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September 7, 2010 |
Lithuanian Titles
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*Folklore
FAIRY TALES OF EASTERN EUROPE
$12.95
This rich collection of folktales reflects the local and regional flavor of the Slavic people, although the same plots, motifs, and structural elements occur in stories told around the world.
For example, in the tale "The Three Golden Hairs," we see the Soudiche, the eastern European equivalent of the greek fate Sisters. A peasant child is ordered to be killed to evade an ominous prophecy, is abandoned to die, but survives to fulfill the dire predictions, much like Oedipus in the play by Sophocles. The endangered child is found in a basket floating down the river, and eventually becomes part of the king's household as does the bliblical Moses. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, a message to kill the hero is secretly changed to save the bearer. An apple tree in this Slavic tale bears "The Fruit of Everlasting Youth," which evokes the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. The ages of man described by the Fate Sisters are quite similar to the ancient "Riddle of the Sphinx" A snake impedes the function of the Tree of Everlasting Youth, again reminiscent of Garden of Eden motifs.
There are many more familiar themes in these tales; perhaps the reader will recognize Cinderella in the character of Marouckla, or Rumplestiltskin in the story of Kinkach Martinko. So enjoy this sparkling collection of richly imaginative folktales that stretch back in time and space to a tantalizingly remote past. Dr. Harry Oster, folklorist
6 x 9", 157 pages, ISBN 1-932043-26-8
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TEUTONIC KNIGHTS, THE
$30.00 hardback
By Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Illustrated edition. Newly edited and revised by Miroslaw Lipinski.
This epic of medieval times and national destiny ranks as one of the highest achievements of Sienkiewicz, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1905. The novel follows the adventures of Macko, a resourceful and wise veteran, and his young nephew, Zbyszko, as they struggle, along with the unified peoples of Poland and Lithuania, against the oppressive religious miliary order the Teutonic Knights. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4". 600 pages. ISBN 0-7818-0433-7.
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