#stories

• Afanasiev — A proper surname of Russian origin, renowned globally due to Aleksandr Afanasiev (1826–1871), the preeminent Russian folklorist, regarded as the Slavic equivalent of the Brothers Grimm. He compiled and published a monumental collection of over 600 Russian fairy tales and folk legends, saving masterpieces of oral tradition from oblivion and founding modern ethnographic studies in the Slavic world.
• Anecdotage — The totality of anecdotes within a literature, an era, or specific to a nation; the art of composing or telling anecdotes. As an adjectival form, it represents the feminine singular of 'anecdotic', describing a fragmented narrative structure or statistically unverifiable isolated evidence.
• Little stallion — An affective diminutive of the noun 'armăsar', frequently used in Romanian fairy tales, ballads, and folk poetry to designate a young, swift horse of exceptional beauty, deeply devoted to its master. In a symbolic regional sense, the term emphasizes the close spiritual bond between the mythic hero and his magical horse, occasionally used as a proper name for animals in rural households.
• Babar — The name of a famous fictional character, an anthropomorphic elephant dressed in an elegant green suit, created by French author Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 in the book 'Histoire de Babar'. Having become the king of elephants, the character promotes values of civilization, family, and social order in children's literature, being globally adapted into successful animated series. In a secondary historical context, it represents a graphic variant or alternative transliteration for Babur (1483–1530), the famous emperor and founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
• Bogeywoman — An imaginary character frequently found in Romanian folklore and children's stories, depicted as an old, ugly, often wicked woman or endowed with negative supernatural powers, used symbolically to frighten or discipline children; a bogeywoman, hag, or anthropomorphic representation of an obscure malevolent entity.
• Rhythmic thudding — A repeated onomatopoeic word used in folk speech or stories to imitate the rhythmic sound produced by the heavy waddling of a bird (such as a duck or goose), the repeated thumping of an old mechanism, or the sound of muffled steps on a muddy or wet surface.