Central & East European Folklore & Traditions
Highlights of KU Libraries’ Collections
KU AIESECmeeting on Central and Eastern Europe
Spencer Museum of ArtDecember 3, 2009 6-8 p.m.
&SJHS Workshop in Geography
April 8-9, 2010
Jon GiullianLibrarian for Slavic and Eurasian
StudiesWatson Library
1425 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm 519Lawrence, KS 66045
Szopka (Crèches)
Polish Folktales & Folklore Retold by Michał Malinowski and Anne Pellowski
General Introduction to Poland
Food, Games, Riddles, Nursery Rhymes
Local Legends ◄
Animal Tales
Magic Tales (also called Wonder Tales)
Chain Chants and Cumulative Tales
Humorous Tales ◄
Why Tales?
Religious Tales
Supernatural Creatures
Cecylia Slapek, Cecylia Korban, & Janina Oleszek
Jozef Budz, traditional storyteller from Murzasichle in the Tatra Mountains.
Jozef Piton, one of the most popular contemporary-traditional story tellers in the Tatra Mountains
Telling traditional stories at the Storyteller Museum during the Festival of Polish Oral Tradition
Polish Folktales & Folklore: Storytellers:
“Lech, Čech, & Rus”
Lech plate by Walery Eljsasz-Radzikowski (1841-1905) source: Biblioteka Narodowa
Poland(Lechia)
Polish Folktales & Folklore: Local Legends:
Solidarity
Lech Walęsa
“The Five Clever Girls”
Polish Folktales & Folklore: Humorous Tales
There are many variants of this type of story in many countries. In most cases it is only one girl.
The Green Leaf
Polish Folktales & Folklore: Games and Seasonal Activities
In spring, after the first leaves have appeared on trees, one must carry a green leaf somewhere on one’s person, or else…
Traditional Slovak Folktales Collected by Pavol Dobšinský Edited and Translated bz David L. Cooper
Storytellers
Who were the folktale narrators and when did they tell their stories?
Jozef Rusnák-Bronda
Traditional Slovak Folktales Collected by Pavol Dobšinský Edited and Translated bz David L. Cooper
Tale Genres
WondertalesNovelistic talesHumorous talesAnimal tales Legendary talesDemonological stories
Who is Jánošík?
The Legend of Jánošík
1976
1935
1921
20091962-63
View films
Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro
“Peter Cheater” (40)
Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro
“Peter Cheater” (40)
Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro
“Peter Cheater” (40)
Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro
“Almafi and the Golden Cockerel” (108)
Czech Christmas Traditions
Keeping the Christmas carp alive in the tub.
The Folklore of World Holidays: Czech Republic
Christmas Eve meal
Boiled carp, kolače, and more
Catching the Christmas carp
Polish Christmas Traditions
Wigilia (Christmas Eve)
Polish Customs, Traditions & Folklore: December
Polish Christmas Traditions
Chodzenie po kolędzie (Christmas caroling). The oldest form of Christmas caroling in Poland was caroling with the turoń, named after the wild ox or tur.
Polish Customs, Traditions & Folklore: December
Traditional costumes of Kolęda, during which people dress up and to from house to house after Christmas, in Bukowina Tatrzanska.