Folktales of Eastern Europe - The flying ship and other traditional stories Philip NeilPevná vazba
This wonderful collection of fairy tales draws on the classic folklore of Eastern Europe. Read about stories of romance and adventure, gods who help mere mortals to wealth and happiness, and fables…
Specifikacia Folktales of Eastern Europe - The flying ship and other traditional stories Philip NeilPevná vazba
This wonderful collection of fairy tales draws on the classic folklore of Eastern Europe. Read about stories of romance and adventure, gods who help mere mortals to wealth and happiness, and fables that touch on the origins of man and the creation of the world. Meet a man transformed into a noble animal to help him find his true love, the dragon trying to eat the man who saved his life, and the beautiful princess Vassilissa who is courted far and wide. Gods on a mountaintop help a young girl to wealth and happiness in 'The Twelve Months', and a man transformed into a noble animal finds his true love in 'The Feather of Bright Finist the Falcon'. Fables teach about the 'Origin of Man' and the creation of the world from an egg (in 'God's Cockerel'), and also of the injustice with which a friendly gesture is too often rewarded ('A Good Deed is Always Requited with Ill'). The twenty-two
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