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Dániel Barcsa: Üstökös Demeter. Székely mesék (Potter Demeter, Transylvanian Tales)
Illustrated by Dániel Barcsa
Kráter Publishers, Szentendre, 2005
208 p. with 43 black and white / 11coloured illustrations
This book includes more than one hundred classic folktales from Transylvania, some of which were collected at the end of the 19th century. The special illustrations were made by the author/collector, exquisitely enhancing the message of these almost forgotten stories.
Albert Wass: Book of Timbers and Lakes, 156p., illustrated by János Kass (Tavak és erdők könyve)
The Book of Timbers and Lakes is a great collection of very old, archaic Transylvanian tales retold by the memorable prose writer, Albert Wass. The book was first published during the second world war, than in 1946 in Germany. These stories hold the mythologic sense of the classic fairy tales, where you meet the mythic figures beside angels and brownies and trolls.
Albert Wass: Myths, legends and tales, 160p., illustrated by József Mór, Béla Petry (Válogatott magyar mondák és népmesék)
The great collection shows the wide range of the myths, legends and tales of the hungarian people. You can also find in this excellent book the legends of the huns, the brave stories of king Attila. On the other side twelve fairy tale represent the folcloric tradition.
