Katarína Jandová
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Two brothers - foundlings - are in the service of a rich landlord who has two beautiful daughters. While the younger is not only beautiful but also good, the older is pride and envy itself. So when the brothers encounter a she-wolf while shepherding and she gives them miraculous gifts, the older sister does everything she can to rob them of them and the happiness they can bring. Little does she know that the she-wolf is an enchanted princess who will not only marry one of the brothers, but also justly punish her wickedness.
O Zorali a dvoch bratoch
A Romani fairy tale about a young striga who uses magic to win her husband and eventually becomes an ordinary man out of love for him and her children. Once in a while, a little girl is born in a gypsy settlement, and fate gives her the strigoi's abilities. But because everyone is afraid of the strings, the heroine of our fairy tale keeps it a secret - even from the young man she has fallen in love with. When she becomes his wife, his mother discovers her and instigates her son to burn the woman. Only her witchcraft skills will save the beautiful striga's life. She leaves the county and becomes the wife of a wealthy landowner. But her love for the first man does not leave her, and so when they meet after a time, she not only forgives him, but also gives up her strigorous abilities for his sake.