num_pages: 544
description: All the tales, jokes and historical anecdotes, collected in this volume by Gyula Ortutay, Professor of Folklore at the University of Budapest, give the English reader an insight into the extremely rich subject-matter of Hungarian folk tales and make him aquainted with the life and mentality of the Hungarian people.The prince who sought immortality --The serpent prince --The golden-haired twins --The peasant lad --Peter Flower --Evening, midnight, and dawn --The magic ox and his master --The tree that reached heavenwards --The shepherd and the emperor's daughter --The little fawn and his sister --How the goosegirl became queen --The little swineherd --The young man who kept his dream a secret --The boy who was laid in a coffin --The painted hall --Larkspur and violet --The devil's sweetheart --The old fisherman and his ambitious wife --Pantsy-Mantsy --The devil's nine questions --Nell and Mike --The three fools --Then say it was hay! or, The story of a shrew --A shepherd's tale --The lazy cat --The man who attended meetings --God bless you! --Little Claus and Big Claus --Rich man, poor man. John the strong --John the servant --The little mill --Dongó and Mohácsi --The gipsy's adventures in heaven and hell --Shrewder than his father --The barber and the poor man --How two churls robbed the shepherd of his donkey --The three deaf men --The three monks --Death and the old woman --Now, that's a bit too thick! --My father's wedding --The foal's egg of Rátót --King Matthias' golden-fleeced lamb --King Matthias and the Szekler's daughter --Two stories about King Matthias --King Matthias and the young village mayor --King Matthias and the cantor of Cinkota --Only once was there a dog-market in Buda --King Matthias and the young lad --The noblemen and the rushes --King Matthias and the dyspeptic bishop --Kossuth and the squires --The three bundles --When will thraldom [i.e. thralldom] end? --Saint Peter wants to be God --Saint Peter and the bees --Why does the peasant have to work so hard? --The origin of the English language --The priest and the mowing --The wattled the fence --The two chums --The fox, the bear, and the poor man --King cat --The little round sausage --The half-flayed goat --The little cock and the diamond halfpenny --How the little cock uprooted the hedge --The little bird and the twig.Selected and edited with an introduction and annotations by the editor, Gyula Ortutay.
language: English
title: Hungarian Folk Tales
publisher: Corvina