Bajki Józefy Pidek
Józefa Pidek’s fables

Summary/Abstract: The authors publish the texts of 10 fables authored by Józefa Pidek (1900-1979) from Bychawka. Bychawka is a village situated 20 km south of Lublin. The fables were recorded in 1962.Most of these texts are known from other written sources. Józefa Pidek, however, created her own versions of the fables in question, i.e. (1) Bajka o złotej kaczce [The Legend of a Golden Duck], (2) O kurzej nóżce [The Fable of a Hen’s Foot], (3) Jak przędła na błoniu [That Yarn She Was Spinning], (4) Zaczarowana fujarka [The Magic Pipe], (5) O pannie, co nie chciała iść za mąż [The Tale of a Girl Who Didn’t Want to Marry], (6) O królewiczu zaklętym w wieprzka [The Tale of a Prince Who was Turned into a Hog], (7) O brzytwach i nożach [The Fable of Razors and Knives], (8) O złotej jabłonie [The Fable of a Golden Apple Tree], (9) Bajka o smoku [The Tale of a Dragon], (10) O dwunastu zbójach [The tale of the Twelve Thieves].

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