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A four-part cycle of religious tales: wise and foolish virgins await a bridegroom; Mary of Nijmegen marries the devil but is redeemed by the Virgin Mary; the Nativity story includes a miracle that restores a blacksmith’s daughter’s hands; and Sister Pasqualina leaves her convent, is accused of murder, and is saved from execution by Mary before returning to the convent and dying.
Radúz and Mahulena, children of feuding kingdoms, fall in love and face challenges including the sorcery of Queen Runa. Zeyer’s dramatic poem combines fairy-tale motifs and mythology, drawing on Slovak tales and Kalidasa’s Shakuntala.
After Libuše’s death, women revolt and form an army led by Šárka. As the male troops’ morale declines, Ctirad guards Libuše’s tomb. The women swear vengeance when he frightens them from the tomb. Šárka is tied to a tree as bait; Ctirad frees her, and they fall in love. As they sleep, she remembers her plan and signals the maidens, who kill Ctirad and his warriors. At Ctirad’s funeral, Šárka throws herself onto his pyre and dies.
A four-part cycle of religious tales: wise and foolish virgins await a bridegroom; Mary of Nijmegen marries the devil but is redeemed by the Virgin Mary; the Nativity story includes a miracle that restores a blacksmith’s daughter’s hands; and Sister Pasqualina leaves her convent, is accused of murder, and is saved from execution by Mary before returning to the convent and dying.
Radúz and Mahulena, children of feuding kingdoms, fall in love and face challenges including the sorcery of Queen Runa. Zeyer’s dramatic poem combines fairy-tale motifs and mythology, drawing on Slovak tales and Kalidasa’s Shakuntala.
After Libuše’s death, women revolt and form an army led by Šárka. As the male troops’ morale declines, Ctirad guards Libuše’s tomb. The women swear vengeance when he frightens them from the tomb. Šárka is tied to a tree as bait; Ctirad frees her, and they fall in love. As they sleep, she remembers her plan and signals the maidens, who kill Ctirad and his warriors. At Ctirad’s funeral, Šárka throws herself onto his pyre and dies.