Threads of Gold: Ancient Bulgarian Tales of Magic and Mystery

Co-sponsored by the Elphinstone Institute and the Grampian Association of Storytellers

Born by the Black Sea and the Old Mountain, Nana Tomova is a Traditional Oral Storyteller who carries in her bones old Bulgarian stories: …A maid made gold by the river of magic for her gifts to the serpents and the snakes of the dark. A river of red birthed by the blade which sought the apple of gold. Whilst the dragoness wept for the earth and the rivers. Their blood shed to make a hero, their tears wept to soothe the earth…