Tales Told By The Wind Mother

Tales Told By The Wind Mother - Tales from the World's Firesides - Europe

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Folklore & Fairy Tales from the Magyars (Hungary) - Here we have a rich mine of folk and fairy tales from the Magyar tradition. I've taken the following extract from Wikipedia as a starting point for this introduction...

"According to András Róna-Tas the locality in which the Hungarians, the Manicha-Er group, emerged was between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains. Between the 8th and 5th centuries BC, the Magyars embarked upon their independent existence and the early period of the proto-Hungarian language began.

Around 830 AD, when Álmos was about 10 years old, the seven related tribes, namely Jeno, Kér, Keszi, Kürt-Gyarmat, Megyer Nyék and Tarján formed a confederation in Etelköz, called "Hétmagyar" ("Seven Magyars"). Their leaders, the Seven chieftains of the Magyars, besides Álmos, included Elod, Ond, Kond, Tas, Huba and Töhötöm, who took a blood oath, swearing eternal loyalty to Álmos..."

In a simple context, therefore, we have a long Magyar history and a deep well of tales and lore from which to draw.

Book information

ISBN: 9781913500955
Publisher: Clive Gilson
Imprint: Clive Gilson
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 296
Weight: 590g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 21mm