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Youth Without Aging And Life Without Death
''Youth Without Aging and Life Without Death'' ( ro, Tinerețe fără bătrânețe și viață fără de moarte) is a story from Romanian folklore, collected by Petre Ispirescu and introduced in the collection Legende sau basmele românilor. It has been republished in numerous collections of stories, such as in Immortal Stories or in the volume ''Youth Without Old Age'' from the Arcade collection, Editura Minerva, 1985. The fairy tale was told to the writer by his father who lived in the Udricani slum in Bucharest. The tale was first published in 1862, in "The Romanian Peasant". The story contains philosophical ideas about the condition of man in the universe, immortality and the cycle of life. The text superimposes with originality mythological and philosophical concepts. The film ''Youth Without Old Age'' (1968) is based on this story.{{Citation, title=Tinerete fara batrînete (1969) - IMDb, url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063699/, language=en-US, access-date=2021-09-08 Synops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petre Ispirescu
Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispirescu was born in Bucharest, the son of Gheorghe Ispirescu, a barber, and Elena Ispirescu, a remarkable story teller. He grew up listening to countless folk tales told by his parents and his father's customers and apprentices. His parents wanted him to be a priest and he was entrusted to study with a monk at the Metropolitan Church, after which he studied with a priest at the Domnița Bălașa Church. He dropped out in 1844 at age fourteen and became an apprentice at the printing house headed by Zaharia Carcalechi, hoping to further his education by reading the books printed there. Working 14 hours a day, he became a qualified printer in 1848. In 1854, he was hired at the ''Copainie'' typography. In 1858, within the context of talks about th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legende Sau Basmele Românilor
''Legende sau basmele românilor'' ("Legends or Romanian Fairy-tales") is a collection, in several volumes, of Romanian folktales, first published in 1872 by Petre Ispirescu. Contents (note: these are some of the tales) *''Tinerețe fără de bătrânețe și viață fără de moarte'' (" Youth Without Aging and Life Without Death") *'' Ileana Sânziana'' *''Broasca țestoasă cea fermecată'' ("The Enchanted Turtle") *''Aleodor Împărat'' ("Emperor Aleodor") *''Porcul cel fermecat'' (" The Enchanted Pig") *''Înșiră-te mărgăritari'' (" Pearls, Thread Yourselves") *''Lupul cel năzdrăvan și Făt-Frumos'' ("The Egregious Wolf and Făt-Frumos") *''Prâslea cel voinic și merele de aur'' ("Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples") *''Voinicul cel cu cartea în mână născut'' ("The Hale Born with A Book in His Hands") *''Făt-Frumos cu părul de aur'' (" Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair") *''Zâna munților'' (" Zâna of the Mountains") *''Balaurul cel cu șapte capete'' ("T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editura Minerva
Editura Minerva is one of the largest publishing houses in Romania. Located in Bucharest, it is known, among other things, for publishing classic Romanian literature Romanian literature () is literature written by Romanian authors, although the term may also be used to refer to all literature written in the Romanian language. History The development of the Romanian literature took place in parallel with that ..., children's books, and scientific books. The company was founded in Bucharest in 1898, but closed after World War II. It re-opened in 1970. It was privatized in 1999 and was bought by Megapress Holdings in 2002. References External linksOfficial website Book publishing companies of Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Făt-Frumos
Făt-Frumos (from Romanian ''făt'': son, infant; ''frumos'': handsome) is a knight hero in Romanian folklore, usually present in fairy tales. Akin to Prince Charming, he possesses such essential attributes as courage, purity, justness, physical and spiritual strength, cleverness, passion, and unshakable love. Făt-Frumos also displays some minimal abilities in performing miracles, as well as total commitment to a task once his word is given and to the monarch he serves. In some tales, he is so precocious as to be able to weep before he is born. Făt-Frumos is usually the youngest son of a king. In the Romanian folk stories it is common that all the sons of a king try to defeat the ''Zmeu'' or the ''Balaur'', the older sons failing before the younger one succeeds. Făt-Frumos has to go through tests and obstacles that surpass ordinary men's power. With dignity, he always brings these to a positive resolution. He fights demonic monsters and malevolent characters (''zmeu'', ''b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death (personification)
Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a berobed skeleton wielding a scythe) causes the victim's death by coming to collect that person's soul. Other beliefs hold that the Spectre of Death is only a psychopomp, serving to sever the last ties between the soul and the body, and to guide the deceased to the afterlife, without having any control over when or how the victim dies. Death is most often personified in male form, although in certain cultures Death is perceived as female (for instance, Marzanna in Slavic mythology, or Santa Muerte in Mexico). By region Americas Latin America As is the case in many Romance languages (including French, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian), the Spanish word for death, ''muerte,'' is a feminine noun. As such, it is common in Spanish-speaking cultures to personify death as a female figure. In Aztec mythology, Mictecacihuatl is the "Queen of Mictl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
