If they ask you if you know a folktale that features a zoo, now you can say yes.
One day, the two brothers-in-law (the husbands of the two elder princesses) go out hunting, as a contest against their frog brother-in-law. When they are gone, the frog turns into a diamond prince, and conjures up a zoo full of all kinds of animals. Since the two princes can't hunt anything all day, they decide to stop by at the zoo on the way home, and buy some prey. The diamond prince sells them some rabbits, in exchange for permission to brand the princes with his signet ring. Eventually, it turns out that the frog is a diamond prince, and the two brothers-in-law are useless hunters. Happy end.
Let's be honest: We all know the kind of person that would shop for hunting trophies at a zoo...
Bonus: This folktale was collected from the same woman who brought us The Diamond Prince in the Rubber Suit at the beginning of the month.
THANK YOU all for following all the Hungarian folktale weirdness this month! Your comments were delightful :) For those of you participating, congratulations on reaching the end of A to Z! See you on May 7th for Reflections!
What on earth is a diamond prince? 😀 I do like the business of the guys buying rabbits to show they have been hunting. I bet they and the frog prince had some unpleasant family events after that...
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A happy end to a wonderful month. Thank you so much for this insight into the weird world of Hungarian folktales - a rich selection of fantastic stories. Congratulations on finishing the challenge :-)
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Oh I do love a happy ending, and I especially love the Diamond Prince tales you've shared. What a fun series - so much delightful weirdness - thank you for sharing these glimpses of Hungarian treasures.
ReplyDeleteHunting trophies from a zoo - good lord, that really is not trying :)
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I hope the cheating princes got the scorn they deserved. Great month! Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed reading these folktales immensely, Tarkabarka. Thank you for sharing these strange and humerus stories with us, this month.
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I love reading about these tails. They're so weird at times and I wonder what they were smoking when they came up with them. LOL
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How cool to find a zoo story:)
ReplyDeleteWas this the same diamond prince who wore a rubber suit or am I all muddled after Ayeing to Zeeing all month!
Cheers for some fun and some weird folktales Csenge. I've skipped a few but whatever I've read, I've enjoyed:)
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Congrats to you too! I have loved reading your A-Z posts these past years. Sadly, there are too many people who'd buy hunting trophies - okay in fairy tales, not okay in the real world.
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Nilanjana.
Love your posts. Congrats on another year of the challenge. I think it gets a little better each year (of my 3 anyway). How much time do you spend in research? & where do you find the info?
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Hi! Another interesting story for the letter z. I enjoy reading folktales and it was nice reading different Hungarian folktales for each letter.
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Congrats for finishing the challenge! Sorry it took me so long to get through your all of posts, but I really enjoyed reading all the lovely tales, and appreciated your comments on my challenge as well. Take care!
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