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Shqipopedia | Encyclopedia Albanica Shqipopedia | Encyclopedia Albanica Shqipopedia | Encyclopedia Albanica Shqipopedia | Encyclopedia Albanica Homepage Home The Boy and the Earthly Beauty Once upon a time there was a very rich man who had a wife and a son. When he was about to die, he gave his son some advice, the most important part of which was never to go to the village where the Earthly Beauty lived. The boy grew Honolulu Read More The Scurfhead Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons. He also had a beautiful garden with a quince tree in it which bore only three quinces a year. Every time the tree bore fruit, a dragon came by and gobbled them up. The king desperately wanted to Honolulu Read More The Three Friends and the Earthly Beauty A man died leaving his wife with child. Six months later she gave birth to a son. Though they were very poor, the woman raised the son well. When he turned fifteen, the youth asked his mother if she had any souvenirs to remember his father by. The mother replied Honolulu Read More The Three Brothers and the Three Sisters Once upon a time there lived three brothers and three sisters. The brothers married their sisters off, one to the sun, one to the moon and one to the south wind. After the sisters had been married for some time, the brothers said to one another, Let us go and Honolulu Read More The Youth and the Maiden with Stars on their Foreheads and Crescents on their Breasts Once upon a time there was a king who had three daughters. When he died, another man mounted the throne and ordered that no one in the country was to leave a light burning on the night of his coronation. Then the new king put on a disguise and went Honolulu Read More The Shoes Once upon a time there was a king who had a wife and a daughter. When his wife became ill and knew that she was going to die, she called her husband and said to him, Order a pair of shoes from the shoemaker, not too big and not too Honolulu Read More The Maiden in the Box Once upon a time there was a poor old woman who had one son. When the boy grew up, she said to him, We are poor folk, my son. Now that you are grown up, you will have to look for a job so that we can live. I cannot Honolulu Read More The Tale of the Youth who Understood the Language of the Animals Once upon a time there was a youth who was neither poor nor rich. He owned a team of oxen and a herd of sheep and had a garden with many different fruit trees growing in it. Whenever the young man was in his garden and people passed by, he Honolulu Read More The Stirrup Moor Once upon a time there was a king who owned a mare. It was his own personal mare and no one else was allowed to ride it. The mare had never had a foal. Nor did the king have any children. One day, he saddled the mare and rode out Honolulu Read More The King’s Daughter and the Skull Once upon a time there was a king who had three daughters. One day he went out riding on his horse and rode past a palace surrounded by a moat. The horse got one of its legs stuck in the mire and could not extract it. A number of people Honolulu Read More Page 1 of 9 Next Search Recent Posts The Boy and the Earthly Beauty The Scurfhead The Three Friends and the Earthly Beauty The Three Brothers and the Three Sisters The Youth and the Maiden with Stars on their Foreheads and Crescents on their Breasts Recent Comments Millosh Gjergj Nikolla – English Albania | Albanian Encyclopedia on Sketches – Migjeni Fan NOLI – English Albania | Albanian Encyclopedia on Shakespeare and I Millosh Gjergj Nikolla – English Albania | Albanian Encyclopedia on THE STUDENT BACK HOME Mitrush KUTELI – English Albania | Albanian Encyclopedia on THE AUTUMN OF XHELADIN BEY Faik Bey KONITZA – English Albania | Albanian Encyclopedia on HOW ALBANIA LOOKED TO ME – (1929) Archives December 2019 December 2018 October 2018 March 2018 November 2013 August 2013 Categories Activities in Albania Albanian Art Albanian Authors Albanian Folktales Albanian Legends Albanian Prose Language Painters Tourism Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed...