Project Gutenberg 2015-04-23 Public domain in the USA. 329 Busk, Rachel Harriette 1831 1907 Busk, R. H. (Rachel Harriette) Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome" by R. H. Busk is a collection of traditional stories and folk tales from Rome, written in the late 19th century. The book captures the rich tapestry of Roman mythology and folk traditions, presenting a multitude of tales that explore themes of morality, transformation, and the supernatural. Throughout these stories, characters often grapple with magical entities and moral lessons that reflect the culture and values of the time. The opening of this collection consists of the preface, where Busk outlines his quest to uncover and document the oral traditions and folklore of modern Italy, countering the belief that contemporary Italian culture lacks its own mythology. Through a series of interviews and inquiries, he shares his experiences in gathering these stories, emphasizing the challenges of convincing narrators to share tales that they regarded as mere childish nonsense. He categorizes the collected stories into four main types: fables, ghost stories, fairy tales, and trivial anecdotes, hinting at the depth and variety of the material he presents in the full collection. This introduction sets the stage for the enchanting stories to come, inviting readers into a world where folklore and tradition intertwine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Folklore -- Italy -- Rome Legends -- Italy -- Rome GR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 1167124 2024-09-20T10:40:12.930851 2023-09-21T07:20:38.435603 text/html text/html 1203800 2017-05-29T08:43:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 448906 2017-05-29T08:43:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 461784 2024-09-20T10:40:35.830702 application/epub+zip 486261 2024-09-20T10:40:18.404836 application/epub+zip 478985 2024-09-20T10:40:15.953844 application/epub+zip 888614 2024-09-20T10:40:48.668672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 721192 2024-09-20T10:40:33.426755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 696979 2022-09-22T06:48:27.033671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 855958 855721 2024-09-20T10:40:08.843873 2023-09-21T07:20:34.772593 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 855414 2017-05-29T08:43:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 321039 2017-05-29T08:43:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18247 2024-09-20T10:40:48.838639 application/rdf+xml 19001 2024-09-20T10:40:16.222815 image/jpeg 2830 2024-09-20T10:40:16.096814 image/jpeg 429220 2024-09-20T10:40:13.752863 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog