Hello everyone! It's that time of the year again: people doing the A to Z Blogging Challenge are revealing their themes. This is my 15th year participating! Except for my first year, I have always had a theme, and it is always folklore and mythology related.
Here are the themes from past years:
No theme (2012)
Weird Princesses (2013)
Tales with Colors (2014)
Epics A to Z (2015)
Diversity A to Z (2016)
WTF - Weird Things in Folktales (2017)
WTF Hungary - Weird Things in Hungarian Folktales (2018)
Fruit Folktales (2019)
Folktales of Endangered Species (2020)
Tarot Tales (2021)
Gemstone Folklore (2022)
Body Folktales (2023)
Romance Tropes in Folklore (2024)
Women's Epics (2025)
This year, I am bringing another folklore-themed series for A to Z. My chosen theme (after much deliberation) is:
SMALL TOWN LEGENDS FROM HUNGARY
I have combed through a whole lot of historical legends and small town traditions, and picked the most entertaining, strange, memorable ones I could find to share with you. You will learn some hard-to-pronounce Hungarian village names, explore local folklore, and have something to remember about these places should you ever visit. Here is your inspiration to venture outside of Budapest!
There will be ferocious squirrels, village lads mistaking a hoopoe for Jesus Christ, an exploding dragon, a flying monk, and other wild adventures.
See you in April!
(This is a map of small villages [under 1000 inhabitants], tiny villages [under 500], and dwarf villages [under 200] in Hungary, from here.)
Who else is participating?
Leave your links in the comments so I can visit!
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Jamie (jannghi.blogspot.com): Sounds fun. My reveal is scheduled for tomorrow. I can't wait to see what others come up with this year!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting theme!
ReplyDeleteRonel visiting for Theme Reveal for A to Z Blogging Challenge 2026
I always enjoy your posts and I never get enough time to read them all. But... the boys mistaking a hoopoe for JC....is that H or J, or something else?
ReplyDeleteAs a passionate Magyarphile for coming up up 31 years this April, I love this theme! There are so many great names of Hungarian towns and cities. I discovered a few years ago my Slovakian ancestors lived in a region then part of Upper Hungary, and many of their records used Magyarized spellings. There's probably some Hungarian blood mixed in with my Slovak blood.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fascinating, I’ll enjoy reading your posts.
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to your posts - ferocious squirrels - who could resist...
ReplyDeleteThis sounds very interesting! I will check it out!
ReplyDeleteSo we will know more about villages as well as folktales of Hungary. Will be good read,
ReplyDeleteMy theme reveal post for 2026
Industrial Engineering - A to Z 2026 - Theme Reveal Post
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2026/03/industrial-engineering-to-z-2026.html
I always look forward to your A to Z and can't wait to learn about these small-town tales. I hope you'll give us pronunciation guides for the names!
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Interesting theme. There is a guy around my area who goes to all the music festivals dressed as Jesus. For an actual legend, there's Jim Thorpe, the athlete with a town named for him. And Milton Hershey.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the challenge this year.
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I always enjoy your A-Z. Looking forward to a great time in April. All the best.
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best content in these challenges.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing you posts, I love mythology!
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