Fearless girls, wise women, and beloved sisters : heroines in folktales from around the world
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- ISBN: 0393045986
- ISBN: 9780393045987
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Physical Description:
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xxvii, 450 p. : maps ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-438) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Tales from Europe. The stolen bairn and the sìdh (Scotland) -- The three sisters and their husbands, three brothers (Ireland) -- The corpse watchers (Ireland) -- The crookened back (Ireland) -- The horned women (Ireland) -- Whuppity stoorie (Scotland) -- Molly Whuppie (England) -- The treasure of Downhouse (England) -- The hand of glory (England) -- Tamlane (England) -- The night troll (Iceland) -- The grateful elfwoman (Iceland) -- "My Jon's soul" (Iceland) -- The ghost at Fjelkinge (Sweden) -- Little Red Cap (Germany) -- The wood maiden (Czechoslovakia) -- The child who was poor and good (Greece) -- The pigeon's bride (Yugoslavia) -- How the king chose a daughter-in-law (Romania) -- Marichka (Gypsy) -- Davit (Georgia) -- Anait (Caucasus) -- The fortune-teller (Russia) -- The tsaritsa harpist (Russia). |
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