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    POLISH FAIRY TALES - illustrated children's tales from Poland
    POLISH FAIRY TALES - illustrated children's tales from Poland
    POLISH FAIRY TALES - illustrated children's tales from Poland
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    POLISH FAIRY TALES - illustrated children's tales from Poland

    By Anon E. Mouse and Translated by Maud Ashurst Biggs

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    Herein are classic folklore selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far and distant past and may even date from primitive Aryan times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces formerly known as White Russia.

    In this 148 page volume, with 19 exquisite and beautiful colour plates by Cecile Walton, you will find the stories of:
    • The Frog Princess,
    • Princess Miranda And Prince Hero,
    • The Eagles,
    • The Whirlwind,
    • The Good Ferryman And The Water Nymphs,
    • The Princess Of The Brazen  Mountain and
    • The Bear In The Forest Hut.

    Poland is on the little known “Amber Road”, a trade route that extends from St Petersburg, on the Baltic Sea and goes South through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Slovenia to Italy on the Mediterranean Sea. As such it is not surprising to find these six exquisite tales embedded in Polish folklore. In olden days not only were goods and amber traded but so were stories and tales.

    Fairy tales were originally told to teach the young the lessons of life. In olden times it was often necessary to teach that good people had to make a stand against evil, or else evil would rule. Sometimes this meant following a path that paralleled that of the forces of evil – and this had to be learned at a young age. In these tales the defeat of the evil protagonist is always guaranteed. Fairy tales continue to be popular and continue to be used to teach these lessons, for it would seem that the forces of evil have not yet learned from history that Good always wins!

    10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities by the Publisher.
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    KEYWORDS/TAGS: folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, children’s stories, bedtime, fables, Polish fairy tales, Frog Princess, Princess Miranda, Prince Hero, Eagles, Whirlwind, Good Ferryman, Water Nymphs,  Brazen Mountain, Bear, Forest Hut, poland, amber road, route, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, illustrated, Baltic, Russia
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbela Publishing
    Release dateFeb 17, 2018
    ISBN9788827573167
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      POLISH FAIRY TALES - illustrated children's tales from Poland - Anon E. Mouse

      Polish Fairy Tales

      TRANSLATED from A J. GLINSKI

      By

      MAUDE ASHURST BIGGS

      ILLUSTRATED By

      CECILE WALTON

      Originally Published by

      John Lane The Bodley Head - LONDON

      [1920]

      Resurrected by

      Abela Publishing - London

      [2018]

      POLISH FAIRY TALES

      Typographical arrangement of this edition

      © Abela Publishing 2018

      This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Abela Publishing,

      London

      United Kingdom

      2018

      Ebook

      ISBN: 978-X-XXXXXX-XX-X

      Paperback

      ISBN-13: 978-1-909302-67-9

      email

      Books@AbelaPublishing.com

      Website

      www.AbelaPublishing.com

      The pictures in this book are dedicated to my sons .... Gavril and Teddy.

      Cecile Walton.

      Frontispiece:

      The Horse Appears In The Storm - The Whirlwind.

      Acknowledgements

      Abela Publishing

      acknowledges the work that

      MAUDE ASHURST BIGGS

      did in translating and editing

      Polish Fairy Tales

      in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

      * * * * * * *

      10% of the net profit from the sale of this book

      will be donated to Charities.

      Tales From Poland

      These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may even date from primitive Aryan times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces usually known as White Russia.

      They were set down by Glinski just as they were related to him by the peasants.

      In the translation it was of course necessary to shorten them considerably; the continual repetition—however quaint and fascinating in the original—cannot easily be reproduced. Portions, too, are often told in rhyme, or in a species of rhyming prose that we associate with the ancient ballad. The obvious likenesses between these and the folklore of Germany, the Celtic nations, or to the Indian fairy-tales, will strike every reader.

      Maude Ashurst Biggs.

      Contents

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      TALES FROM POLAND

      CONTENTS

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      THE FROG PRINCESS

      PRINCESS MIRANDA AND PRINCE HERO

      THE EAGLES

      THE WHIRLWIND

      THE GOOD FERRYMAN AND THE WATER NYMPHS

      THE PRINCESS OF THE BRAZEN MOUNTAIN

      THE BEAR IN THE FOREST HUT

      APPENDIX

      Illustrations

      Frontis: The Horse Appears in the Storm

      The Little House Turns

      The Way Home

      Through the Telescope

      The Dragon who Kept Watch

      The Children Transformed

      The Old Man Blesses the Princess

      To Trick the Basilisk

      The Bride Carried off by the Whirlwind

      The Horse Appears in the Storm

      The Dwarf Defeated

      The Good Ferryman Captures the Mermaid

      The Purse that was Ever Full

      The Meeting of the Sisters

      The Fight for the Magic Boots

      The Prince Steals the Wings

      The Truant Wife is Captured

      The Mouse Saves the Good Little Girl

      The Good Little Girl is Sent Away

      The Reward of the Good Little Girl

      POLISH FAIRY TALES

      The Frog Princess

      HERE was once a king, who was very old; but he had three grown-up sons. So he called them to him, and said:

      My dear sons, I am very old, and the cares of government press heavily upon me. I must therefore give them over to one of you. But as it is the law among us, that no unmarried prince may be King, I wish you all to get married, and whoever chooses the best wife shall be my successor.

      So they determined each to go a different way, and settled it thus. They went to the top of a very high tower, and each one at a given signal shot an arrow in a different direction to the others. Wherever their arrows fell they were to go in search of their future wives.

      The eldest prince's arrow fell on a palace in the city, where lived a senator, who had a beautiful daughter; so he went there, and married her.

      The second prince's arrow struck upon a country-house, where a very pretty young lady, the daughter of a rich gentleman, was sitting; so he went there, and proposed to her, and they were married.

      But the youngest prince's arrow shot through a green wood, and fell into a lake. He saw his arrow floating among the reeds, and a frog sitting thereon, looking fixedly at him.

      But the marshy ground was so unsafe that he could not venture upon it; so he sat down in despair.

      What is the matter, prince? asked the frog.

      What is the matter? Why, I cannot reach that arrow on which you are sitting.

      Take me for your wife, and I will give it to you.

      But how can you be my wife, little frog?

      That is just what has got to be. You know that you shot your arrow from the tower, thinking that where it fell, you would find a loving wife; so you will have her in me.

      You are very wise, I see, little frog. But tell me, how can I marry you, or introduce you to my father? And what will the world say?

      Take me home with you, and let nobody see me. Tell them that you have married an Eastern lady, who must not be seen by any man, except her husband, nor even by another woman.

      The prince considered a little. The arrow had now floated to the margin of the lake; he took the arrow from the little frog, put her in his pocket, carried her home, and then went to bed, sighing very deeply.

      Next morning the king was told that all his sons had got married; so he called them all together, and said:

      Well children, are you all pleased with your wives?

      Very pleased indeed, father and king.

      Well, we shall see who has chosen best. Let each of my daughters-in-law weave me a carpet by to-morrow, and the one whose carpet is the most beautiful shall be queen.

      The elder princes hastened at once to their ladies; but the youngest, when he reached home, was in despair.

      What is the matter, prince? asked the frog.

      "What is the matter? My father has ordered that each of his daughters-in-law shall weave him a carpet, and the one whose carpet proves the most beautiful shall be first in rank. My brothers' wives are most likely working at their looms already. But you, little frog, although you can give back an arrow, and talk like

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