PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS.
MAGYAR FOLK-TALES.
PRINCE CSIHAN (NETTLES).
STEPHEN THE MURDERER.
THE LAMB WITH THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
FISHER JOE.
LUCK AND BLISS.
THE LAZY CAT.
HANDSOME PAUL.
THE TRAVELS OF TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD.
THE HUNTING PRINCES.
THE LAZY SPINNING-GIRL WHO BECAME A QUEEN.
THE ENVIOUS SISTERS.
KNIGHT ROSE.
PRINCE MIRKO.
THE STUDENT WHO WAS FORCIBLY MADE KING.
THE CHILDREN OF TWO RICH MEN.
THE HUSSAR AND THE SERVANT GIRL. [1]
MY FATHER'S WEDDING.
THE BAA-LAMBS.
FAIRY ELIZABETH.
THE THREE PRINCES.
THE THREE DREAMS.
CSABOR UR.
THE DEVIL AND THE THREE SLOVAK LADS.
THE COUNT'S DAUGHTER.
THE SPEAKING GRAPES, THE SMILING APPLE, AND THE TINKLING APRICOT.
THE THREE ORANGES.
THE YOUNGEST PRINCE AND THE YOUNGEST PRINCESS.
THE INVISIBLE SHEPHERD LAD.
THE THREE PRINCESSES.
CINDER JACK.
THE THREE BROTHERS.
THE THREE VALUABLE THINGS.
THE LITTLE MAGIC PONY.
THE BEGGAR'S PRESENTS.
THE WORLD'S BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS.
THE KING AND THE DEVIL.
THE THREE PRINCES, THE THREE DRAGONS, AND THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE IRON NOSE.
THE WIDOWER AND HIS DAUGHTER.
THE WISHES.
THE TWO ORPHANS.
THE WONDERFUL FROG.
THE DEVIL AND THE RED CAP.
JACK DREADNOUGHT.
THE SECRET-KEEPING LITTLE BOY AND HIS LITTLE SWORD.
SHEPHERD PAUL.
THE PELICAN.
THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR.
THE LOVER'S GHOST.
SNAKE SKIN.
THE FAIRIES' WELL.
THE CROW'S NEST.
WOMAN'S CURIOSITY.
NOTES TO THE FOLK-TALES.
PRINCE CSIHAN. Kriza xvii.
STEPHEN THE MURDERER. Kriza, xviii.
THE LAMB WITH THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Kriza, ix.
FISHER JOE. Kriza, xvi.
LUCK AND BLISS. Kriza, xii.
THE LAZY CAT. Kriza, xi.
HANDSOME PAUL. Kriza, i.
THE TRAVELS OF TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD. Kriza, ii.
THE HUNTING PRINCES. Kriza, iii.
THE LAZY SPINNING GIRL WHO BECAME A QUEEN. Kriza, iv.
THE ENVIOUS SISTERS. Kriza, v.
KNIGHT ROSE. Kriza vi.
PRINCE MIRKO. Kriza, xiii.
THE STUDENT WHO WAS FORCIBLY MADE KING. Kriza vii.
THE CHILDREN OF TWO RICH MEN. Kriza viii.
THE HUSSAR AND THE SERVANT GIRL. Kriza xix.
MY FATHER'S WEDDING. Kriza x.
THE BAA-LAMBS. Kriza xiv.
FAIRY ELIZABETH. Kriza xv.
THE THREE PRINCES. ErdElyi, i. 1.
THE THREE DREAMS. ErdElyi, i. 2.
CSABOR ÚR. ErdElyi, i. 3.
THE DEVIL AND THE THREE SLOVAK LADS. ErdElyi, ii. 1.
THE COUNT'S DAUGHTER. ErdElyi, ii. 2.
THE SPEAKING GRAPES. ErdElyi, ii. 3.
THE THREE ORANGES. ErdElyi, ii. 4.
THE YOUNGEST PRINCE, AND THE YOUNGEST PRINCESS. ErdElyi, ii. 5.
THE INVISIBLE SHEPHERD LAD. ErdElyi, ii. 6.
THE THREE PRINCESSES. ErdElyi, ii. 7.
CINDER JACK. ErdElyi, ii. 11.
THE THREE BROTHERS. ErdElyi, ii. 8.
THE THREE VALUABLE THINGS. ErdElyi, ii. 9.
THE LITTLE MAGIC PONY. ErdElyi, ii. 10.
THE BEGGAR'S PRESENTS. ErdElyi, ii. 12.
THE WORLD'S BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. ErdElyi, iii. 1.
THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS. ErdElyi, iii. 2.
THE KING AND THE DEVIL. ErdElyi, iii 3.
THE THREE PRINCES, THE THREE DRAGONS, AND THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE IRON NOSE. ErdElyi, iii. 4. (2)
THE WIDOWER AND HIS DAUGHTER. ErdElyi iii. 7.
THE WISHES. ErdElyi iii. 11.
THE TWO ORPHANS. ErdElyi iii. 9.
THE WONDERFUL FROG. ErdElyi, iii. 15.
THE DEVIL AND THE RED CAP. ErdElyi, iii. 19.
JACK DREADNOUGHT. ErdElyi, iii. 16.
THE SECRET-KEEPING LITTLE BOY AND HIS LITTLE SWORD. ErdElyi, iii. 8.
SHEPHERD PAUL. ErdElyi, iii. 17.
THE PELICAN. ErdElyi, iii. 6.
THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR. (2)
THE LOVER'S GHOST. (2)
SNAKE SKIN. (2)
THE FAIRIES' WELL. (2)
THE CROW'S NEST. (2)
WOMAN'S CURIOSITY. MerEnyi. [86]
INDEX.
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