Greek Folk Tales

Greek folk tales are a rich tapestry of stories about doughty youths, frightful monsters, resourceful maidens, and animals gifted with human speech, woven from Aesop, Greek antiquity, and medieval storytelling in the Mediterranean world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2023
Publisher: Aiora Press

These tales,told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times,are wondrous,whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters,resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs,characters,and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche.

Greek folk tales have a rich and varied history, descending from Aesop and Greek antiquity, as well as medieval storytelling in the pivotal south-east Mediterranean world that linked Christianity, Islam, and Byzantium. These tales, told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times, are wondrous, whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters, resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs, characters, and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche.

These tales, told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times, are wondrous, whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters, resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs, characters, and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche.

Greek folk tales have a rich and varied history, descending from Aesop and Greek antiquity, as well as medieval storytelling in the pivotal south-east Mediterranean world that linked Christianity, Islam, and Byzantium. These tales, told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times, are wondrous, whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters, resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs, characters, and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche.

Greek folk tales have a rich and varied history, descending from Aesop and Greek antiquity, as well as medieval storytelling in the pivotal south-east Mediterranean world that linked Christianity, Islam, and Byzantium. These tales, told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times, are wondrous, whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters, resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs, characters, and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche.

Weight: 216g
Dimension: 131 x 205 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9786185369743