Erotic Serbian folktales from the 19th century

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/11/erotic-serbian-folktales-from-the-19th-century.html

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[jerwin]

Are you sure that Google translate is good at this sort of thing?

[Mel_J]

Contributed by Natalie Dressed

[anothernewbbaccount]

@jerwin

Are you sure that Google translate is good at this sort of thing?

Indeed, the innuendo does seem a little obscure.

[nick_warr]

Also, without the appropriate non verbal cues, how would we know what is being referenced?

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[FGD135]

But then again a nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat, isn’t it.

[Ttt_Ttt]

I’m thinking this is some “you had to be there” stuff.

[Brainspore]

I think the cart thing is about the Monk coaxing the Mara into a sexual position resembling a wheelbarrow but even that one is clearly suffering in the translation.

[Surprise_Puma]

Ohhhh! That makes more sense. I was just assuming the Serbians were the origins of the werecar mythology and this was some freaky paranormal erotica.