If you enjoyed the Romanian folktale Emperor Aleodor , the first part and the second part of Youth Without Age and Life Without Death do find out how it al ends below.
Continue reading “Youth Without Age and Life Without Death ~ part 3”Youth Without Age and Life Without Death ~ part 2
If you enjoyed the Romanian folktale Emperor Aleodor and the first part of Youth Without Age and Life Without Death do read further.
Continue reading “Youth Without Age and Life Without Death ~ part 2”Youth Without Age and Life Without Death #Im4Ro
If you enjoyed the eerie feeling and local color of Romanian folktale Emperor Aleodor you will love reading Youth Without Age and Life Without Death. Enjoy it and remember, the magic of Romanian folktales starts with the first words.
Continue reading “Youth Without Age and Life Without Death #Im4Ro”A Forgotten Spring Legend and a Romanian Tradition #Im4Ro
Knee deep in research I lost my way between dusty manuscripts but I am excited to have discovered a forgotten Spring legend tied to a Romanian tradition.
Once upon a time, long, long ago, for if it wouldn’t have happened it wouldn’t have been told…
Continue reading “A Forgotten Spring Legend and a Romanian Tradition #Im4Ro”Emperor Aleodor, Romanian Folktale, The End
Emperor Aleodor, Aleodor Imparat, is a Romanian folktale gathered by Romanian folklorist and writer Petre Ispirescu in 1875 and translated into English in 19th by historian and linguist Robert Nisbet Bain. I did very little to edit Nisbet Bain’s skillful translation. I liked his choice of early modern English, I thought it gives Emperor Aleodor a charming old-fashioned patina.
Read part one here and part two here.