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Carpatho-Rusyn Folklore
Carpatho-Rusyn and Hutsul folklore, folk-Biblical legend, song, and ethnographic source texts translated from nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ukrainian/Rusyn and Polish witnesses.
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Texts
Baida (Vayda) — Yakiv HolovatskyA source-close English translation of the Baida / Vayda ballad from Yakiv Holovatsky's 1878 collection of songs from Galician and Hungarian Rus'. Translated from the old Ukrainian/Rusyn source witness; no first-English claim is made.Hutsul Carpentry — Włodzimierz SzuchiewiczA brief 1902 Polish ethnographic source section on Hutsul carpentry, naming objects made by carpenters, tools used, and the burning of decorative patterns. Translated from Włodzimierz Szuchiewicz's Huculszczyzna, with Hutsul/Rusyn craft terms retained.Hutsul Foods — Włodzimierz SzuchiewiczA source-close English translation of Włodzimierz Szuchiewicz's 1902 section on Hutsul foods from Huculszczyzna, Vol. I. Translated from the Polish source witness with embedded Hutsul/Rusyn terms preserved where needed.Hutsul Spoon-Making — Włodzimierz SzuchiewiczA short 1902 Polish ethnographic source section on Hutsul wooden spoon-making, including woods, tools, process, villages known for the craft, output, and market routes. Translated from Włodzimierz Szuchiewicz's Huculszczyzna, with Hutsul/Rusyn craft terms retained.Hutsul Trough-Making — Włodzimierz SzuchiewiczA short 1902 Polish ethnographic source section on Hutsul trough-making, including wood choice, tool sequence, the tesłycia, and prices. Translated from Włodzimierz Szuchiewicz's Huculszczyzna, with Hutsul/Rusyn craft terms retained.Lot and His Wife — Volodymyr HnatiukA short Carpatho-Rusyn / Hungarian Rus' legend about Christ, Peter, Lot, and Lot's wife, recorded by Volodymyr Hnatiuk in 1896 and published in 1897. Translated from the older Ukrainian/Rusyn source text.Noah — Volodymyr HnatiukA Carpatho-Rusyn / Hungarian Rus' folk-Biblical legend about Noah, the ark, palynka, the raven and dove, and Noah's sons, recorded by Volodymyr Hnatiuk in 1896 and published in 1897. Translated from the older Ukrainian/Rusyn source text.On the Beginning of the World and the First People — Volodymyr HnatiukA Carpatho-Rusyn / Hungarian Rus' folk-Biblical legend about creation, Adam and Eve, Adam's head, Golgotha, and Christ's blood, recorded by Volodymyr Hnatiuk in 1896 and published in 1897. Translated from the older Ukrainian/Rusyn source text.Sodom and Gomorrah — Volodymyr HnatiukA long Carpatho-Rusyn / Hungarian Rus' folk-Biblical legend about Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot, famine, imprisonment, divine judgment, and the salt-stone origin motif, recorded by Volodymyr Hnatiuk in 1896 and published in 1897. Translated from the older Ukrainian/Rusyn source text.Solomon Judges the Beggars — Volodymyr HnatiukA short Carpatho-Rusyn / Hungarian Rus' judgment tale about King Solomon, two poor men, a mare, a cart, and a disputed foal, recorded by Volodymyr Hnatiuk in 1896 and published in 1897. Translated from the older Ukrainian/Rusyn source text.The Battle of Saint Michael with Lucifer — Volodymyr HnatiukA Carpatho-Rusyn / Hungarian Rus' Christian apocryphal legend about Saint Michael, Lucifer, the heavenly vestments, the Black Sea, and the fall of Lucifer's angels, recorded by Volodymyr Hnatiuk in 1895 and published in 1897. Translated from the older Ukrainian/Rusyn source text.