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.
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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)
2INTRODUCTION (pt. 2)
3CHAPTER I
4No. 1.—The Dead Man’s Gratitude1
5No. 2.—Baldpate
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6No. 3.—The Riddle
7No. 4.—Story of the Bridge
8CHAPTER II
9No. 5.—The Vampire
10No. 6.—God’s Godson
11No. 7.—The Snake who became the King’s Son-in-law
12No. 8.—The Bad Mother
13No. 9.—The Mother’s Chastisement
14No. 10.—The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit
15No. 11.—The Two Thieves
16No. 12.—The Gypsy and the Priest
17No. 13.—The Watchmaker
18No. 14.—The Red King and the Witch
19No. 15.—The Prince and the Wizard
20No. 16.—The Apples of Pregnancy
21CHAPTER III
22No. 17.—It all comes to Light
23No. 18.—The Golden Children
24No. 19.—The Two Children
25No. 20.—Mare’s Son
26No. 21.—The Deluded Dragon
27No. 22.—The Gypsy and the Dragon
28No. 23.—The Seer
29No. 24.—The Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair
30No. 25.—The Hen that laid Diamonds
31No. 26.—The Winged Hero
32No. 27.—Tropsyn
33No. 28.—The Beautiful Mountain
34No. 29.—Pretty-face
35No. 30.—The Rich and the Poor Brother
36No. 31.—The Three Brothers
37No. 32.—The Enchanted City
38No. 33.—The Jealous Husband
39No. 34.—Made over to the Devil
40No. 35.—The Lying Story
41No. 36.—Happy Boz’ll
42CHAPTER IV
43No. 37.—The Creation of the Violin
44No. 38.—The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King
45No. 39.—The Dog and the Maiden
46No. 40.—Death the Sweetheart
47CHAPTER V
48No. 41.—The Three Girls
49No. 42.—The Dragon
50No. 43.—The Princess and the Forester’s Son
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