COLLECTION
OF
SLAVIC
FOLK TALES
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXTS
BY
LOUIS LÉGER
PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES
PARIS
ERNEST LEROUX, PUBLISHER
BOOKSELLER TO THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF PARIS,
TO THE SCHOOL OF LIVING ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, ETC.
28, RUE BONAPARTE, 28
—
1882
| Introduction |
VII
|
| I. A Drachma of Tongue, Serbian tale |
1
|
| II. The Table, the Bag, and the Sack, Czech tale |
15
|
| III. Tom Thumb, Russian tale |
29
|
| IV. The Wicked Woman, Russian tale |
35
|
| V. The Doge's Daughter, Dalmatian tale |
41
|
| VI. The Frost, the Sun, and the Wind, tale from Belarus |
63
|
| VII. The Shepherd and the Dragon, Slovak tale |
65
|
| VIII. Prince Unexpected, Polish tale |
75
|
| IX. Snow-White, Russian tale |
95
|
| X. Baba Yaga, Russian tale |
103
|
| XI. The Language of Animals, Bulgarian tale |
109
|
| XII. The Origin of Man, Croatian tale |
117
|
| XIII. The Spirit of the Dead, Polish tale |
119
|
| XIV. Poverty, Polish tale |
125
|
| XV. The Enchanted Watch, Bohemian tale |
129
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| XVI. The Golden Fish, Russian tale |
139
|
| XVII. The Enchanted Staff, Czech tale |
147
|
| XVIII. The Foolish Wolf, Ukrainian tale |
157
|
| XIX. The Weeping Eye and the Laughing Eye, Serbian tale |
165
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| XX. The Gossip, Ukrainian tale |
173
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| XXI. The Happy Shepherd, Czech tale |
179
|
| XXII. Let's Not Force Our Talent, Russian tale |
187
|
| XXIII. The Devil's Dance, Polish tale |
193
|
| XXIV. The Alms, Polish tale |
197
|
| XXV. The Two Brothers, Slovak tale |
203
|
| XXVI. Punished Laziness, Bulgarian tale |
211
|
| XXVII. The Wonderful Hair, Serbian tale |
213
|
| XXVIII. The Fox and the Wolf, Russian tale |
219
|
| XXIX. The Cat and the Fox, Russian tale |
223
|
| XXX. The Simpleton, Russian tale |
231
|
| XXXI. The Language of Birds, Russian tale |
235
|
| XXXII. Long, Broad, and Sharpsight, Czech tale |
241
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| XXXIII. The Soldier's Recipe, Russian tale |
259
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