Folklore and folklore scholarsip has been see as one of the ways to promote and develop national identities in the new independent states. They are also a link between the diaspora and their native culture. Thus many of the books on this blog happen to be translatios of folk tales.
Some Great Old Stories From the Old Country is a small book, only 35 pages, published in 2006 by Nettle Hollow. The stories in this book are old stories from the oral folk tradition of Macedonia. They are fun to share with both young and old.
The translator and illustrator is Michael Seraphinoff, is a scholar with degrees in anthropology and an M.A. in Slavic linguistics. In addition to this latest publication, Seraphinoff has written some academic books and papers, and has translated Silyan the Stork.
You can buy this book from the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society and Amazon.
