I had a book as a child (actually it was four volumes) of one folktale for every day of the year. It had a wonderful mixture of European but also African tales in it, some just half a page long, some running to 10 pages or so. I loved those stories.
I just saw that in my answer above part of a sentence was completely missing. I’ve amended it but I thought I mention it again since you must have thought I wasn’t making much sense: the book contained one folktale for every day of the year. It was called “Märchen für 365 und einen Tag” (Fairytales/Folktales for 365 and one day)
I thought I know my Greek myths. Which one is this?
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My question too!
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Not a myth, a folktale. Much younger than Homer et. al.
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Ah, OK…do you have a name for it?
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I can do better than this. I’ll link the book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2120712.Three_Gold_Pieces
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Oh, thanks!
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It’s not a myth but a folk tale. It’s about a peasant who works for seven years receiving three gold coins as pay.
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Ah! Thanks. Most of the folk tales I know come from Northern Europe. Particularly a pair of brothers doubtless well known to you 😉
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I had a book as a child (actually it was four volumes) of one folktale for every day of the year. It had a wonderful mixture of European but also African tales in it, some just half a page long, some running to 10 pages or so. I loved those stories.
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I was a fan too – and of the Greek myths.
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To this day, I love men in miniskirts (like the Greek heroes wore in the tv adaptations) 😁
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I just saw that in my answer above part of a sentence was completely missing. I’ve amended it but I thought I mention it again since you must have thought I wasn’t making much sense: the book contained one folktale for every day of the year. It was called “Märchen für 365 und einen Tag” (Fairytales/Folktales for 365 and one day)
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I no longer notice when people don’t make sense. We’ve had months of it! But thanks – that does read better now!
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😂 (I’ll stick to emojis then, it’s safer.)
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You are ever so clever! 🙂 🙂 Have a great weekend!
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The art of googling when the brain fails (I had read the tale a long time ago but couldn’t remember the exact title nor that it was Greek).
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I meant the photo connection, but that too 😍
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😊
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Great take on the challenge and a tale as well 🙂
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