The Creation of the Violin
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The Creation of the Violin
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"The Creation of the Violin" is a Transylvanian/South Hungarian Roma (gypsy) fairy tale. There are two such tales by the same title. In the tale mainly discussed here, a boy is born to a mother, who dies in childbirth, having conceived the baby by consuming the hag-witch's prescription of milk inside a pumpkin. The boy wins the king's daughter by succeeding in performing an unprecedented feat: with the help of the fairy queen Matuya/Matuja, he creates the world's first violin and bow, and plays
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2022-10-24T23:44:32Z
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