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Bulgarian Folk Songs [note 2] [note 3] [note 4] is a collection of folk songs and traditions from the then Ottoman Empire, especially from the region of Macedonia, but also from Shopluk and Srednogorie, by the Miladinov brothers, published in 1861.
The title has been translated into English in various ways, including Collection of folklore and folk studies, Collection of works of the popular spirit, etc. This is a publication in which a great amount of Bulgarian (including from Macedonia, Bessarabia etc.) folk songs, tales, etc. have been first published.
[1] [2] [3] They are best known for their collection of folk songs called Bulgarian Folk Songs, [4] [5] considered a milestone in Bulgarian literature, [6] the greatest literary work in the history of Bulgarian folklore studies and the genesis of folklore studies during the Bulgarian National Revival.
In Bulgarian folklore, they are associated with places related to water - wells, rivers, lakes. [3] Thus, there are landmarks in Bulgaria that have the word "samodiva" or "samovila" in them. An example of that are the Samodivski Lakes in the Pirin Mountain. Specifically, they live under large old trees, in abandoned sheds or in dark caves that ...
Monument of Hitar Petar in front of the House of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo, Bulgaria which was built in 1981. Hitar Petar or Itar Pejo (Itar Petar) ( Bulgarian : Хитър Петър , Macedonian : Итар Пејо or Итар Петар ), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] meaning " Crafty Peter " [ 4 ] or " Clever Peter ", is a character of Bulgarian ...
Cover of the first volume Cover of the second volume. Veda Slovena (Веда Словена in Modern Bulgarian, originally written as Веда Словенахъ) is an ethnographic collection of folk songs and legends of the Muslim Bulgarians; the subtitle of the book indicated that they were collected from the regions of Thrace and Macedonia (see image right).
Vile like to ride horses or stags, they go hunting, dance in a circle dance (Serbo-Croatian: vilino kolo, Bulgarian: samodivski igriška) and seek the love of handsome strong men, assisting them against their enemies. Their fondness for fighting is reminiscent of the teutonic Valkyrie and is unique in Slavic mythology. They possess supernatural ...