The pinnacle of Pavol Dobšinský's work is eight volumes of Prostonárodné slovenské povesti (Simple National Slovak Tales). Dobšinský published this work at his own expense from 1880-1883. This work contains ninety folk fairy tales on 768 pages. It is the most complete collection of Slovak fairy tales and one of the basic works of Slovak folklore studies. This collection of fairy tales has more colorful contents: there are not only magic fairy tales, but also animal, legend and humor fairy tales as well.

In this new collection Dobšinský included new fairy tales and then most of the fairy tales collected by Francisci, some fairy tales from Božena Němcová's collection and a few tales that had been published previously by Dobšinský in magazines. He put into all of the tales his creative and unique features. Although he acknowledged the original teller of each tale, he published these tales with essential changes. This publication was determined especially for readers. In the 1880 the Prostonárodné slovenské povesti (Simple National Slovak Tales) were a distinguished national and literary act. Life of village people became a literature theme in the realistic prose of that time. The tales have become a national culture treasure.


Či jesto pravda na svete 3
O sirote 6
Cesta k slncu 7
Ľubka a Kovovlad 10
O dvanástich mesiačikoch 14
Plavčík a Vratko čo osúšajú slzy sveta 17
Drevená krava 20
Čert slúži 24
O troch grošoch 26
Hádač, strúhač, strelec, poprac 27
Kubove príhody 30
Nebeská sláva 31
Svenči gazda, zvieracej reči vedomý 33
Prorok Rak 35
Psota 37
Petor a Otec nebeský v širokom údolí 38
Neboj sa 41
Klinko a Kompit kráľ 46
Kráľ času 50
O Ví?azkovi 53
Kmotra Smr? a zázračný lekár 57
Múdry chlapec 60
Sirôtky 63
Pamodaj š?astia, lavička 66
Popelvár najväčší na svete 70
Ženský vtip 78
Cigáň čerta ošiali! 81
O Peterkovi 82
Cesta k Slncu a k Mesiacu 85
Zelezník 87
Múdry Ma?ko a blázni 91
Statočný valach 93
Pravda 96


Pavol Dobsinsky: Prostonarodne povesti slovenske
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