Képzelet-királyfiak : Mese by Margit Kaffka
"In peril on the sea" by Montague T. Hainsselin is a literary fairy tale written in the early 20th century. It follows three royal brothers from Imaginationland who, carried by a moonlit Dream-carriage into the realm of Reality, test power, knowledge, and beauty against a resistant world. The tale centers on Acháj the warrior, Námán the seeker of truth, and Yonos the gentle artist, using their paths as an allegory of ambition,
wisdom, and inspiration. The opening of the tale stages a luminous night festival in Imaginationland, where musical flowers and firefly lamps celebrate three princes coming of age as the fabled Dream-carriage arrives to bear them to Reality, a journey all call “Álom.” Acháj wakes in harsh mountains, fells a stag, is hailed by cave-dwellers as leader, imposes order, refines weapons, discovers fire, subdues river folk, and plans conquests of the plains until a mysterious voice makes him question the end of power. Námán reaches a vast steppe, is hosted by shepherds, cures a flock’s plague with herbs, introduces counting, weighing, and writing, then publicly teaches natural truths that offend their idol-cult; sentenced to death, he is freed at night by Jezabel and flees with his devoted pupils. At the start of Yonos’s story, he sits by a moonlit sea in an unfinished white city, envisions a serene woman with an olive branch, and, seized by inspiration, sculpts her form from marble as the night declines. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Kaffka, Margit, 1880-1918 |
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| Title | Képzelet-királyfiak : Mese |
| Original Publication | Budapest: Lampel Róbert (Wodianer F. és Fiai), 1909. |
| Contents | Képzeletország -- Acháj -- Námán -- Yonos, a kedves. |
| Credits | Albert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian Electronic Library |
| Language | Hungarian |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- Hungary |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77268 |
| Release Date | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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