Dancing on Blades : Rare and Exquisite Folktales from the Carpathian Mountains.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- "Anica, Tell Us a Story!" -- Part 1: Spinning Old into Gold -- The Shoe-Shredding Princesses -- The Cheerful Prince -- The Stolen Apples -- Golden-haired Annuska -- The Maiden with the Red-gold Hair -- Jancsi goes to the Glass Mountain -- Part 2: The Kind and the Unkind -- The Sleepy Lady -- The Poor Man and the Three Ladies -- The Joy of the Princess -- The Woodcutter's Luck -- The Devil's Godfather -- The Little Swineherd -- Part 3: Questions Big and Small -- Who Owns the Moonlight? -- What is the Wind Called? -- Why Are There No Fairies in the World? -- Who Owns the Golden Apples? -- Where Did the Son of the White Mare Go? -- What Did the Little Pig Do in the Winter? -- Part 4: Anica's Garden of Rarities -- Mistress Tuberose -- Touch-Me-Not -- The King of the Birchwood -- Little Orphan -- Szelemen in the Apple Orchard -- János of the Bees -- Part 5: Love in All its Strangeness and Glory -- The Dream of the Fairy Queen -- The Boy Who Wanted to Walk on the Clouds -- The Daughter of the Táltos King -- The Boar and the Wheelbarrow -- Three Princesses and a Ring -- The Daughter of the Iron-Nosed Witch -- Sources and Further Reading -- Archival Materials: -- Hungarian folktale collections featuring tales from Pályuk Anna: -- English-Language Folktale Collections Mentioned in Comments: -- Hungarian and Ukrainian Folktales Published in English:.

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