Sixty Folk Tales From Exclusively Slavonic Sources
by Albert Henry Wratislaw
Book Index
Serbian Stories From Carniola. Xlix. Kurent : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XLIX.--KURENT THE PRESERVER. MANKIND perished by the flood, and there was only one who survived, and this was Kranyatz. Kranyatz fled higher p. 257 and higher, till the water flooded the last mountain. The po...
Hungarian Slovenish Stories. X. The Three Lemons : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 63 X.--THE THREE LEMONS. THERE was once upon a time an old king who had an only son. This son he one day summoned before him, and spoke to him thus: 'My son, you see that my head has become white; ere long I...
Little Russian Stories. Xxv. The Good Children : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXV.--THE GOOD CHILDREN. THE Lord was angered at mankind, and for three years there was a great famine over all the world; nowhere in the world was even a grain of corn produced, and what people sowed failed to come...
Illyrian Slovenish Stories. Lviii. The Fisherman's : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LVIII.--THE FISHERMAN'S SON. ONCE upon a time there was a lord on the Danube who had a fisherman to catch fish for him. This lord was preparing a great banquet, and ordered his fisherman to catch three hundredweight...
Title Page : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], SIXTY FOLK-TALES FROM EXCLUSIVELY SLAVONIC SOURCES. Translated, With Brief Introduction And Notes, BY A. H. WRATISLAW, M.A., Sometime Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College, Cambridge; Late Head Master of Felsted...
Hungarian Slovenish Stories. Xi. The Sun Horse : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 75 XI.--THE SUN-HORSE. THERE was once upon a time a country, sad and gloomy as the grave, on which God's sun never shone. But there was a king there, and this king possessed a horse with a sun on his forehead;...
Little Russian Stories. Xxvii. God And The Devil : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXVII.--GOD AND THE DEVIL. ONCE upon a time there was nothing; there was only the heaven above, and water beneath. Then God journeyed [in a boat] upon the water and saw a vast, vast crust of hard foam, on which s...
Upper And Lower Lusatian Stories. Xv. Little : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XV.--LITTLE RED HOOD. ONCE upon a time, there was a little darling damsel, whom everybody loved that looked upon her, but her old granny loved her best of all, and didn't know what to give the dear child for love...
White Russian Stories. Xxiii. The Wonderful Boys : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXIII.--THE WONDERFUL BOYS. A FATHER had three daughters; they went to the river to wash the linen. The king's son rode up. One said: Well, if the king's son were to marry me, I would hem the p. 139 whole palace...
Moravian Stories. Viii. Godmother Death : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 52 VIII.--GODMOTHER DEATH. THERE was a man, very poor in this world's goods, whose wife presented him with a baby boy. No one was willing to stand sponsor, because he was so very poor. The father said to himself:...
Little Russian Stories. Xxviii. The Beautiful : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 157 XXVIII.--THE BEAUTIFUL DAMSEL AND THE WICKED OLD WOMAN. IN the woods stood a cottage. In it lived a man and his wife, but they had no children. Well, they went on a pilgrimage to beseech God to give them...
Croatian Stories. Liii. The Daughter : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LIII.--THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF THE VILAS. THERE was a mother, who was expecting. As she once upon a time came out of church from mass, her pains fell upon her. Whither should she go? She concealed herself under...
Croatian Stories. Liv. The Wonder Working Lock : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 284 LIV.--THE WONDER-WORKING LOCK. THERE was once upon a time a woman who had one son. This son maintained himself and his mother; he fed their one cow, and brought wood and carried it to the town for sale...
Serbian Stories From Carniola. L. Kurent And Man : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], L.--KURENT AND MAN. KURENT and man contended which should rule the earth. Neither Kurent would yield to man nor man to Kurent, for he (man) was so gigantic--he wouldn't even have noticed it, if nine of the people...
Moravian Stories. Ix. The Four Brothers : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], IX.--THE FOUR BROTHERS. THERE was, once upon a time, a huntsman who had four sons, and these sons wanted to go to gain experience in the world. When they were all over sixteen years old, they said to their father:...
