The rich content of the fairy tales - the original ones as well as those literarily developed by Marta Guśniowska - depict the life, beliefs and customs of the inhabitants of Wielkopolska. They show what life in the old Wielkopolska countryside looked like and what it was characterized by.

In the book we have included QR codes that link directly to the website with the recordings on which the fairy tale was based. This is all so that you can listen to the amazing tales yourself. So you will hear dialects from the regions of Biskupizna, Bukowc Górny, Hazów/Chazów, Krajna, Pałuki, as well as the Kalisz region. You will listen to the sound of melodies played on bagpipes of the Bukowsko-Koscienski type and garter fiddles - unique musical instruments of Wielkopolska.

Using this website, you will notice that the title of a given subpage with recordings is the same as the title of the fairy tale in the book, while the recording itself has a different title. This is because for the recordings we have kept the original titles, that is, the ones used by the storytellers in their stories. What's more, you'll hear that some of the recordings are slightly different from the content of the tales in the book. Marta Guśniowska, listening to the same materials as you, gave them a literary shape of eight beautiful fairy tales.

We hope you enjoy the attached recordings!

Featured image - excerpt from illustrations of fairy tales by aut. Paulina Wyrt