Week 15 Reading Notes: The Three Roses, Part A

The Basilisk

Link to story.

Title: The Three Roses

Publication: Czech Folk Tales, 1917 (English: The Key of Gold, 1922)

Author: Josef Štefan Kubín

Translator: Josef Baudiš

Notes: Josef Štefan Kubín (1864-1965) was a Czech folklorist who published The Three Roses in 1917. Josef Baudiš (1883-1933) was a Czech Celticist who translated various Czech stories into English, including the works of Kubín.

Characters:
Mother
Daughter 1
Daughter 2
Daughter 3, Mary
Basilisk

Places:
Town market
Forest
Castle
Palace garden

Events:
Mother asks her daughters if they want souvenirs
Mother goes to the town market
Mother gets lost in the forest during nightfall
Mother finds palace garden and takes three roses
The Basilisk demands for her daughter in exchange for the roses
Mother returns home and tells Mary what happened
Mary goes to the castle
Mary nurses the Basilisk for three hours a day
The Basilisk demands Mary to cut his head off on the third day
The Basilisk turns into a beautiful youth (third form)
The man asks for Mary’s hand in marriage
The two are married and have a great wedding party

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