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  • Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Ignácz Kúnos ...
    THE stories comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "the storytellers" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

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  • Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Ignacz Kunos ...
    This book draws on the rich folklore of Turkey with forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales. Most of these stories are framed by the usual fairy tale apparatus. There are quests to win the hand of a princess, evil step-relations, talking animals, magical objects and transformations, simple (but brave) peasants, wizards and witches, dragons and dungeons, thousand-league journeys, and loveable fools. The ... Read more

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  • Forty Four Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Ignácz Kúnos, Willy Pogany ...
    Forty-four Turkish Fairy Talesby Ignácz Kúnos, Illustrations by Willy PoganyA rich sampler of Turkish oral story-telling tradition, lavishly illustrated."This book draws on the rich folklore of Turkey. Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales is long out of print, for reasons which will become clear below. For one thing, this edition had lavish production standards: it is in an oversize quarto format, with ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales

    [Illustrated & Rich Folklore Tales From Oriental East]

    by Ignacz Kunos ...
    The stories are such as may be heard daily in the purlieus of Stamboul, in the small rickety houses of that essentially Turkish quarter of Constantinople where around the tandir the native women relate them to their children and friends. These tales are by no means identical with, nor do they even resemble, those others that have been assimilated by the European consciousness from Indian sources ... Read more

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  • Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

    by Ignácz Kúnos ...
    Once upon a time, when the servants of Allah were many, there lived a Padishah who had one son and one daughter. The Padishah grew old, his time came, and he died; his son ruled in his stead, and he had not ruled very long before he had squandered away his whole inheritance. One day he said to his sister: “Little sister! all our money is spent. If people were to hear that we had nothing left they ... Read more

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  • Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Ignácz Kúnos ...
    THE STORIES comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "THE STORY-TELLER" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

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  • Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Ignácz Kúnos ...
    THE stories comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "the storytellers" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

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  • Forty-four Turkish fairy tales 1862

    by Ignácz Kúnos ...
    The most famous collectors of folk stories remain, at least in the West, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, but many others followed in their influential wake. Among them was Ignác Kúnos (1860-1945), who compiled this volume of Turkish fairytales in the same tradition. A Hungarian-born linguist, Kúnos also had an interest in the Turkish dialect and folk tradition, and collected several volumes of oral ... Read more

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  • Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

    by Ignácz Kúnos ...
    Once upon a time, when the servants of Allah were many, there lived a Padishah who had one son and one daughter. The Padishah grew old, his time came, and he died; his son ruled in his stead, and he had not ruled very long before he had squandered away his whole inheritance. One day he said to his sister: “Little sister! all our money is spent. If people were to hear that we had nothing left they ... Read more

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  • Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales

    by Dr. Ignacz Kunos ...
    THE stories comprising this collection have been culled with my own hands in the many-hued garden of Turkish folklore. They have not been gathered from books, for Turkey is not a literary land, and no books of the kind exist; but, an attentive listener to "the storytellers" who form a peculiar feature of the social life of the Ottomans, I have jotted them down from time to time, and now present ... Read more

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  • MAHOMET THE BALD-HEAD - A Turkish Fairy Tale with a moral

    Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 439

    by Anon E. Mouse, Compiled by Dr. Ignacz Kunos, Illustrated by Willy Pogany ...
    Series Book 439 - Andrew Lang's Many Coloured Fairy Books
    ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 439In this 439th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Fairy Tale – “Mahomet the Bald”In Turkish Fairy Tales, you will find various kinds of magic, such as talking animals, flying horses, birds that magically change into beautiful maidens, quests to win the hand of a princess, magical objects, simple, yet brave, peasants, ... Read more

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  • THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC WHIP AND THE MAGIC CARPET - A Turkish Fairy Tale

    Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 438

    by Anon E. Mouse, Compiled by Dr. Ignacz Kunos, Illustrated by Willy Pogany ...
    Series Book 438 - Baba Indaba Children's Stories
    ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 438In this 438th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates two Tibetan Fairy Tales – “The Magic Turban, The Magic Whip And The Magic Carpet”Turkish fairy tales have a gravity of their own and are more often than not full of wisdom.In Turkish Fairy Tales, you will find various kinds of magic, such as talking animals, flying horses, birds that ... Read more

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