Untitled : * This collection of Slavic folktales at first glance appears to have all of the usual suspects of European Mrchen. Evil stepmothers: check; plucky youths overcome impossible odds to marry kings' daughter: check; dimwitted peasants given magical gifts: check. What makes this book special are some...
Polish Stories. Xviii. The Spirit Of A Buried Man : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XVIII.--THE SPIRIT OF A BURIED MAN. A POOR scholar was going by the highway into a town, and found under the walls of the gate the body of a dead man, unburied, trodden by the feet of the passers-by. He had not much...
Serbian Stories From Carniola. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 252 SERBIAN STORIES FROM CARNIOLA. IN these we come to a very singular mythological being, "Kurent", who has not, as yet, found a place in the writings of Slavonic mythologists. With respect to Kurent, Profess...
Little Russian Stories. Xxix. The Snake : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 159 XXIX.--THE SNAKE AND THE PRINCESS. THERE was an emperor and empress who had three daughters. The emperor fell ill, and sent his eldest daughter for water. She went to fetch it, when a snake said: 'Come! will...
Serbian Stories. Xliii. The Dragon And The Prince : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 224 XLIII.--THE DRAGON AND THE PRINCE. THERE was an emperor who had three sons. One day the eldest son went out hunting, and when he got outside the town, up sprang a hare out of a bush, and he after it...
Bohemian Stories. I. Long, Broad, And Sharpsight : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], I.--LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT. THERE was a king, who was already old, and had but one son. Once upon a time he called this son to him, and said to him, 'My dear son! you know that old fruit falls to make room...
Hungarian Slovenish Stories. Xii. The Golden : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XII.--THE GOLDEN SPINSTER. FAR away somewhere beyond the Red Sea, there was a certain young lord. When he had grown up in body and mind, he bethought himself that indeed it would not be a bad thing to look round him...
Illyrian Slovenish Stories. Lix. The White Snake : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LIX.--THE WHITE SNAKE. ONCE upon a time snakes multiplied so prodigiously in the district of Osojani (Ossiach), that every place swarmed with them. The peasants in that district were in evil case. The snakes crept...
Bohemian Stories. Vii. George With The Goat : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], VII.--GEORGE WITH THE GOAT. THERE was a king who had a daughter who never could be induced to laugh; she was always sad. So the king proclaimed that she should be given to anyone who could cause her to laugh. There...
White Russian Stories. Xxi. The Frost : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXI.--THE FROST, THE SUN, AND THE WIND. ONCE upon a time a man went out alone, and met on the road the Sun, the Frost, and the Wind. Well, on meeting them, he gave them a salutation: 'Praised' [be the Lord Jesus...
Moravian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 51 MORAVIAN STORIES MORAVIA is so named from the river Morava (in German the river March), of which, and its affluents, it is the basin. It falls into the Danube a little above Presburg. In very early times...
Kashubian Story. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 101 KASHUBIAN STORY. THE Kashubians inhabit a small district in the North-east of Pomerania, 'the province upon the sea,' from "po", upon, and "more", the sea. The limits of the district may be roughly marked by...
Hungarian Slovenish Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 62 HUNGARIAN-SLOVENISH STORIES. THE Slovenes or Slovaks of North Hungary speak a great number of dialects, their literary language being, however, the Bohemian. They seem to be the "dbris" of a much larger nati...
Bulgarian Stories. Xxxv. The Lord God : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXV.--THE LORD GOD AS AN OLD MAN. IN the beginning, when man began to plough, when he had cut a furrow from one end to the other, he lifted his plough on to his shoulder, and when he had carried it back to the same...
Serbian Stories From Bosnia. Xlv. The Birdcatcher : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XLV.--THE BIRDCATCHER. NEAR Constantinople there lived a man who knew no other occupation but that of catching birds; his neighbours called him the birdcatcher. Some he used to sell, others served him for food...
Hungarian Slovenish Stories. Xiii. Are You Angry : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XIII.--ARE YOU ANGRY? WHERE it was, there it was, a certain village there was, in which lived a father with three sons. One of them was silly, and always sat in the chimney corner, * but the other two were...
