The robber with a witch's head
Subtitle: more stories from the great treasury of Sicilian folk and fairy tales
By: collected by Laura Gonzenbach ; translated and edited by Jack Zipes ; illustrations by Joellyn Rock.
Contributors: Gonzenbach, Laura, 1842-1878.; Zipes, Jack David.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Folklore -- Italy -- Sicily; Folklore -- Italy -- Sicily -- Classification
Description: "Jack Zipes has uncovered this neglected treasure trove of Sicilian folk and fairy tales. Laura Gonzenbach collected wonderful stories - some on subjects that readers will know from the Grimms or Perrault, some entirely new - and published them in German. Her early death and the destruction of her papers in the Messina earthquake of 1908 only add to the mystery behind her achievement." "The Robber with a Witch's Head presents more than forty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, The Robber with a Witch's Head is a storyteller's dream, full of adventure and magic, expertly rendered by the translator of the Brothers Grimm."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The clever maiden; title: The robber with a witch's head; title: The clever farmer's daughter; title: The count and his sister; title: Clever Peppe; title: Maria, the evil stepmother, and the seven robbers; title: Bensurdatu; title: The rooster who wanted to become pope; title: The brave prince; title: The innkeeper's beautiful daughter; title: The beautiful maiden with the seven veils; title: The merchant's clever youngest daughter; title: Maruzzedda; title: Armaiinu; title: The golden lion; title: The twelve robbers; title: Three good pieces of advice; title: Tobi and Tobila; title: Joseph the just; title: The two brothers; title: The seven brothers with magic talents; title: The pious young man who went to Rome; title: Sabedda and her brother; title: The clever shoemaker; title: The twins; title: Beautiful Innocenta; title: The wicked schoolmaster and the wandering princess; title: The four princesses; title: Zafarana; title: Peasant truthful; title: About Joseph, who set out to seek his fortune; title: The wasteful Giovanninu; title: The banished queen and her two abandoned children; title: The pious child; title: Katerina's fate; title: Godfather death; title: Beautiful Anna; title: The dragon slayer; title: Saint James of Galicia; title: The hermit; title: The prince's two children from Monteleone; title: The clever farmer.