Among the waves of the Aegean Sea or atop the mountains, from Epirus to Crete, from Asia Minor to Calabria, in Athens or on the islands, and in many other places of Hellenism, the fairy tales of popular tradition weave together ancient myths with more recent Eastern and Western influences, magic with the customs and traditions of the rural world.

They tell stories of fantastic creatures, headstrong princesses, cheeky youths, talking animals, magnificent Moirai, virtuous sailors, honest poor people, and ungrateful rich, challenging the laws of the known world and even the unknown one...