Szabadfalvi József szerk.: Néprajzi tanulmányok a Zempléni-hegyvidékről (A miskolci Herman Ottó Múzeum néprajzi kiadványai 10. Miskolc, 1965)

Ferenczi Imre: Bodrogszentesi mondák és legendák

remoreful shepherd about the rightousness of the regulations. No. 6. King Mathias denounces the greedy and murderer innkeeper. He has him executed. This is a special local legend of the Bodrogköz (Zemplén county, Northeast-Hungary). No. 7. tells about some caracteristics and important deeds of the famous Hungarian betyár leader, Sándor Rózsa. His wellknown act was that he took part in the war of liberation in 1848/49 beside Lajos Kossuth. His being a lover of luxury and having overhuman power is legendary characterisation. No. 8. is the creation myth of the buffalo, standing in contact with the creation m yth of the alder tree. The devil is the creator but he cannot give life to his creations without God's help. No. 9. is Samson's story with Delilah's episode. No. 10, 11, 12, 13. are about Virgin Mary, about the instructive story of Saint Peter and Christ walking on the earth (revealing Peter's falsities), and also about Jesus, pursuit. No. 14. is the story in which Death is God's servant. In one case Death stands against him. For 20 years he has to be a servant on the earth. He is the coachman of a landlord. The story ends in a travel to the fair. The landlord mistakes three times, Death tells him his mistakes and the cause why he is guilty. At the end death throttles the landlord and takes him away but at the same time his time is also fulfilled. The story of the magic coachman is universally popular in the Zemplén area and in Northeast Hungary: No. 15, 16, 17. The coachman usually serves a landlord and takes him to a strange journey. He dashes across water and all means with exceding speed. The horses fall out of the harness but the coachman revives them. The master sends him away, but he must take him back. The presented myths and legends are generally characteristic of the traditions of the Hungarian population of Zemplén and even farthen in Northeast-Hungary. Such is the 18th piece characterising the shepherd of magical strength. Imre Ferenczi 282