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Folktales of Hungary
From foreword by Richard M. Dorson. "Hungary today is a country of strange contrasts, with modern cities set alongside peasant settlements. Tales of wonder and the supernatural are told in the villages according to an age-old tradition. A sampling of these are gathered in this new volume. Here are legends of fifteenth-century national hero King Matyas, and of the taltos, a peasant folk hero endowed with amazing powers."
382 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1965
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April 21, 2016
A collection of folktales. Starting with the fairy tales, which combined a number of motifs in forms I had never seen before. There are no top pop culture ones, even in variant form, and some new motifs -- like the factory that churned out devil. Also a collection of jokes, tales about fools and wise men, legends, and notes at the back about sources and tale types.
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