Serbian Stories. Xl. The Lame Fox : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XL.--THE LAME FOX. THERE was a man who had three sons--two intelligent, and one a simpleton. This man's right eye was always laughing, while his left eye was weeping and shedding tears. This man's sons agreed to go...
Little Russian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 142 LITTLE RUSSIAN STORIES. (FROM GALICIA.) MR. RALSTON does not seem to have been directly acquainted with these tales; at any rate, none of them are given in either his book of Russian folk-tales or in th...
Serbian Stories From Bosnia. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 239 SERBIAN STORIES FROM BOSNIA. THE Bosnian stories are not written in the Cyrillic, but in the Latin character. This indicates that the Christian inhabitants of Bosnia belong to the Latin rather th...
Bulgarian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 173 SOUTHERN SLAVONIANS. p. 174 p. 175 BULGARIAN STORIES. THE Bulgarians do not derive their name from a Slavonic origin, but from a small and warlike nation of horsemen, which in A.D. 679 crossed the Danube...
Croatian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 265 CROATIAN STORIES. THE Croats are believed to take their name from their former abode in the ancient Chrobatia, north of the Carpathian Mountains, whose name retains the same root, CRB(or P)T. Among them we...
Croatian Stories. Lvi. Milutin : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LVI.--MILUTIN. A CERTAIN man had two children--one a boy, and the other a girl. This man required his children to relate to him every morning what they had dreamed. Indeed, the girl related her dream, whatever she...
Serbian Stories From Carniola. Xlvii : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 254 XLVII.--THE ORIGIN OF MAN. IN the beginning there was nothing but God, and God slept and dreamed. For ages and ages did this dream last. But it was fated that he should wake up. Having roused himself...
Polish Stories. Xix. The Pale Maiden : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XIX.--THE PALE MAIDEN. A PEASANT farmer in reduced circumstances had a beautiful daughter, whom an old knight, the proprietor of the village, wanted to marry, and that even by compulsion. But the damsel disliked him...
Serbian Stories From Carniola. Xlviii. God's Cock : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XLVIII.--GOD'S COCK. THE earth was waste: nowhere was there aught but stone. God was sorry for this, and sent his cock to make the earth fruitful, as he knew how to do. The cock came down into a cave in the rock...
Bulgarian Stories. Xxxviii. The Golden Apples : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXVIII.--THE GOLDEN APPLES AND THE NINE PEAHENS. THERE was once upon a time an emperor who had three sons, and in his yard a golden apple-tree, which flowered and ripened every night; but somebody robbed it...
Serbian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 204 SERBIAN STORIES. THE Serbian is the most widely spread of the South Slavonic dialects, being spoken not only in Serbia proper, but also in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia, Carniola, and a great part of South...
Little Russian Stories. Xxxii. The Wizard : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXII.--THE WIZARD. THERE was here once in our village a certain Avstriyat, who was such a wizard that he could cause rain or hail to pass away when he chose. It happened that we were cutting corn in the country;...
Bohemian Stories. Vi. The Wood Lady : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 40 VI.--THE WOOD-LADY. BETTY was a little girl; her mother was a widow, and had no more of her property left than a dilapidated cottage and two she-goats; but Betty was, nevertheless, always cheerful. From spring...
Bohemian Stories. Iv. Intelligence And Luck : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 33 IV.--INTELLIGENCE AND LUCK. ONCE upon a time Luck met Intelligence on a garden-seat. 'Make room for me!' said Luck. Intelligence was then as yet inexperienced, and didn't know who ought to make room for whom...
Upper And Lower Lusatian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 92 UPPER AND LOWER LUSATIAN STORIES. THE Upper Lusatian language is spoken in a district which may be marked by the towns of Lbau, Bautzen, and Muskau, while the Lower Lusatians dwell round the towns of Spremberg...
Polish Stories. Xx. The Plague Swarm : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XX.--THE PLAGUE-SWARM. A RUTHENIAN, having lost his wife and children by the plague, fled into the forest from his desolate cottage and sought safety there. He wandered about all day long; towards evening he...
