Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Hungarian folktale opening formula:

"There was a tall poplar tree with 77 branches, on each branch it had 77 crow nests, in each nest 77 crows.
Whoever doesn't listen to my tale, may the crows blind them. Whoever does listen, may they never see Heaven.
I'm going to start the story now, and you can all consider which one you'd choose."

... Hungarian folk tellers had no chill. 😆

#folklore #folktales #storytelling#Hungary
Steve Gisselbrecht
@stevegis_ssg@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
@TarkabarkaHolgy
A local band would cover an Eastern European folk song—I think maybe Slovenian?—in which she says "Be with me" and he says "I love across the river" and she says it's fine, I'll be a fish and swim the water and we can be together.

Next verse she says "Be with me" and he says "I live over the mountains" and she says no problem, I'll be an eagle and fly over the mountains and we can be together.

There are a bunch of verses. …