Rozsnyó (Sajóháza)

The Murderous Innkeeper of Büdöstó

The treasure of the Gömör outlaws

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Note: ; She told this story in two other textual versions. The motif of the treasure marked by the first sunbeam is not included in Anna Bihari's catalog of superstitions. Read More

The scholarly coachman drives dead horses

Note: ; Type number: Bihari 1980. L/3. II. 2.+3. An interesting twist is that after his owner no longer requires the services of the learned coachman, he takes the reins off the horses that had otherwise been dead for three years, and they become “koliimász” (cart grease). This m... Read More

Four-leaf clover

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Note: ; Type number: Bihari 1980. M. IV. *6. Cf: Relkovič Davorka, 1922. 91. Read More

Cinderella

Tale

Note: ; Type formula: AaTh 480 (The Kind and the Unkind Girls) + AaTh 510A (Cinderella). Read More

Stupid Pete

Tale

Note: ; Type formula: MNK 1684* (Bolond Mihók. Mad Mihók) + AaTh 1691 (Az ostoba embr veziban. „Don’t Eat too Greedly”) + MNK 1319P* (A kísskákat szátes. See: AaTh 1691) + AaTh 1653A (Rabblók a fa alat/Házaspár a fán. Guarding the Door). Read More

The old maid and the witches

Tale

Note: ; Type formula: AaTh 1653F (Numskull Talks to Himself and Frightens Robbers Away) variant, actually a combination of AaTh 1653F/1 and AaTh 1653F/2, supplemented with the dog motif of MNK 1530A*. Read More