Hungarian Folk Tales: Stone Soup (S05E04)

The Hungarian Folk Tales stem from original folktale collections, every episode has its special authentic ornamentation. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes.

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The soldier returning from the war in ragged clothes starts to beg alms in the village but nobody takes pity on him. Then he has recourse to a stratagem. He asks an old woman for a pot and water to cook a soup from a stone. He swindles salt, fat, sausage and potato after the other out of the woman so the “stone soup” becomes finished.

Made by the Kecskemét Film Studio.
Directed by: Marcell Jankovics, Balázs Pál Nagy
Storyteller: Gyula Szabó
Music: Kaláka band

The makers used the decorative art of a certain countryside region at each episode. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes, which have unique imagery, sometimes spicy folk humor in the dialogues. Thanks to the natural presentation of the storytellers, and the music of the Kaláka band, the viewer can experience something unique and special.

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Old woman: I dont even a crumb of bread
Has sausage

[Starmadien]

Help I can't stop watching these.

[Eszter-fvud]

Nobody:
YouTube: do you wanna hear some folk tales, which you heard like 1000 times in your native language in kindergarten?

[tillylilly]

I heard a different version from my mom where a soldier was wondering home and like with this version he was turned away from every house and was very hungry but instead he got a big pot and boiled water in it outside where everyone could see then he added the rocks to it when someone asked "what are you making?" And he said "stone soup although it is better with a potato" and the person said "I have a potato but nothing more" so they brought it and put it in the soup and then another person asked the same thing and the soldier said "stone soup but I find it better with a carrot" and the person said "I have a carrot but nothing more" and brought it and they put it in to and this continued where meny people brought together what little they had and made a wonderful soup that they all enjoyed together and where very happy and after they all ate the soldier went on his way to find his way home again

[toasthead]

Can somebody make a perfect looping gift of that aggressive potato peeling

[davidb]

I like the version of this story where the whole village makes the stone soup. It takes on a completely different meaning: "Divided we are weak, together we are strong."

In this version, it just becomes a parable about how a man cleverly tricks an old woman.

[lillapecsi]

I am hungarian, and am so happy to see, that so many people are watching this, and like it ☺️

[bogdanlubczynski]

Yea in Poland also say "poor like church mouse"
Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát
XD

[CountryCowboy]

I think morale of the story is that a lot of us usually take our blessings for granted; we always think and feel that we don’t have any wealth, but it takes perspective to realise that, indeed, we have everything that we need.

[Morunic]

These folktales really deserves more likes and views. It's so sad that storytellers and bards are very rare these days:(

[jx]

As a Romanian, these cartoons bring me back the best of childhood memories. Thanks, Hungarion Folk Tales.

[JARedwolf]

I remember this tale as a very young child. My grade school was even so inspired to make stone soup after the very recipe but with added ingredients. Honestly it was very silly but fun nevertheless for we all had a part in it.

[WobblesandBean]

We did this at my elementary school! They made a big pot full of stone soup, and we all had to bring a single ingredient, like the original tale, where everyone in the village coughed up a little something, instead of it all being just one woman. Then we all had the soup for lunch. It was awesome. ❤

[Hunlover]

i heard a different one, where he was wandering with his stone, and he got to an old ladies home, she had barely anything, and the community was poor. but the man convinced them that his rock could make any soup taste great. "does anyone have a single leek? a single sausage?" asking for just one thing each time, from everyone, and together they made an amazing soup. they asked him how the rock worked, and he told them that the strength of their hearts made the soup taste great, the rock just gave them the last nudge of confidence they needed to share some of their food for the common good <3

[poweredbymoonlight]

THIS! THIS IS THE ONE EPISODE I REMEMBERED FROM THEN I WATCHED IT IN MY CHILDHOOD!!! :D I KNEW IT HAD TO BE THIS CARTOON WITH THIS INTRO AND OUTRO!

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING IT FOR YEARS! *THANK YOUUU*

[minedark]

I gotta say, I am very happy to see everyone liking these stories because as a kid these are what I grew up on. It can't replace to original voice actor but perfect can't be beaten. The more people who hear these stories and are brought happiness because of it, the better.

[asainsan]

Meaning of this story: The stone was pointless, it didn't do anything to the soup except the soldier knew the woman was lying of having nothing and so he tricked the old woman onto getting everything she has to make a soup.

[frei_YUH]

I remembered this story when i was a kid and was lowkey impressed at how the man tricked the old woman to help him make soup using "what little food" she has. Still impressed now

[arenmations]

I’m Ukrainian and I know a similar story. It’s called каша из топора which means porridge from an axe. It’s about a soldier coming through and finding baba yaga who tries to eat him because there is nothing else. He says there is other food! you can eat porridge with an axe. She’s confused and he makes the porridge slowly while she unconsciously gives him more ingredients he asks for. Eventually they actually make porridge. Haha nostalgia.

[nathansmith]

Oh I have nothing not even a crumb
*literally has a whole stock and variety of foods*