Serbian Fairy Tales PDF Download

Author: Elodie Lawton Mījatovīć
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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Author: Woislav M. Petrovitch
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Category : Folk literature, Serbian
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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A collection of Serbian folk tales preceded by background to the history and cultural traditions of the Slavic people, including short essays on good and evil spirits, vampires, superstition, Christmas Eve, wedding rites, etc.

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Publisher: 이새의나무
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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The favorite form of Serbian folk tales told around the fire, the mills, or on long journeys were wonder tales, or tales of magic. A hero or heroine takes on an impossible task, is given aid by wondrous creatures, and a happy marriage is often the end result. They are stories of an unlikely hero, perhaps not the most clever, but certainly the most good, revealing that kindness and a good heart are they keys to a prosperous and happy life. Serbian fairy tales are rooted in Slavic traditions, but they have a decidedly unique flavor unlike most Slavic fairy stories. Their difference lies in a mix of Christian and Islamic ideals and traditions that are woven into Serbian, or Yugoslavian folklore, influenced by a Greek and oriental heritage.

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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: Petar Meseldzija
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ISBN: 9781933865300
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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An adaptation of Bas Celik, a Serbian folktale traditionally told by fireplaces and burning lamps. Built from the same impossible truths that the ancients used to craft all myths, The Legend of Steel Bashaw concerns itself with a kidnapped princess, the deeds of a heroic prince, battles lost and won, death and redemption. Award-winning illustrator Petar Meseldzija brings the tale to life in this stunningly illustrated retelling.

Author: Elodie Lawton Mījatovīć
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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Author: ELODIE L. MIJATOVICH
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ISBN: 9781033006146
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 1414701667
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Languages : en
Pages : 81

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Author: Richard Wilhelm
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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The fairy tales and legends of olden China have in common with the "Thousand and One Nights" an oriental glow and glitter of precious stones and gold and multicolored silks, an oriental wealth of fantastic and supernatural action. And yet they strike an exotic note distinct in itself. The seventy-three stories here presented after original sources, embracing "Nursery Fairy Tales," "Legends of the Gods," "Tales of Saints and Magicians," "Nature and Animal Tales," "Ghost Stories," "Historic Fairy Tales," and "Literary Fairy Tales," probably represent the most comprehensive and varied collection of oriental fairy tales ever made available for American readers. There is no child who will not enjoy their novel color, their fantastic beauty, their infinite variety of subject. Yet, like the "Arabian Nights," they will amply repay the attention of the older reader as well. Some are exquisitely poetic, such as "The Flower-Elves," "The Lady of the Moon" or "The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden"; others like "How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because Of Two Peaches," carry us back dramatically and powerfully to the Chinese age of Chivalry. The summits of fantasy are scaled in the quasi-religious dramas of "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" and "Notscha," or the weird sorceries unfolded in "The Kindly Magician." Delightful ghost stories, with happy endings, such as "A Night on the Battlefield" and "The Ghost Who Was Foiled," are paralleled with such idyllic love-tales as that of "Rose of Evening," or such Lilliputian fancies as "The King of the Ants" and "The Little Hunting Dog." It is quite safe to say that these Chinese fairy tales will give equal pleasure to the old as well as the young. They have been retold simply, with no changes in style or expression beyond such details of presentation which differences between oriental and occidental viewpoints at times compel. It is the writer's hope that others may take as much pleasure in reading them as he did in their translation.

Author: Lal Behari Day
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Category : Bengali (South Asian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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