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Romani Folk Tales from Transylvania

by Heinrich von Wlislocki

Sixty-three tales and legends taken down from unpublished Romani originals by Heinrich von Wlislocki in 1883. The creation of the violin from a devil's bargain, the fairy Urmen in their mountain lakes, sun kings and snake husbands, in the first complete English edition.

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224 pages · 5.5 × 8.5 in (14 × 22 cm) · Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle

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