RÜBEZAHL - A Polish Fairy Tale narrated by Baba Indaba: Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 412

By Anon E. Mouse and Narrated by Baba Indaba

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 412
In this 412th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Polish Fairy Tale "RÜBEZAHL”.
Rübezahl is a folklore mountain spirit of the Karkonosze, or Giant,  Mountains which run along the border between the historical lands of Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Silesia (Poland).

In legend, Rübezahl appears as a giant, a gnome, or mountain spirit. With good people he is friendly, teaching them medicine and giving them presents. However, if someone derides him he exacts a severe revenge. He sometimes plays the role of a trickster in folk tales.
Our story starts with Rübezahl tending a flock of sheet in a sweet mountain glade. He spies and falls in love with a fair maiden, a daughter of the King. He plans to win her love by enchanting a nearby grotto by turning rocks into white marble, daisies into climbing roses, rocks into crystals and berries into strange and exotic fruits. Even sparrows are transformed into exotic colourful creatures.

On arriving the princess and her companions are amazed by their discovery. After tasting the fruits and exploring this magical mini-wonderland, the princess cries out that nothing would content her but to bathe in the marble pool. This she did………
But what happened next you ask…? Well, to find the answer to this question, and any others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out for yourself.

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Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: Mar 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9788826002293

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Rübezahl

A Polish Fairy Tale

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

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Abela Publishing, London

2018

RÜBEZAHL

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Abela Publishing,

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2018

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

ISSN 2397-9607

Issue 412

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An Introduction to Baba Indaba

Baba Indaba, pronounced Baaba Indaaba, lived in Africa a long-long time ago. Indeed, this story was first told by Baba Indaba to the British settlers over 250 years ago in a place on the South East Coast of Africa called Zululand, which is now in a country now called South Africa.

In turn the British settlers wrote these stories down and they were brought back to England on sailing ships. From England they were in turn spread to all corners of the old British Empire, and then to the world.

In olden times the Zulu’s did not have computers, or iPhones, or paper, or even pens and pencils. So, someone was assigned to be the Wenxoxi Indaba (Wensosi Indaaba) – the Storyteller. It was his, or her, job to memorise all the tribe’s history, stories and folklore, which had been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.