Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "Polish fairy tales" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
About the Golden-Haired Boy (Polish: O chłopcu złotowłosym) is a Polish fairy tale first collected by ethnographer Karol Mátyás. It is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 314, "Goldener". It deals with a friendship between a king's son and a magic horse that are forced to flee for their lives due to the boy's ...
"The Glass Mountain" (Polish: Szklanna Góra) is a Polish fairy tale, translated from the original Polish into German as Der Glasberg. [1] The tale was also compiled by Hermann Kletke and sourced as from Poland. [2] Andrew Lang included a translation into English in The Yellow Fairy Book. Further publications followed suit, keeping the name. [3 ...
The Troubles of a Gnome (Polish: Kłopoty Kacperka góreckiego skrzata) is a children's book by Zofia Kossak-Szczucka. First published in 1926, the novel is set in Cieszyn Silesia and features the titular gnome, Kacperek. According to some literary scholars, it is considered "one of the most beautiful Polish fairy tales".
Polish fairy tales (7 P) U. UFO sightings in Poland (3 P) W. Witchcraft in Poland (1 C) Pages in category "Polish folklore" The following 33 pages are in this ...
In addition, in a Czech language book of Slavic fairy tales, Erben published a variant where the antagonist describes himself as "Kościéj nesmrtelný" (litt. 'Koschei, the Non-dying'), that is, the sorcerous Koschei, the Deathless. [6] A version of the tale, named Kojata and sourced as Russian, was published in The Golden Fairy Book.
After the success of 2023’s The Little Mermaid, Disney’s next live-action project is a remake of Snow White — but not everyone is excited about the new movie.. A live-action version of Snow ...
Polish artist's impression of a wiła. According to Natalie Kononenko, the vilas are female spirits of nature, of an ambivalent relationship with humans. In fairy tales, they may act with malice towards them (killing people, destroying crops), but may also help the hero by giving him magical objects and mounts. [3]