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Given Romania’s long and diverse cultural history, it is no
surprise that the country has such a rich tapestry of folk
tales, fairy tales, and legends. It is fortunate that so many
of these stories survived the country’s turbulent history and
were passed down throughout the ages to countless Romanian
children.
From the land of Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and Transylvania
Roumanian Fairy Tales & Legends is a collection of thirteen
of Romania’s most fascinating tales, painstakingly researched
surprise that the country has such a rich tapestry of folk
tales, fairy tales, and legends. It is fortunate that so many
of these stories survived the country’s turbulent history and
were passed down throughout the ages to countless Romanian
children.
From the land of Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and Transylvania
Roumanian Fairy Tales & Legends is a collection of thirteen
of Romania’s most fascinating tales, painstakingly researched
and deftly translated by E.B. Mawer in 1881.
Due to its tumultuous background, Romania is a country
rich in cultural history. In approximately 82 BC, the rule
of the Dacian kings was replaced by the Romans, who were
forced out by the Goths, who, in turn, were supplanted in
the 4th century AD by the Huns.
After this, a sequence of nomadic rulers, including the
Gepids, the Avars, the Bulgars, the Pechenegs, and the
Cumans, ruled the area.
In the Middle Ages, Romanians lived in three distinct
principalities: Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania, which
were ruled by the Austro-
In 1859, Moldavia and Wallachia united under Prince
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, but it was not until the end of WWI,
in 1918, that Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transylvania
proclaimed unions with the Kingdom of Romania and the
modern state of Romania was born.
CONTENTS
FAIRY TALES.
THE SLIPPERS OF THE TWELVE PRINCESSES.
THE UNGRATEFUL WOOD-
THE DAUGHTER OF THE ROSE.
THE TWELVE-
"HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES."
THE FISHERMAN AND THE BOYARD'S DAUGHTER.
LEGENDS.
MANOLI.
THE FORTRESS OF POINARII.
THE GENTLE SHEPHERD.
HISTORIC TALES.
DEATH OF CONSTANTIN II. BRANCOVAN.
THE MOTHER OF STEPHEN THE GREAT.
Vlad’s Castle
Stephen the Great
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This book has specifically been republished to raise funds for
the Relief Fund for Romania. 33% of the publisher’s profit
from the sale from this book will be donated to support the
under-privileged people of Romania in their fight against
the Relief Fund for Romania. 33% of the publisher’s profit
from the sale from this book will be donated to support the
under-
poverty and discrimination. So,in buying a copy of this book you
are helping support the people of Romania.
are helping support the people of Romania.
Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends
Originally published in 1881
By E. B. Mawr
ISBN:978-0-9560584-9-2
12.7cm x 20.3cm (5” x 8”)
102 Pages
Originally published in 1881
By E. B. Mawr
ISBN:978-
102 Pages
