Folklore and Local Traditions on Playing Cards
Folklore comes in many forms. Sometimes traditional story-telling preserves legends about local characters or events. Folklore may be rooted in the traditional cultures of the peoples who settled in the area, or of the local, indigenous people. It may involve music, dance, belief, objects, customs and so on.
Fairy Tales
the Game of Fairy Tales published by Multum in Parvo Co,, from 1896
Fairy Tales
German Fairy Tales Card Game.
Folk Cards
Folk Cards designed by Krystyna Gruchalska-Bunsch for Lot Polish Airlines, 1962.
Folklore
“Folklore” by Altenburger Spielkarten Fabrik, c.1982
Folklore No.169
Austrian Folklore deck first published by Piatnik in 1934.
Gaucho Naipes
‘Gaucho’ Spanish-suited deck, anonymous manufacturer, made in Argentina, 2001.
Gunfighters
Gunfighters playing cards from the Wild West Series by SPCC, 2018.
Happy Halloween
Spooky designs such as black cats, pumpkins, bats, spiders and ghosts for Halloween.
IBUSZ folklore playing cards
Hungarian folklore pack produced by IBUSZ travel agency, c. 1965.
Jack-O’-Lantern Tarot
Giuliano Costa's Jack-O’-Lantern tarot blends Rider-Waite symbolism with the rich and atmospheric themes of Halloween.
KITAB Playing Cards
KITAB playing cards with artwork by Abayneh Abebe, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
La Belle au bois dormant
Sleeping Beauty card game published in France, c.1980s.
Latvia Art
Playing cards designed by artist Larisa Kovalass-Kovalevska on the theme of the Latvian folk epic “Lāčplēsis”.
Le Avventure di Pinocchio
Avventure di Pinocchio by Dal Negro, based on Carlo Collodi’s famous 1883 novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio”.
Lubok playing cards
Lubok playing cards designed by Victor M. Sveshnikov. Russia, 1984.
Märchen-Quartett
Fairy Tales quartet game by F.X. Schmid, Munich, 1960.
Märchen-Quartett
Märchen-Quartett (Fairy Tales) illustrated by J. P. Werth and published by J. W. Spear & Söhne, c.1915.
Märchenquartett
Fairy Tales quartet designed by Annemarie Gramberg, published by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken AG, 1955.
Martín Fierro
Naipes “Martín Fierro” based on the epic poem by José Hernandez.
Matryoshka playing cards
The first nested doll set was carved in 1890.