Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Legends from the Czech Lands and Slovakia...
Slovakia
These stories will be added to the collection of Slovak folk tales:
- Salt is over gold (Soľ nad zlato)
- The Twelve "Monthlets" (O dvanástich mesiačikoch)
- Pamodaj ?tastia, lavička
... and others
In addition, there will be stories from the book "Čarovný zeměklíč: Tatranské povĕsti a báje" (Tales and legends from the Tatra mountains) written by Czech writer Václav Cibula.
Czech Republic
Tales will come from the books "Pra?ské povĕsti", "Povĕsti českých hradů a zámků", and others.
Here are the ones currently available:
About the Unhappy Nun /O ne?tastné jepti?ce
Loreto Church Bells /O zvoncích z Lorety
The Lost Seal /O ztracené pečeti - not finished
The Lady from the White Tower /O paní z Bílé vĕ?e
Sources:
Prazské pověsti, written by Václav Cibula, published by the nakladatelství Orbis Praha in 1972; first printing. Original in Czech.
Pověsti českých hradů a zámků, written by Josef Pavel, published by the nakladatelstvi Melantrich in 1995; published previously in 1935. Original in Czech.
Čarovný zeměklíč: Tatranske pověsti a báje, written by Václav Cibula, published by the nakladatelstvi Albatros in 1985; second printing. Original in Czech.
In helping these stories to come to existence, I would like to thank the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, which kindly holds books of other languages including Czech and Slovak literature, and all my dictionaries.
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