Bulgarian Stories. Xxxvi. Bulgarian Hospitality : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXVI.--BULGARIAN HOSPITALITY. ONCE upon a time, when the Lord had formed the world, he wished to see how his people lived; he came down from heaven first of all on the Balkan Mountains, took the form of a man with...
Serbian Stories. Xliv. Fate : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XLIV.--FATE. THERE were two brothers living together in a house, one of whom did all the work, while the other did nothing but idle, and eat and drink what was ready at hand. And God gave them prosperity...
Little Russian Stories. Xxxi. Transmigrati : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXI.--TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL. A CERTAIN woman had a kind of adventure. When she went out into the field to cut grass, or to fetch hemp, and placed food in the stove, then somebody took the victuals out...
Little Russian Stories. Xxvi. The Devil : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXVI.--THE DEVIL AND THE GIPSY. AN old gipsy went to engage himself as servant to a devil; the devil said: 'I will give you what you wish to bring me firewood and water regularly, and to put fire under the kettle...
Next. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 156 LITTLE RUSSIAN STORIES (FROM SOUTH RUSSIA). HERE again Mr. Ralston informs us in his preface that he 'has been able to use but little the South Russian collections of Kulish and Rudchenko, there being no...
Polish Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 107 POLISH STORIES. THE Polish language is one of great beauty and flexibility, but it is disfigured by an orthography which causes English readers to imagine that it is very difficult to pronounce, which is by...
Serbian Stories. Xli. The Sons' Oath To Their : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XLI.--THE SONS' OATH TO THEIR DYING FATHER. THERE was an old man who had three sons and one daughter. When the time came for the old man to die, he summoned all his three sons, and made them promise under oath...
Bohemian Stories. Iii. Goldenhair : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], III.--GOLDENHAIR. THERE was a king who was so clever that he understood all animals, and knew what they said to each other. Hear how he learnt it. Once upon a time there came to him a little old woman, who brought...
Bulgarian Stories. Xxxvii. Cinderella : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXVII.--CINDERELLA. ONCE upon a time, a number of girls were assembled spinning round a deep rift or chasm in the ground. As they spun they chattered together and told stories to each other. Up came a white-bearded...
Polish Stories. Xvii. Prince Unexpected : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XVII.--PRINCE UNEXPECTED. THERE was a king and queen who had been married for three years, but had no children, at which they were both much distressed. Once upon a time the king found himself obliged to make...
Serbian Stories From Bosnia. Xlvi. The Two : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 246 XLVI.--THE TWO BROTHERS. THERE was a man who had a wife but no sons, a female hound but no puppies, and a mare but no foal. 'What in the world shall I do?' said he to himself. 'Come, let me go away from home...
Serbian Stories From Carniola. Li. The Hundred : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LI.--THE HUNDRED-LEAVED ROSE. THE man contended with Kurent for the earth. Unable to decide their dispute by agreement, they seized each other, and struggled together up and down the earth for full seven years; but...
Illyrian Slovenish Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 297 ILLYRIAN-SLOVENISH STORIES. I AM afraid that our delightful friend Oliver Goldsmith has preoccupied the British mind with a certain amount of prejudice against the region, 'Where the rude Carinthian bo...
White Russian Stories. Xii. Little Rolling Pea : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXII.--LITTLE ROLLING-PEA. IN a certain empire and a certain province, on the ocean sea, on the island of Bujan, stood a green oak, and under p. 133 the oak a roasted ox, and by its side a whetted knife; suddenly...
Preface : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. iii PREFACE. So much interest has lately been awakened in, and centred round, Folk-lore, that it needs no apology to lay before the British reader additional information upon the subject. Interesting enough...
Upper And Lower Lusatian Stories. Xiv. Right : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XIV.--RIGHT ALWAYS REMAINS RIGHT. THERE was once upon a time a huntsman, who had a son, who was also a huntsman. He sent his son into a foreign p. 93 land, to look about him and learn something additional. Here he...
Little Russian Stories. Xxiv. God Knows How : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXIV.--GOD KNOWS HOW TO PUNISH MAN. THERE was a wealthy, a very wealthy proprietor; he had buildings enough; there was where and wherewith for every purpose. Once upon a time he had guests at his house, and said...
