"I have used the word Jugoslav in its literal sense of Southern Slav"--Page v.

Reproduction of the original: The Laughing Prince by Parker Fillmore

Reproduction of the original: The Laughing Prince by Parker Fillmore

"The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales" is a fascinating collection of fairy tales and folk tales, presented by an American folklorist Parker Fillmore to demonstrate the incredible vigor and the artistic inventiveness of the Jugoslav imagination to the western reader. The tradition of the Hungarian folk tales was greatly influenced by Oriental and Northern as well as Slavic myths, which have made it incredibly rich and exciting to the reader of any time—first published in 1921.

The Laughing Prince; A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This book containing 14 Fairy and folk tales from the land formerly known as Jugoslavia. These have been selected from a larger mass of material which can now be found in Jugoslav, Czechoslovak, Bulgarian, German, and English translations of these stories. Within this volume you will find 14 uniquely fairy tale and folk tales. Stories like: The Laughing Prince, Beauty And The Horns, The Pigeon's Bride, The Little Lame Fox, The Enchanted Peafowl, The Dragon's Strength, The Little Singing Frog, The Nightingale In The Mosque, The Girl In The Chest, The Wonderful Hair, The Best Wish, The Vilas' Spring, Lord And Master, The Silver Tracks The term Jugoslav is used in its literal sense of Southern Slav - The Bulgars, the Serbs or Croats or any other of the Slav peoples now included mainly within the modern states of Slovakia and Croatia. These tales as presented will give you, the reader, a true idea of the amazing vigor and the artistic inventiveness of the Jugoslav imagination, and also of the various influences, Oriental and Northern as well as Slavic, which have made that imagination what it is to-day. Here are joyful and picturesque tales of adventure, charming little stories of sentiment, a few folk tales of stark simplicity and a few with grim humour. One of the stories shows a superficial Turkish influence, and one a spiritual allegory as deep and moving as anything in the Russian. So, after downloading this volume, sit back with a steaming hot beverage and be prepared to be entertained. Should you perchance happen to read any of these stories to the younger members of your family, when you finish a story, don’t be surprised to find a tug at your sleeve with request for “’nuther pleeeeese.” ============= KEYWORDS/TAGS: folklore, fairy tales, fairytales, legends, myths, children’s stories, fables, Laughing, Prince, Boy, Talk Nonsense, Beauty, Horns, Enchanted Maiden, Pigeon's Bride, Princess, Kiss And Tell, Little Lame Fox, Youngest Brother, Found, find, Magic Grape-Vine, marry, Married, Golden Maiden, Enchanted Peafowl, Golden Apples, Wicked Dragon, Magic Horse, Dragon's Strength, Youngest, Prince, Kill, Sparrow, Little, Singing Frog, Girl, Parents, Ashamed Of Her, Nightingale In The Mosque, Sultan, Youngest Son, Flower of The World, Girl In The Chest, Third Sister, Brave, Good, Wonderful Hair, Poor Man, Dream, Angel, Best Wish, Three Brothers, Vilas' Spring, Brother Knew, know, Good is Stronger Than Evil, Lord And Master, Man, Understood, understand, Language Of The Animals, Silver Tracks

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.