Contes pebrats e salats - Daniel Loddo - Anthologie du conte populaire occitan 6

Contes pebrats e salats - Daniel Loddo - Anthologie du conte populaire occitan 6
(peppered and salty tales) - Fairy tales of Occitanie

Curiously, taste references are often used to describe erotic or scatological stories, even if sometimes they are also called Calhòls tales, a visual term, sometimes chromatic.

It's up to you to discover the reason by slipping between the pages of this new collection specially concocted by Daniel Loddo and the association CORDAE La Talvera.

But beware: many "passan l'òsca", go beyond good conveniences, and should not be left within the reach of anyone, especially children or ears too sensitive. They were collected between 1979 and 2018 in Occitan language and are presented here in their original version accompanied by commentary and a translation into French.

The licentious literature, written or oral, although often disdained by the researchers, has been present for a long time in Occitania and already in their time the troubadours had not failed to devote themselves to it. But do not we say that in Occitan such humor would be much better?

So do as the storytellers who told us these tales, read them, learn them and tell them in your turn, but in Occitan preferably ...

Collection Anthologie du conte populaire occitan n° 6. Edition Association CORDAE / La Talvera.