Fairy Tales. The Twelve Headed Griffin : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 48 THE TWELVE-HEADED GRIFFIN. ONCE upon a time there lived a King and Queen whose greatest blessing from God was an only child of fifteen, named Theodor. This boy from his childhood had learnt to ride, and to shoot with the bow...
Fairy Tales. The Ungrateful Wood Cutter : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 21 THE UNGRATEFUL WOOD-CUTTER. ONCE on a time there lived in a village, a Woodcutter, so poor, so poor, that he had only his hatchet with which to gain bread for his wife and children. With difficulty could he earn six-pence a day...
Fairy Tales. The Daughter Of The Rose : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 42 THE DAUGHTER OF THE ROSE. IN clays gone by, there dwelt a King and a Queen in Jassy, who, to keep their only son at home with them, were always making him fine promises, which they never fulfilled. One day this young Prince, Mar...
Legends. The Gentle Shepherd : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 112 THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. ON the edge of a mountain, lovely as the entrance to paradise, see, coming along, and descending toward the valley, three flocks of young lambs, driven by three young shepherds; one is an inhabitant...
Fairy Tales. Vasilica The Brave : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 58 VASILICA THE BRAVE. ONCE upon a time, in a certain town there dwelt a gipsy blacksmith, who was the best iron worker in the whole empire. This gipsy had a son as fair and handsome as a Roumanian fawn, and as strong and as brave...
Title Page : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], ROUMANIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS [TRANSLATED BY MRS. E. B. MAWR] LONDON H. K. LEWIS, 136 GOWER STREET, W.C. [1881] Scanned, Proofed And Formatted , March, 2003, By J. B. Hare. This Text Is In The Public Domain In The US Because It W...
Fairy Tales. The Slippers Of The Twelve Princesses : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 1 FAIRY TALES. THE SLIPPERS OF THE TWELVE PRINCESSES. I. ONCE on a time, in the good old times, there lived a cow-herd, who had neither father nor mother. He was called Jonica, that is to say Johnnie, but people had given him the name...
Untitled : * This is a collection of fairy tales, legends, and historical tales from Romania, written during the 19th century. Title Page Preface Contents FAIRY TALES The Slippers of the Twelve Princesses The Ungrateful Wood-Cutter The Hermit's Foundling with the Golden Hair The Daughter of the Rose...
Fairy Tales. Handsome Is As Handsome Does : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 81 "HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES." ONCE on a time, there lived an old man and an old woman; each had two children by previous marriages. The wife took good care of her own children, feeding them well, and giving them good clothes;...
Legends. Manioli, A Legend Of The 13Th Century : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 97 MONASTERY OF ARGISCH Built by Manoli; restored 1880. LEGENDS. MANOLI. A LEGEND OF THE 13TH CENTURY. A BRILLIANT cortge winds along the banks of a river; a crowd of powerful nobles respectfully surround their Chief, whose gre...
Preface : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. vii PREFACE. THE literature of Roumania is so little known in England, that I have ventured to translate, and bring before the public, some of the popular "Basme" (tales) and legends of the country. I have kept to the original text...
Fairy Tales. The Fisherman And The Boyard's : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 90 THE FISHERMAN AND THE BOYARD'S DAUGHTER. ONCE on a time there was a good-looking fisherman, young and intelligent. Every time that he went through the court of a certain Boyard,--Mariola, the daughter of this Boyard, would call him...
Historic Tales. Death Of Constantin Ii. Brancovan : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 115 HISTORIC TALES. DEATH OF CONSTANTIN II. BRANCOVAN. MODERN history presents no greater catastrophe, nor one more nobly endured than that of the death of Brancovan. Already this Prince had reigned twenty-five years; an unparallelled...
Legends. The Fortress Of Poinarii : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 106 THE FORTRESS OF POINARII. I. CONSTANTINOPLE had fallen into the hands of the Turks, and disorder reigned in the Roumanian Principalities, mainly occasioned by the pretenders to the thrones. In Moldavia, Stephen, who was afterwards...
Fairy Tales. The Hermit's Foundling With : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 27 THE HERMIT'S FOUNDLING WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR. Once on a time there dwelt in a hollow of one of the great mountains a solitary Hermit, who had not seen the face of a human creature since he was a Child. His only neighbours were...
Historic Tales. The Mother Of Stephen The Great : * "Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends", by E.B. Mawr, [1881], p. 121 THE MOTHER OF STEPHEN THE GREAT. IT was not alone in Sparta that Lacedemonians were to be found--not Rome alone, which could pride herself on her heroic-hearted matrons! In 1476, Etienne le Grand was reigning Prince of Moldavi...
