ISBN:
9781775567714
,
9781775410119
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (516 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Violet Fairy Book
DDC:
398.2
Keywords:
Fairy tales
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the
Description / Table of Contents:
Title; Contents; Preface; A Tale of the Tontlawald; The Finest Liar in the World; The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars; Schippeitaro; The Three Princes and Their Beasts; The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan; The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples; The Lute Player; The Grateful Prince; The Child Who Came from an Egg; Stan Bolovan; The Two Frogs; The Story of a Gazelle; How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water; Two in a Sack; The Envious Neighbour; The Fairy of the Dawn; The Enchanted Knife; Jesper Who Herded the Hares; The Underground Workers; The History of Dwarf Long Nose
Description / Table of Contents:
The Nunda, Eater of PeopleThe Story of Hassebu; The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet; The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish; The Headless Dwarfs; The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened; The Boys with the Golden Stars; The Frog; The Princess Who was Hidden Underground; The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy; The Story of Halfman; The Prince Who Wanted to See the World; Virgilius the Sorcerer; Mogarzea and His Son; Endnotes;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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