Great Russian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 164 GREAT RUSSIAN STORIES. HERE I have but little to remark that has not already been noticed by Mr. Ralston. In No. 33 I have given a pretty variant of Grimm's 'Fisherman's Wife.' In this story, which is...
White Russian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 129 EASTERN SLAVONIANS. p. 130 p. 131 WHITE RUSSIAN STORIES. WE now come to the first set of stories belonging to those Slavonians who make use of the Cyrillic instead of the Latin characters. The White Russians...
Great Russian Stories. Xxxiv. Ilya Of Murom : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXIV.--ILYA OF MUROM AND NIGHTINGALE THE ROBBER. IN the famous city of Murom, in the village of Karatcharof, lived a peasant, Ivan Timofeewitch. He had an p. 168 only child, Ilya Murometz. He sat as children do...
Bohemian Stories. Introduction : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 1 p. 2 WESTERN SLAVONIANS. p. 3 BOHEMIAN STORIES. THESE stories are translated from the language of the Slavonic inhabitants of nearly three-fourths of Bohemia, the 'Czechs,' as the Poles write the word...
Croatian Stories. Lii. Kraljevitch Marko : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LII.--KRALJEVITCH MARKO. THERE was once upon a time a mother who gave birth to Kraljevitch Marko. She reared him, and placed him in a position to become a hero. When Marko was growing up he was obliged to feed swine...
Illyrian Slovenish Stories. Lx. The Vila : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LX.--THE VILA. ONE warm summer day a tall and handsome young man of Veprim was going over the hill Uczka, and found by the path on the grass a beautiful maiden, dressed in white, with a sun-kerchief, and w...
Bohemian Stories. Ii. 'the Three Golden Hairs : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], II.--'THE THREE GOLDEN HAIRS OF GRANDFATHER ALLKNOW.' THERE was once upon a time a king who delighted in hunting wild animals in forests. One day he chased a stag to a great distance and lost his way. He was all...
Serbian Stories. Xlii. The Wonderful Hair : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XLII.--THE WONDERFUL HAIR. THERE was a man who was very poor, but so well supplied with children that he was utterly unable to maintain them, and one morning more than once prepared to kill them, in order not to see...
Little Russian Stories. Xxx. Transformati : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXX.--TRANSFORMATION INTO A NIGHTINGALE AND A CUCKOO. A DAMSEL fell in love with a snake, and was also beloved by him. He took her to wife. His dwelling was of pure glass, all crystal. This dwelling was situated...
Bohemian Stories. V. The Jezinkas : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], V.--THE JEZINKAS. THERE was a poor orphan lad who had neither father nor mother, and was compelled to go out to service to get his living. He travelled a long way without being able to obtain an engagement, till one...
Kashubian Story. Xvi. Cudgel, Bestir Yourself : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XVI.--CUDGEL, BESTIR YOURSELF! A COBBLER was busying himself on Saturday with mending old shoes, that he might be able to go to church on Sunday. He worked till late in the evening, and, having finished his work...
Bulgarian Stories. Xxxix. The Language Of Animals : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 199 XXXIX.--THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS. A CERTAIN man had a shepherd, who served him faithfully and honestly for many years. This shepherd, when he was once upon a time following the sheep, heard a whistling...
Croatian Stories. Lv. The She Wolf : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], p. 290 LV.--THE SHE-WOLF. THERE was an enchanted mill, so that no one could stay there, because a she-wolf always haunted it. A soldier went once into the mill to sleep. He made a fire in the parlour, went up...
Great Russian Stories. Xxxiii. The Lime Tree : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], XXXIII.--THE LIME-TREE. ONE evening Vanyusha (Johnny) was sitting with his grand- father, and asked his grandfather: 'Whence comes it that bears' paws are like our hands and feet?' His grandfather replied: 'Listen...
Illyrian Slovenish Stories. Lvii. The Friendship : * "Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources", by A.H. Wratislaw, [1890], LVII.--THE FRIENDSHIP OF A VILA AND OF THE MONTHS. A WICKED woman married a poor man, who had already a little daughter named Maritza. Afterwards God gave her a daughter of her own, whom she loved and cherished more...
