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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953676403321

Titolo

The robber with a witch's head : more stories from the great treasury of Sicilian folk and fairy tales / / collected by Laura Gonzenbach ; translated and edited by Jack Zipes ; illustrations by Joellyn Rock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87704-1

0-415-97168-3

1-135-87705-X

1-280-10415-5

0-203-01789-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GonzenbachLaura <1842-1878.>

ZipesJack <1937->

Disciplina

398.2/09458

Soggetti

Folklore - Italy - Sicily

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230).

Nota di contenuto

The clever maiden -- The robber with a witch's head -- The clever farmer's daughter -- The count and his sister -- Clever Peppe -- Maria, the evil stepmother, and the seven robbers -- Bensurdatu -- The rooster who wanted to become pope -- The brave prince -- The innkeeper's beautiful daughter -- The beautiful maiden with the seven veils -- The merchant's clever youngest daughter -- Maruzzedda -- Armaiinu -- The golden lion -- The twelve robbers -- Three good pieces of advice -- Tobia and Tobiola -- Joseph the just -- The two brothers -- The seven brothers with magic talents -- The pious young man who went to Rome -- Sabedda and her brother -- The clever shoemaker -- The twins -- Beautiful Innocenta -- The wicked schoolmaster and the wandering princess -- The four princesses -- Zafarana -- Peasant truthful -- About Joseph, who set out to seek his fortune -- The wasteful Giovanninu -- The banished queen and her two abandoned children -- The pious child -- Katerina's fate -- Godfather death -- Beautiful Anna -- The dragon slayer -- Saint James of Galicia -- The hermit -- The prince's two children from Monteleone



-- The clever farmer.

Sommario/riassunto

The Robber with the Witch's Head presents almost fifty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, this is a storyteller's dream, full of adventure and magic, translated by Jack Zipes.