Folk and Fairy Tales
Folk and Fairy Tales is a 1978 anthology of 25 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. In fact, the book is mostly a collection of tales published in previous Manning-Sanders anthologies. Stories are pulled from A Book of Dragons, A Book of Mermaids, A Book of Witches, A Book of Dwarfs, A Book of Devils and Demons, A Book of Kings and Queens, A Book of Magic Animals, A Book of Giants, A Book of Ogres and Trolls, A Book of Wizards, A Book of Enchantments and Curses and A Book of Monsters.
There are also five previously unpublished stories.
It is preceded by the anthology A Choice of Magic, another collection of previously published Manning-Sanders tales.Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1. My Lord Bag of Rice
- 2. Merman Rosmer
- 3. The Old Witch
- 4. The Skipper and the Dwarfs
- 5. Something Wonderful
- 6. Selim and the Snake Queen
- 7. Jon and His Brothers
- 8. The Monster with Seven Heads
- 9. The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body
- 10. The Little Tailor and the Three Dogs
- 11. The Silver Penny
- 12. Vasilissa Most Lovely
- 13. Fin M'Coul and Cucullin
- 14. King Josef
- 15. Long, Broad and Sharpsight
- 16. The Knights of the Fish
- 17. The Girl in the Basket
- 18. The Monster in the Mill
- 19. The Lost Prince
- 20. Lilla Rosa
- 21. Smoke Bones
- 22. The Magic Roots
- 23. The Sailor and the Devil
- 24. Sausages
- 25. The Caribou Wife
