{"id":1001,"date":"2024-09-24T16:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veselaflamburari.com\/?post_type=product&p=1001"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:28:13","slug":"mina-magiite-i-byalata-styklenica","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/veselaflamburari.com\/en\/flamburari\/mina-magiite-i-byalata-styklenica\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Mina, Magic and the White Beaker\""},"content":{"rendered":"

We all have a special need for magical, fantastical worlds. In fact, this need sometimes just hangs in the air. Traditionally, characters and worlds in any fantasy are many. When fantasy is for the little ones, the worlds are simpler. But Mina's worlds are more complex and there are three of them. Even the weather in them is so different. It all begins on our Lower Earth, in our time. Then the events continue in the second world, that is the Upper Earth. There reigns the fairy-tale Middle Ages or magic, swords and wizards. And the third world is the world of tales from the Upper Earth. Time is mythical-cosmic there. The Balchik Palace is the link between the Lower and Upper Lands. The palace is wintry, beautiful and mysterious. And on Upper Earth, the story takes place in an empire called the Green Realms. The third world is a world of fairy tales that are told on Upper Earth. This world is cosmic and mythical. Galaxies and archetypal beings venture into it. They are called the Owners. They are: The Woman with the Winged Shirt (Samodivata), The Girl with the Fish Tail (The Mermaid), The Old Man with the very long beard and the Boy with Fiery Eyes and tiny wings under his armpits.<\/span><\/p>\n

The books in the series are magical.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nature, green is an extremely important element for the series. It is no coincidence that the empire from the Upper Earth is called the Green Realms. The main character's name is Mina Sorbus. And this means - Mina Kalinova (from the plant - Sorbus aucuparia L. or in other words - Viburnum). The viburnum tree has beautiful, red fruits. There are legends about viburnum in both Bulgarian and European traditions. It is said to have magical powers - on one hand to carry and uphold love in all its manifestations, and on the other hand to give courage, growth and psychic powers to anyone who sows a viburnum or to one who uses its fruits as medicine. All character names are formed this way. They are associated with the medicinal, mythical and magical properties of plants. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is also a whole odyssey in how the book was written. Vesela Flamburari tells the story: <\/span><\/p>\n

\"I come from the town of Dobrich (near the Black Sea). As a child, I sang in the Representative Children's Choir of Dobrich. The choir was from the four children's formations that represented our country outside the border in those times. Well, we used to go to the \"Ifkata\" children's camp for one summer month of the year. The building of this camp was right next to the fence of the famous Palace in Balchik. Then, for several years in a row, the Palace stood locked, closed, but mysterious and overgrown with greenery. I entered it secretly, just as Mina does, through holes in the fence. I was walking and dreaming. And the camp was not just a vacation! No... Every day we had singing, solfege, piano rehearsals. It was a great school. This is how the school for gifted children \"Seven Muses\" emerged in the book.
\n<\/span>Years later, my husband Dr. Vasileios Flampuraris and I were walking in the Palace and saw a large pink lizard. The lizard stood on a rock and the three of us looked at each other for a long time. Then the books appeared by themselves as if by magic\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The series is written for those who are interested in European mythologies, magical tales and epic songs. It is a modern, contemporary story that is closely related to the fairy tale in general.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201eTales from the Upper Land: Mina, Magic and the White Beaker\u201c<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Publisher: OnTime Books, London, UK<\/span><\/p>

Year of publishing: 2020<\/span><\/p>

Cover artist: Chris Morten<\/span><\/p>

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Year of publishing: 2022<\/p>

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Year of publishing: 2023<\/p>

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<\/div>\nThe \"Mina\" trilogy was awarded the National Award \"Best Children's Fiction\" for 2014. The book also has an ESFS Nomination (after European selection, short list of three people\/short list\/): \"Spirit of Faithfulness: Best Creator of Children's Books in the Genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy\", 37th European Science Fiction Convention and Fantasy Eurocon, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015.<\/p>\n

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