Snake-Child and Arevahat / The Reed-Maiden

An Illustrated English Translation of Ghazaros Aghayan's Original Armenian Magical Fairy Tales, First Published in 1883 and 1889

von Ghazaros Aghayan

74 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What if a wish, spoken from the deepest ache of the heart, were granted exactly as it was uttered?And what if evil, after doing everything in its power to destroy goodness, failed simply because one tiny grain of life had survived?In this beautifully illustrated English edition, two classic Armenian fairy tales by Ghazaros Aghayan invite readers into a world where wishes have consequences, innocence has hidden strength, and truth can return in forms no one expects.These are fairy tales in the deepest sense: not merely stories of magic, but stories where magic becomes wisdom. They do not explain their lessons with dry instruction. They awaken them through wonder - through enchanted signs, radiant helpers, sacred places, mysterious transformations, and the timeless struggle between goodness and envy, truth and deception, light and darkness.Snake-Child and Arevahat and The Reed-Maiden, first published in Armenian in 1883 and 1889, carry the spell of old Armenian storytelling while speaking to questions every reader can feel: What should we wish for when sorrow blinds us?Can goodness remain unbroken when surrounded by cruelty?Why does evil fear even the smallest surviving trace of truth?And how can what seems lost forever return again in beauty?Ghazaros Aghayan, one of the great literary fairy-tale writers of Armenian literature, understood that children and adults alike learn most deeply when wisdom arrives dressed in wonder. In his magical world, a careless word may open the door to destiny, a humble soul may shine brighter than royalty, and even the smallest remnant of good may carry within it the power of renewal.Here, evil may scheme, disguise itself, wound, and destroy - but it is never truly secure. Goodness may be hidden, silenced, or transformed - but it is never helpless. And truth, however deeply buried, has its own mysterious way of finding the light.With 21 beautiful, high-quality, full-page color illustrations, this captivating collection will delight readers who love magical fairy tales, Armenian literary classics, stories of transformation and moral wonder, and timeless tales where beauty and wisdom meet.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798180202093
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.06.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Predominance Novels
• Übersetzung: Nelli Minasyan
• Illustrationen: Nelli Minasyan