Gypsy Folk Tales: Turkey, Romania, Bukowina, Transylvania, Slovakia, Poland, England, Scotland, Wales

Gypsy Folk Tales by Francis Hindes Groome is a landmark collection that gathers together the oral traditions of the Romani people across Europe, from the plains of Turkey and Romania to the misted highlands of Scotland and Wales. A pioneering scholar of Romani culture, Groome sought to preserve the voices of a wandering people whose stories carried both ancient wisdom and restless freedom.

This volume presents tales of love, trickery, transformation, and fate, told in the vivid, earthy style of the campfire and the road. Drawing from years of travel, correspondence, and linguistic study, Groome reveals the shared motifs and moral patterns that unite the Romani imagination, while illuminating the regional color and character of each land.

Part folklore, part anthropology, and wholly alive with oral spirit, Gypsy Folk Tales stands as one of the great ethnographic works of the nineteenth century—an enduring tribute to the storytellers of Europe’s forgotten margins.

Complete edition of Francis Hindes Groome’s classic folklore collection

Features Romani tales from Turkey, Romania, Bukowina, Transylvania, and beyond

Combines literary storytelling with ethnographic observation

Essential for readers of folklore, mythology, and cultural history