Comment by Wout J. van Vloten on July 14, 2015 at 17:46

TALE 1) ► Herewith, an in Europe old known "Gypsy Tale / Conte Tsigane" (transl. in english)....How The Gypsy Outsmarted a Devil ......"Ako Cigán čerta Prekabátil".....Comment Le Tsigane a déjoué un Diable....here, a tale gathered by Pavol Dobšinský.

Pavol DOBŠINSKÝ (16 March 1828 – 22 October 1885) was a SLOVAK collector of folklore and writer belonging to the period of Romanticism and the Štúr generation. He is perhaps best known for creating the largest and most complete collection of Slovak folktales, " Prostonárodnie slovenské povesti (Simple National Slovak Tales) ", self-published in a series of eight books from 1880 to 1883.

For his collections, he has often been referred to as a "Slovakian Hans Christian Andersen" ( sic: Mostly for the youth adapted Fairy-Tales, but rarely some Romani Tales ). N.B; I've found nearly the very same Tale, told by vlax kalderash romanies in Sweden in the 50's. ( research & public. fb: WoutJvV 2013-2015 )

Comment by Wout J. van Vloten on July 14, 2015 at 17:47

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavol_Dob%C5%A1insk%C3%BD

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