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Deyan Kolev, Teodora Krumova. To the reader: Roma in Bulgaria and their folklore

I. 1. Tales about animals
1. The Sick One Carries the Healthy One
2. The Wolf and the Little Bear-Cubs

I. 2. Magic and legendary stories
3. The Wedding of the Ninth Brother
4. The Golden Apple and the Magic Walnuts
5. A King and a Queen
6. A Story about the King-Warrior and the fisher Big Head
7. The Big Head
8. The Dream of the Cruel King
9. The Boy and the Giant Oh
10. The Horse with a Star on the Forehead
11. The Horses Talk
12. A Girl of Gold and Silver
13. A Story about the Golden Girl
14. The Stepdaughters
15. The Wealthy Man’s Son and the Poor Girl
16. The Old Woman, the Old Man an the Many Children
17. Children Born of Pumpkin

I. 3. Religious tales
18. The Myth about Noah

I. 4. Novel Stories
19. A Tale about the Barrel
20. Blood is Stronger Than Water
21. A Kinsman of God
22. I Blocked My Luck Myself
23. The Lazy Man
24. The Girls Who Were Washing Wool

I. 5. Anecdote tales
25. A Story about the Mad and the Smart Brother

I. 6. Legends
26. The Ancient People, the Magic Powers and the Drought
27. The Moon
28. Saint Basil’s Day (Bango Vassili)
29. A Parable about Bango Vassili
30. A Parable about Ihtimya
31. Bashnuv Day
32. A Myth about People
33. The Gypsies through the Red Sea
34. Shibilis – the Romani King
35. A Legend about Shibil
36. A Parable about the Lost Alphabet
37. Why Roma do not Have a Church
38. The End of Romani State
39. A Legend about Kotel

I. 7. Memoirs
40. Short Stories about the Kaldarashi, retold by Georgy Yakov
41. Stories of the Bakardjii from the village of Kardam, Popovo, retold by Kosta Stoyanov

I. 8. Songs
42. Danka tzutzumanka
43. Drunk
44. I will Take a Beautiful Woman
45. She Got up Early
46. A Girl Comes from Below
47. Come, Girl, with Me to the Market
48. Beautiful Girl
49. I’ve Got, Lord, One Mother
50. Three Bells Are Tolling

St. Yordanov. Plot types in romani tales (an attempt for cataloguing)

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