Mihály Fincicky (Čepeľ, since 1914 part of Velke Kapusany, 22 September 1842 – Ungvár 1916) was a Hungarian lawyer, translator, collector of folk songs and folk tales, lifelong mayor of Ungvár since 1891.

Mihály Fincicky
Fincicky, c. 1890
Born22 September 1842
Died1916

Biography

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He and his colleagues collected 339 folk-songs and 92 folk tales. The original version of this collection of Rusyn songs is unavailable. The collection has been published in Hungarian by Kisfaludy Társaság in 1870 as a part of the series Hazai, nem magyar ajkú népköltészet tára. After retiring, he translated 40 of the fairy tales collected by him. These were published in 1970.

Sources

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  • Sztripszky Hiador: Ethnographia, 1916.
  • Berze Nagy János: Magyar népmesetípusok (I–II., Pécs, 1957).
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  • Magyar néprajzi lexikon (1. kiadás ed.). Akadémiai Kiadó. 1979. ISBN 963-05-1287-4. II. kötet.