The Eighth Tribe, 1981 (8. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1981-02-01 / 2. szám
February, 1981 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 5 and that “the trail does not lead back anymore to the old and happy country, never and never.” In the Calevala of the Finns, the stag, the favorite animal of the Queen of the Underworld, lures the hero to his death. The Sumerians, (King Nimrod’s people) whose written chronicles extend back six thousand years, lived between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. (According to the words of the legend of the Enchanted White Stag: — “Two large rivers wound their way from the mountains to the sea.. .”) In the latest Sumerian diggings, many reliefs, crude drawings cylindrical seals have been found which show the stag fleeing from the lion (Assir), under the protecting wings of the Bird ZU, or under the tree of life. Translated by Elizabeth M. Wass Reprinted from Selected Hungarian Legends by Albert 1Fass. The Picture on page 4. was painted by: JOSEPH MOR Joseph Mor was born at Celldomolk, Hungary. Education: graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest. Joseph Mor began his artistic career as a stage designed. Later he was commissioned to paint murals for various public buildings in Hungary and Austria. He also worked for the Hungarian government as an architect and was employed as an illustrator for three Hungarian magazines. In Hungary he is well known as a painter of murals. In this capacity he has decorated 5 churches and painted oyer 60 ceiling and wall frescoes. In 1965 he went to Germany where he set up a studio and concentrated on portraits and nude studies. There he also taught art privately. In 1967 he came to the U.S. and held an exhibition at the Edison Park Library in New Jersey. A year later he was called to restore the Church of St. Peter in Philadelphia. Since 1968 Mr. Mor has been a free-lance artist, working as a restorer, illustrator, painter and teacher of art. He is a member of the World Federation of Hungarian Artists and won a silver medal from the Arpad Academy for one of his works. He is also a member of the Leonardo da Vinci Art Alliance. Mr. Mor has held many exhibits in Hungary, Vienna, Paris and America; he participated in the exhibition of the World Federation of Hungarian Artists held in King of Prussia, Pa., in 1968, Cleveland 1970-74, Munich 1972, Washington, D.C. 1973. In 1970 his paintings were exhibited at Green Hill in Lower Merion, Pa. His work has been warmly received by critics both in the U.S. and abroad. Dorothy Grafly of The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to Mr. Mor as a “witty and unique creator,” while European art critics praised his style for its truly individualistic and Hungarian character. IN MEMORIAM TO RITA KOVACSICS On November 30, 1980 the Hungarian Ethnic Croup of Western Pennsylvania was shocked and in a state of total disbelief at the loss of Rita Kovacsics. For Rita was respected and loved by all the members of the Ethnic Group. She could make friends with anyone with her gleaming smile and pleasant personality. She contributed greatly to the Ethnic Group for she dearly loved the organization. Her greatest contribution to the dance group was her natural talent as a dancer. She was regarded by many leading Hungarian dance teachers as an exceptional dancer, among them such well-known choreographers as István Soltay, Andor Csompó, László Kürti, and Mr. and Mrs. Magyar. But then again she was an individual with many talents, and anything she did was a total success. In school she was in the scholar’s program from her junior high school years at Riezenstein to her high school years at Peabody. She was also talented in art, and attended classes at Carnegie Institute from the age of eight until she was eleven. She also was a member of the Greyko Junior Tamburitzans since she was eight years of age. She went on tour with th«t Tammies for three weeks in the summer of 1979. She joined the Hungarian Ethnic Group when she was six years of age, and has attended many dance workshops conducted
