Folk literature

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Narodne pjesme

The collection *Folk Songs*, published by SKD Prosvjeta, brings a selection of Serbian epic poems, especially the Kosovo cycle, and poems about Marko Kraljević and the heroes of the hajduk-uskok tradition, preserving the spirit of oral heritage.

Pančatantra

The Panchatantra was conceived as a kind of manual for rulers, in which popular wisdom is combined with philosophy, psychology and politics, and all of this is presented in a simple and elegant style of superior literature.

Pančatantra: u najstarijoj sačuvanoj recenziji Tantrakhjajika

The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of instructive tales and fables concerning wisdom, friendship, politics, and human nature. The oldest surviving recension, the Tantrakhyayika, presents five interconnected sections of life lessons.

Pevač priča

The Storyteller (1960) is one of the most important and influential contemporary studies on oral literature. It is the result of years of research into the ways of creating and performing oral poetry in Montenegro, Sandžak, and a part of Bosnia and Herzeg

Priča o tri graha / Mali pastir: Slovenske narodne pripovijetke

The story of the three beans was written by Eva Zokševa in the collection "Narodne praljivca iz Prekomurje", while the Istrian story Little Shepherd was written by J. Benigar, and was published in "Slovenski glasnik" in 1866.

Pripovijesti i pričanja

Tales and Stories (1875) is a collection of prose texts by Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša, one of the most important 19th-century Serbian writers from the Bay of Kotor. The book contains Tales by Vuk Dojčević and Tales from Montenegro and the Coast.

Rječnik šatrovačkog govora

The Dictionary of Šatrovci Speech is a pioneering lexicographic work documenting Šatrovci speech, a specific form of Croatian jargon. This is a key work for the study of Croatian jargon and its cultural role.

Šaljive narodne pripovijetke

This popular reading edition of Zagrebačka stvarnosti brings a selection of the most entertaining and famous Croatian folk humorous stories - those that have been told by the hearth for centuries, and today are part of the required reading for elementary

Siljan roda: Makedonska narodna pripovijetka

Siljan, the hero of this story, is sometimes a boy, sometimes a stork, so it is no wonder that we meet people who have something animal in them and animals who think, speak and act like people - wise men and fools, warriors and cowards.