Myths & Legends from Bulgaria: The Enriched Collection
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“Myths & Legends from Bulgaria: The Enriched Collection” invites you to dive deep into ancient and forgotten times, exploring stories that have traveled across centuries to reach us today. This anthology contains seventy-six myths and legends from every corner of Bulgaria, spanning the period from mysterious antiquity to customs and beliefs that have survived into modern days.
The stories have been selected from a wide range of sources, both Bulgarian and foreign. The author has arranged them into four parts — Myths of the Ancient World, Legends of the Creation, Legends of Saints and Sinners, and Legends of the Supernatural. The first chapter focuses on heroes, gods, and places connected with antiquity. The second delves into Christian legends and Bogomil traditions, deeply rooted in Bulgarian faith. The third explores the moral perceptions of good and evil, virtue, and the role of saints in the life of the ordinary person. In the fourth part, the reader encounters myths about supernatural beings through which people explained the miracles of nature.
Located at the crossroads between East and West, Bulgaria was once the heart of ancient Thrace, the new homeland of the Proto-Bulgarians, and a meeting place of many Slavic tribes. The stories within this collection touch on creation myths, the origin of humans and animals, heroic deeds from the past, and folk rituals and superstitions born of the boundless imagination of our ancestors. The transition from paganism to Christianity, combined with rich local folklore, has turned Bulgaria’s cultural heritage into a golden treasure waiting to be rediscovered.
“Myths & Legends from Bulgaria: The Enriched Collection” is a captivating literary journey through the spiritual and mythological landscape of Bulgaria. This anthology reveals the fusion of ancient myth, Christian symbolism, and folk imagination, presenting the timeless wisdom of the people who lived on this sacred land. Each story illuminates the moral foundations, faith, and vision of the world that shaped Bulgarian identity through the ages.
“Myths & Legends from Bulgaria: The Enriched Collection” stands as a cultural and spiritual archive, offering a panoramic view of the Bulgarian mythological cosmos. Through carefully curated tales, the author reconstructs the ancient worldview, where gods, humans, and natural forces coexist in a dynamic harmony.
The book captures the living pulse of Bulgarian folklore, where Christian saints, pagan deities, and supernatural beings share the same narrative space. It portrays the struggle between light and darkness, faith and doubt, mortality and eternity, turning each legend into a mirror of human nature.
Written with literary grace and ethnographic precision, this collection becomes more than a preservation of stories — it is a journey into the collective memory of a nation, inviting readers to rediscover the mythic foundations of Bulgarian culture.
CONTENT
Myths of The Ancient World
Hemus and Rhodope
Queen Rhodope of Thrace
The Battle of Zeus and Typhon
Rhodope and Poseidon
Origins of Thrace
Dionysus Zagreus
Dionysus and The Legend of Wine
Vitosha and Lyulin
Rilla and Pirin
Perun and Perunika
Orpheus and Eurydice
Tereus and Philomela
The Legend of Avitohol
Khan Kubrat and His Five Sons
Three Legends of The Martenitsa
Spartacus
The Springs of Devnya
The Legend of Sophia
Arda, Maritsa and Tundzha rivers
Legends of Creation
Piece of Paradise
God and The Milky Way
To The End of The World
Soil from Under The Sea
Woman and The Devil's Tail
How God Created People
Why Do We Need Winter
How God Created Illnesses
How God Made The First Man
Why The Sky is So High
Of Walnuts and Pumpkins
Where The Sun Lives
Why Death is Blind, Deaf and Mute
The Sun's Wedding
The Man, The Ox, The God and The Monkey
Why The Donkey Has Long Ears
The Ox and The Ant
The Snake and The Mouse
Legends of Saints and Sinners
Every Man With His Luck
Archangel Michael and The Poor Man
The Monk and Saint Michael
The Most Righteous Saint
What Goes Around, Comes Around
The Righteous Shepherd
The Strange Beggar
Saint Illiya and The People
Everyone Bears His Own Cross
Friend With The Devil
To Host God for Dinner
The Skinflint in Heaven
The Father's Pardon
The Three Brothers Who Met God
The Monk and The Righteous Widow
God Willing
Too Many Helpers
Legends of The Supernatural
The Fates
The Prophecy and Love
The Fates Have The Last Word
The Fates and The Merchant
The Zmey's Son
Kidnapped by The Zmey
The Hala of The Belmeken Lake
The Zmay and The Three Magic Herbs
The Zmey's Bride
The Last Lamya
The Samodiva is No Housewife
The Samodiva Bride
Dimitar and The Samodivas
The Samodiva's Illness
The Yudas and The Two-Headed Man
Rada's Shadow
Manol, The Builder and His Wife Neda
Katerina, The Vampire
The Talassum and The Hidden Treasure
Ustrel, The Farm Animal Vampire
Taking Down The Moon
Black Ram and Black Bull, The Water Keepers
Selected Bibliography
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Издателство:Виа Летера
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ISBN:9786197204209
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Година:2023
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Страници:240
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Корици:меки
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Състояние:отлично