Croatian Tales of Long Ago
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About This Book
Croatian Tales of Long Ago (Croatian: Priče iz davnine), is a short story collection written by the acclaimed children's author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (sometimes spelled as "Ivana Berlić-Mažuranić" in English), originally published in 1916 in Zagreb by the Matica hrvatska publishing house. The collection is considered her masterpiece and it features a series of newly written fairy tales heavily inspired by motifs taken from ancient Slavic mythology of pre-Christian Croatia.
Chapters (49)
- CROATIAN TALES OF LONG AGO
- CONTENTS
- How Quest Sought the Truth
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- Fisherman Plunk and His Wife
- I
- II
- III
- Reygoch
- I
- II
- Bridesman Sun and Bride Bridekins
- Stribor’s Forest
- I
- II
- III
- Little Brother Primrose and Sister Lavender
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- Notes Interpretation of Names, Etc.
- How Quest Sought the Truth.
- Fisherman Plunk and his Wife.
- Reygoch.
- Bridesman Sun and Bride Bridekins.
- Stribor’s Forest.
- Little Brother Primrose and Sister Lavender.
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