Length16h 50m
About this audiobook
A close observer of English and Welsh gypsies, Francis Hindes Groome assembled seventy-six traditional tales from them and from a group of East European gypsies who came to the north of England in 1886. The tales belong to the Indo-European category of magical fictions, and include comparative end-notes written by Groome. In a seventy-four page introduction he developed his diffusionist theory of the gypsies as carriers of folk tales from India to Persia and America, to the Balkan Peninsula and thence to western Europe. What others saw as survivals in German peasant tales Groome perceived as living realities in gypsy tales, whose characters sold blood to the devil, saw fairies, worshiped trees, and observed taboos, just as the storytellers did in their own lives.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length16 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 3, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION (pt. 1)
45No. 39.—The Dog and the Maiden
2INTRODUCTION (pt. 2)
46No. 40.—Death the Sweetheart
3CHAPTER I
47CHAPTER V
4No. 1.—The Dead Man’s Gratitude1
48No. 41.—The Three Girls
5No. 2.—Baldpate
49No. 42.—The Dragon
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6No. 3.—The Riddle
50No. 43.—The Princess and the Forester’s Son
7No. 4.—Story of the Bridge
51No. 44.—The Three Dragons
8CHAPTER II
52CHAPTER VI
9No. 5.—The Vampire
53No. 45.—Tale of a Foolish Brother and of a Wonderful Bush
10No. 6.—God’s Godson
54No. 46.—Tale of a Girl who was sold to the Devil, and of her Brother
11No. 7.—The Snake who became the King’s Son-in-law
55No. 47.—The Brigands and the Miller’s Daughter
12No. 8.—The Bad Mother
56No. 48.—Tale of a Wise Young Jew and a Golden Hen
13No. 9.—The Mother’s Chastisement
57No. 49.—The Golden Bird and the Good Hare
14No. 10.—The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit
58No. 50.—The Witch
15No. 11.—The Two Thieves
59CHAPTER VII
16No. 12.—The Gypsy and the Priest
60No. 51.—Bobby Rag
17No. 13.—The Watchmaker
61No. 52.—De Little Fox
18No. 14.—The Red King and the Witch
62No. 53.—De Little Bull-calf
19No. 15.—The Prince and the Wizard
63CHAPTER VIII
20No. 16.—The Apples of Pregnancy
64No. 54.—Jack and his Golden Snuff-box
21CHAPTER III
65No. 55.—An Old King and his three Sons in England
22No. 17.—It all comes to Light
66No. 56.—The Five Trades
23No. 18.—The Golden Children
67No. 57.—Ashypelt
24No. 19.—The Two Children
68No. 58.—Twopence-Halfpenny
25No. 20.—Mare’s Son
69No. 59.—The Old Smith14
26No. 21.—The Deluded Dragon
70No. 60.—The Old Soldier
27No. 22.—The Gypsy and the Dragon
71No. 61.—The Dragon
28No. 23.—The Seer
72No. 62.—The Green Man of Noman’s Land
29No. 24.—The Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair
73No. 63.—The Black Lady
30No. 25.—The Hen that laid Diamonds
74No. 64.—The Ten Rabbits
31No. 26.—The Winged Hero
75No. 65.—The Three Wishes16
32No. 27.—Tropsyn
76No. 66.—Fairy Bride
33No. 28.—The Beautiful Mountain
77No. 67.—Cinderella
34No. 29.—Pretty-face
78No. 68.—Jack the Robber17
35No. 30.—The Rich and the Poor Brother
79No. 69.—The Fool with the Sheep
36No. 31.—The Three Brothers
80No. 70.—The Tinker and his Wife
37No. 32.—The Enchanted City
81No. 71.—Winter
38No. 33.—The Jealous Husband
82No. 72.—The Black Dog of the Wild Forest
39No. 34.—Made over to the Devil
83CHAPTER IX
40No. 35.—The Lying Story
84No. 73.—The Brown Bear of the Green Glen
41No. 36.—Happy Boz’ll
85No. 74.—The Tale of the Soldier
42CHAPTER IV
86No. 75.—The Fox
43No. 37.—The Creation of the Violin
87No. 76.—The Magic Shirt9
44No. 38.—The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King
88APPENDIX
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