Apples of Immortality: Folktales of Armenia

FOREWORD CONTENTS INTRODUCTION APPLES OF IMMORTALITY THE SWINEHERD ROSE-MAIDEN TALE OF THE LAD WITH GOLDEN LOCKS MAGIC CANDLESTICK THE BIRD-PERI JAN-POLAD: STEEL-MONSTER THE RED COW THE PEASANT’S SON AND THE FORTY ROBBERS ZULVISIA TALE OF THE LAUGHING FISH THE WOODCUTTER TALE OF THE HUNTER’S SON SUN-MAID AND DRAGON-PRINCE BROTHER-LAMB TALE OF A BOY’S DREAM TALE OF THE WIZARD FAITHFUL WIFE THE BOY WHO DID NOT WANT TO DIE TALE OF THE ONE-EYED GIANT THE FOX, THE WOLF, THE BEAR AND THE EMERALD-BIRD SHREWISH WIFE HABERMANY, THE SERPENT-PRINCE HALVA-VENDOR SLANDERED SISTER THERE ARE WOMEN AND THERE ARE WOMEN THE KING’S ROSE WISE WEAVER THE GOAT THE OLD HAG THE LAME MAN, THE BEARDLESS MAN, AND THE ONE-EYED MAN CLEVER BRIDE A MAN MUST STRETCH HIS LEGS TO FIT HIS QUILT THE LIAR DEATH OF LITTLE KIKOS THREE BROTHERS THE MAN WHO KNEW HOW TO DIVIDE A CHICKEN MIGHTY DEZHIKO FATHER SLIK GOES TO PARADISE NOTES