A Book of Sorcerers and Spells

infobox Book |
name = A Book of Sorcerers and Spells
title_orig =
translator =
author = Ruth Manning-Sanders
cover_artist = Robin Jacques
illustrator = Robin Jacques
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fairy Tales
publisher = E. P. Dutton
release_date = 1974
media_type = Print (hardcover)
pages = 125 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-525-27040-X

A Book of Sorcerers and Spells is a 1974 anthology of 12 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.

In the foreword, Manning-Sanders writes, "Sorcerers and sorceresses work their magic spells in much the same way as wizards and witches; and if you were to ask me what the difference is between a sorceress and a witch, I should say it is just a matter of dignity. You will never find a sorceress careering through the air on a broomstick, or bouncing over the ground in a wash tub..."

The tale "The Mossy Rock" involves the trickster Anansi, in spider form.

This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1973, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Table of contents

*Foreword
*1. Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What (Russia)
*2. The Sleeper (Ireland)
*3. Mannikin Spanalong (Germany)
*4. The Foam Maiden (Gypsy)
*5. The Palace of the Seven Little Hills (Ireland)
*6. The Great Bear of Orange (Ireland)
*7. Oda and the Snake (Austria)
*8. The Three Ivans (Russia)
*9. Foni and Fotia (Sudan)
*10. Sorcerer Kaldoon (Transylvania)
*11. The Magic Monkeys (Italy)
*12. The Mossy Rock (North Africa)

ee also

*Magic (paranormal)
*Magician (fantasy)