Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I MYTHS AND LEGENDS
Why Man Lives Eighty Years (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Nasta and the Sun (Slovenia)
The Little Shepherd (Croatia—Istria)
Tsar Dukljan (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
The Miser and the Generous Man (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
A Copper Coin or Your Head (Yugoslavia—Montenegro)
Beautiful Mara (Macedonia)
COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS
Part II ANIMAL TALES
The Ox and the Mouse (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Bear, the Pig, and the Fox (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
The Horse and the Wolf (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Mouse and the Ant (Yugoslavia—Kosovo and Metohija)
The Short Tail (Croatia—Istria)
The Little Hedgehog (Slovenia)
Bey Zlatum (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Snake Bridegroom (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
Part III FAIRY TALES
Škrat, the Wood Goblin (Croatia)
The Nightingale Empress (Yugoslav Albanian)
The Water Sprite (Slovenia)
The Young Man and His Vampire Brother (Yugoslav Romany)
The Twelve Crumbs (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
The Devil and His Apprentice (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
Baldy (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
The Magic Dagger (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
You Reap What You Sow (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
The Shepherd and the Three Vilas (Macedonia)
Three Eels (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
Part IV TALES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Ero and the Turk (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
How the Order Was Obeyed (Croatia)
It's Not Easy to Steal from a Gypsy (Croatia—Dalmatia)
The Aga and the Stable Boy (Yugoslavia—Kosovo and Metohija)
Nasradin Hodja (Yugoslavia—Kosovo and Metohija)
Honest Labor Is Always Rewarded (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
Two Coins (Yugoslavia—Serbia)
Glossary and Pronunciation Guide
Sources
Index
About the Author
About the Editor