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  • Tale 3. Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples

    Three Romanian folk tales Once upon a time, there was a great and powerful Emperor who had beside his palace a most wonderful garden, rich with flowers and skilfully made. In all the wide world no garden like it had ever been seen. Deep within this garden grew an apple-tree that bore apples of pure…

  • Tale 2. The Twelve Princesses and the Enchanted Palace

    He was a modest lad, until a fairy sent him to fulfil his destiny, to save twelve princesses from the spell that bound them each night.

  • Tale 1. Youth without Age and Life without Death

    He was born to fulfill one destiny: Youth without Age and Life without Death. His young life was put in the service of this wish. No trial will be too great, no effort will be spared. In this classical Romanian folk tale, nudges us to the gates of meaning and gives us a glimpse of…