நவரத்தின மலை சோவியத் மக்களது நாட்டுக் கதைகள் (Mountain Of Gems Fairy Tales Of Peoples Of Soviet Union In Tamil )

A collection of fairy tales of people of Soviet Russian translated to Tamil.

சோவியத் ரஷ்ய மக்களின் விசித்திரக் கதைகளின் தொகுப்பு தமிழுக்கு மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்: ரா. கிருஷ்ணையா

ஓவியர்: வீ. நஸ்கோவ், ரா. மினாயிவ்

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A new experience.

The folktale I discovered in Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's manuscripts yesterday is written in a wonderful mixture of Danish and Norwegian oral forms, and it is full of segmentation mistakes, rewrites, reiterations, and all the signs of having been written in haste (as the story was being told, perhaps).

Translating the tale into English would necessitate normalizing the language (into Danish or Norwegian?), then actually making the narrative make sense, before rendering it in English.

I decided to cut out the middle bits, and go straight to an English rendition of the story, using edits to fill the gaps, correct the plot, and generally make it all entertaining.

As such, the tale will bear my name, and be included in my Forgotten Folktales from Norway project.

#NorwegianFolktales #Folktales

Not only does my annotated edition of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe contain the collectors' notes from the first two original volumes (the folktales), but I have also compiled notes on every single folktale in the first two volumes, and every hulder tale and folk legend in the third volume.

Listen to @rorystarr reading the editor's note on “The Three Billy-Goats Bruse” from the first volume:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyXVS0BSBI&t=925s

Then, of course, it’s just a tiny click to find out more about these huge books:

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe

#Folklore #NorwegianFolktales #Folktales

My newest book is live on Kickstarter

https://dillyofapickle.com/display/8aa28c03-206a-03ab-db4d-b47238586411

Today's Small Town Legend is special: it comes from my late grandfather, Zalka Ottó, who was an amazing storyteller. He especially delighted in trickster tales and local anecdotes.
This was one of his favorite stories to tell.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/sokoropatka-how-to-eat-pig-small-town.html

#folklore #folktales #AtoZChallenge #blogging #SmallTownLegends

The #AtoZChallenge is still ongoing, so here is a Small Town Legend about someone accidentally slapping Empress Maria Theresa on the butt:

https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-queens-buttocks-small-town-legends.html

#blogging #folklore #folktales #SmallTownLegends