Ix. The Haunted Ship : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 92 IX THE HAUNTED SHIP NASSOS had never been happy, except for one moment. He was captain and owner of the many-sailed "karave", but water and ships, buying and selling, had no appeal for him...
Xii. The Fairy Mother : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 117 XII THE FAIRY MOTHER AT THE foot of the Pseloretes on the island of Crete, there once grew up a youth called Kapetanakis, because his father, whose death made him an orphan, had been a "kapetan"...
Foreword : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 10 p. 11 FOREWORD TO the question, "Does any fragment of ancient Greek mythology survive?" the answer is, "Yes, the nymphs." For among the hills and across the fields and streams of Greece, where...
I. The Fairy Hunter : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 19 FAIRY TALES OF MODERN GREECE p. 20 p. 21 FAIRY TALES OF MODERN GREECE I THE FAIRY-HUNTER I HAD never heard of fairies until one autumn evening in our summer home on the highlands of Pets, which...
Title Page : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], FAIRY TALES OF MODERN GREECE BY THEODORE P. GIANAKOULIS AND GEORGIA H. MACPHERSON DRAWINGS BY HENRIETTE REISS E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. NEW YORK CITY [1930] Scanned, proofed and formatted , July 2009, by...
Illustrations : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 8 p. 9 ILLUSTRATIONS "Stop!" He was directly above me now and he planted himself in my way "Frontispiece PAGE In the lake one saw mermaids with fairy faces 31 She had risen and was following him...
V. The Fairy Comb : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 58 V THE FAIRY COMB GALANIS, the curly-haired fisherman, found himself at the entrance of a strange, rocky cavern. He was leaning against one side of the opening, staring dazedly out at the pale se...
Untitled : * This is a wonderful collection of stories about Greek fairies. Similar to the northern fairies, they are not adverse to interacting with mortals. However, there is always some "proviso", such as the fairy bride who is forbidden to speak, and drives her husband mad (The Fairy Mother). The tragedy...
The Fairies' Theft : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 83 VIII THE FAIRIES' THEFT THE people of Pets were threshing their wheat on the hard, dry, sun-baked threshing floors. Suddenly out of the stillness came a strange cry. They saw, coming down one...
Vii. The Fairy Ring : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 72 VII THE FAIRY RING PETROS GOURAS! The name rang through all the Peloponnesus, and every tongue that spoke it spoke in praise and every ear that heard it listened in admiration. Petros came...
Xi. The First Of May : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 108 XI THE FIRST OF MAY ANASTO was the unhappiest of all the maidens in the village of Pyrgos, because she was the most beautiful. The other maidens were jealous of her. They would not talk to her...
Ii. Fairy Gardens : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 27 II FAIRY GARDENS UNCLE KOSTAS, as everyone called him, had once been a prisoner of the fairies. He would sit stiffly down upon a stone and lean upon the tall, shepherd's staff which he always...
Vi. A Fairy Wedding : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 66 VI A FAIRY WEDDING IT IS said that one May day long ago, the hills of Eurostena smiled with rare and remarkable beauty. The pines of Maze and the fir trees of Trikkala bloomed, the wild thistles...
Iii. The Fairy Wife : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 36 III THE FAIRY WIFE DEMETROS, the goatherd, lived alone with his mother on the Keafa Hill. Near his hut and the "strounga", a shed for the goats, was a spring named "Neraidovreshe", Fairy Spring...
Iv. Fairies Of The Waterfall : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 48 IV FAIRIES OF THE WATERFALL IT WAS not yet dawn when Mro was awakened by voices calling her. She thought it was her three friends who always went with her early every Wednesday morning...
X. The Wonder Of Skoupa : * "Fairy Tales of Modern Greece", by Theodore P. Gianakoulis and Georgia H. MacPherson, [1930], p. 101 X THE WONDER OF SKOUPA CHRISTMAS is lonely on the snow-covered peaks of the Mauroros that rise bank upon bank, like great white drifts piled one upon another. Saint Nikolaos Day, as it is...
