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CONTENTS, PREFACE |
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Contents
Tales and notes
I. Prince Csihan
II. Stephen the Murderer
III. The Lamb with the Golden Fleece
V. Luck and Bliss
VI. The Lazy Cat
VII. Handsome Paul
VIII. The Travels of Luck and Falsehood
IX. The Hunting Princes
X. The Lazy Spinning Girl
XI. The Envious Sisters
XII. Knight Rose
XIII. Prince Mirko
XIV. The Student who was forcibly made King
XV. The Children of the Two Rich Men
XVI. The Hussar and the Servant Girl
XVII. My Father's Wedding
XVIII. The Baa Lambs
XIX. Fairy Elizabeth
XX. The Three Princes
XXI. The Three Dreams
XXII. Csabor Ur
XXIII. The Devil and the Three Slovák Lads
XXIV. The Count's Daughter
XXV. The Speaking Grapes
XXVI. The Three Oranges
XXVII. The Youngest Prince
XXVIII. The Invisible Shepherd Lad
XXIX. The Three Princesses
XXX. Cinder Jack
XXXI. The Three Brothers
XXXII. The Three Valuable Things
XXXIII. The Little Magic Pony
XXXIV. The Beggars' Present
XXXV. The World's Beautiful Woman
XXXVI. The Girl without Hands
XXXVII. The King and the Devil
XXXVIII. The Three Princes, &c.
XXXIX. The Widower and his Daughter
XL. The Wishes
XLI. The Two Orphans
XLII. The Wonderful Frog
XLIII. The Devil and the Red Cap
XLIV. Jack Dreadnought
XLV. The Secret keeping Little Boy
XLVI. Shepherd Paul
XLVII. The Pelican
XLVIII. The Girl with Golden Hair
XLIX. The Lover's Ghost
L. Snake Skin
LI. The Fairies' Well
LII. The Crow's Nest
LIII. Woman's Curiosity
Index
Preface
A vast and precious store of Folk-Lore is to be found amongst the Magyars
as yet but little known to English readers, and so it is hoped that this
work on the subject may prove of some value to the student of Comparative
Folk-Lore. The difficulty of the language is one which makes it well nigh
impossible for the unaided foreigner to do anything like justice to the
stories. We laboured together often till dawn to make the translation as
literal as possible, that the reader might have as true a rendering of the
Magyar story-teller's method and manner as so different a tongue as English
would permit.
...
If this collection adds a mite to the knowledge of man, our labours will not have been in vain.