Saga From Georgia - The Brave Daughter of the King's Treasurer: Popular Sagas from Caucasus, #2

By Jose Fernandes da Silva

Sagas are folkloric and fantastic-realistic epic narratives which speak of events related to life, customs, beliefs and desires of a certain people; in this case, the people of the Caucasian world, in a period referring to antiquity.

They are mostly heroic narratives, in which the heroes are both men and women, and that ethical factors such as courage, bravery, loyalty, honor, faith, are the main themes brought to light. The narratives published in this book are part of a series of 17 narratives.

Sagas are folkloric and fantastic-realistic epic narratives which speak of events related to life, customs, beliefs and desires of a certain people; in this case, the people of the Caucasian world, in a period referring to antiquity.

They are mostly heroic narratives, in which the heroes are both men and women, and that ethical factors such as courage, bravery, loyalty, honor, faith, are the main themes brought to light. The narratives published in this book are part of a series of 17 narratives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: José Fernandes da Silva
• Release date: Dec 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393218326

Jose Fernandes da Silva

José Fernandes da Silva, nascido em 17 de dezembro de 1935, no município de Patos de Minas, Estado de Minas Gerais, Fez curso de Mestrado em 1986, na Universidade de Estocolmo (Suécia), com a tese A CONSTRUÇÃO ARTÍSTICA EM SAGARANA: Uma Análise Estrutural Semiótica em João Guimarães Rosa; cursou Doutorado em 2002, pela Universidade Paulista de São José o Rio Preto, com a tese: A Semiótica do Texto Narrativo literário; foi professor de Literatura, Teoria Literária e Semiótica, na Universidade Católica de Goiás (hoje PUC-GOIÁS), durante 20 anos; e é atualmente professor aposentado, dedicado à tradução do sueco para o português e gravação de textos narrativos.

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José Fernandes da Silva, born December 17, 1935 in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, did a Master’s degree in 1986 at the University of Stockholm (Sweden), with a thesis on the Artistic Construction in Sagarana: A Structural and Semiotic Analysis  of João Guimarães Rosa. He attained a PhD in 2002, at the Paulist University of São José do Rio Preto, with the thesis: Semiotics in the Literary Narrative Text. He was Professor of Literature, Literary Theory and Semiotics at the  Catholic University of Goiás (now the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC-GOIÁS), for 20 years, and is now a retired teacher.

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Sagas are folkloric and fantastic-realistic epic narratives which speak of events related to life, customs, beliefs and desires of a certain people; in this case, the people of the Caucasian world, in a period referring to antiquity.

They are mostly heroic narratives, in which the heroes are both men and women, and that ethical factors such as courage, bravery, loyalty, honor, faith, are the main themes brought to light. The narratives published in this book are part of a series of 17 narratives.

Chapter 1

The Youngest Daughter

There was once a just and wise king.

Everyone was happy to serve him;

if anyone failed to serve him,

it was only by disease or old age.

Among his servers,

stood out mainly his treasurer,

who over the course of several years,

due to his dedication and faithfulness,

he was led to execute

the most varied and complex missions.

But now,

having become an already half decaying old man,

he no longer achieved

the same performance as before;

and besides that,

he was beginning to miss his distant family.

For,

it was already more than fifteen years ago,

that he had left his homeland.

Thinking about all that,

the old treasurer decided to go before the king

to ask his sovereign to relieve him from his services.

Listening to his justifications,

the king said:

"You have actually reached an advanced age,

and I'm convinced

that your duties really weigh upon you

and surpass your strength.

I will allow then

that you leave your services,

but only under one condition,

which is to send your child in replacement.

And if you,

for any reason,

can't do it,

you should come back and continue to serve me,

as you have done until now."

So,

the faithful treasurer,

pleased with the answer given by the king,

promised to fulfill his wish;

and expecting to hug his children again,

he prepared for the trip.

He was a widower