsel that the son picks is hard to obtain, therefore he might go on a quest and whatnot. Along the way in this story, he meets Long, Broad, and Sharpsight, three men whose abilities are exactly what their names imply, and who volunteer to be the prince's servants and help him obtain the princess.
Now, while this tale is charmingly original with the abilities of the servants, one thing that kind of stuck at me was that the prince himself doesn't actually do any of the work, but has the servants do everything for him--which is kind of like Aladdin with the genie, when I thought about it, except that by the end Aladdin has to get the genie back himself, so he does some of the work. Unfortunately, this nameless prince does absolutely nothing, so for that, I had to take off a point of merit for this story.
Other than that though, again, quite original with the three servants.
Goldenhair - 5 / 5
Our main hero in this story is a servant named George, and that in itself merits full points for this story, as this is generally uncommon in fairy tales. Firstly, to have the servant given a name is a rare thing, and to have him be the main character who does on a quest instead of his king/lord/knight/whatever is even more rare.
The ability to talking to animals is explored in this tale, which I also liked a lot, as well as the tasks given and the proving of worthiness on a quest. All in all, it rounds up the rating of this entire collection of stories to five stars, and full points for the originality of the tales, which is what I enjoyed the most.
All in all, a charming, pleasant, and quick read.
December 3, 2023
Masallar pek ilgi çekici değildi daha umutluydum beğenmedim maalesef
May 8, 2024
This was a really short read. It was nice to read “an original” telling of the Beauty & The Beast we grew up knowing. The language resembles old english so if you’re not familiar with it, it could be confusing to follow at times.
September 12, 2013
قرأت ترجمة فالح حسن .. ممتعة جداً
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