Greuceanu
Hero of the Romanian folklore, Greuceanu is a young brave man who finds that the Sun and the Moon have been stolen by zmei. After a long fight with the three zmei and their wives (zmeoaice), Greuceanu sets the Sun and the Moon free so the people on Earth have light again.
"Greuceanu" is also the title of a fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.[1]
References
- Petre Ispirescu, Legende sau basmele românilor, Editura Minerva, 1989
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