Georgian Folk Tales

Georgian Folk Tales
Author: Translated By Marjory Wardrop
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Total Pages: 198
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465520589

Georgia Through Its Folktales

Georgia Through Its Folktales
Author: Michael Berman
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1846942799

Full of third sons, talking birds, enchanted places, beautiful women and impossible journeys, these charmingly illustrated stories have a magic-realist, almost absurd quality, and they are told and translated with enough shamanstvo to keep you reading. In his introduction and extensive accompanying gloss, Michael Berman skilfully locates them in their historical, religious, storytelling and shamanic contexts with a scholarship that is both thorough and accessible, making it complementary to the reader's enjoyment. A nice collection. David Ronder

Georgian Folk Tales

Georgian Folk Tales
Author: Marjory Wardrop
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-06-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781534673083

This is a short collection of folk tales from the nation of Georgia by Marjorie Wardrop. Many of the motifs of these stories are also found in other European folklore.ONCE upon a time there was a poor peasant who had one son. And it came to pass that his wife said to him: 'He should learn some trade, for when he is separated from thee, what will he do if he is left ignorant like thee?' The wife importuned him; she gave him no rest. So the peasant took his child, and went to seek a master for him. On the way they were thirsty. He saw a rivulet, drank eagerly till his thirst was quenched, and when he lifted up his head he cried out: 'Ah! how good thou art!' On saying this, there came forth from the water a devil in the form of a man, and said to the peasant: 'What dost thou want, O man! I am Vakhraca; what troubles thee?' The peasant told him all his story. The devil, when he learnt this, said: 'Give me this son of thine: I will teach him for one year, then come hither; if thou knowest him, it is well, he will go with thee; if not, he is mine and mine alone, he shall be lost to thee.'

Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby

Tall Betsy and Dunce Baby
Author: Mariella Glenn Hartsfield
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0820334448

These tales range from the supernatural to the romantic and from the sacred to the secular. A celebration of American imagination, tradition, and manners, this collection of folktales reveals the spirit of people who responded to the demands of rural living with grace, good humor, and endurance.

Georgian Folk Tales (Classic Reprint)

Georgian Folk Tales (Classic Reprint)
Author: Marjory Scott Wardrop
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2018-03-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780364946626

Excerpt from Georgian Folk Tales As a relaxation from these more arduous studies, I amused myself by turning into English the originals of the following stories. I showed the manuscript to Dr. E. B. Tylor, who told me that it presented many features of interest to folklorists, and advised me to publish it; it is, therefore, fitting that I should dedicate the book to the creator of the modern science of anthropology, and he has kindly given me permission to do so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.