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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.2/09458
• Soggetto topico: Folklore - Italy - Sicily
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GonzenbachLaura <1842-1878.> RockJoellyn ZipesJack <1937->
• 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 -- Tobià and Tobiòla -- 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The robber with a witch's head
• ISBN: 1-135-87705-X; 1-280-10415-5; 0-203-01789-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450696603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II