A Book of Charms and Changelings
- A Book of Charms and Changelings
infobox Book |
name = A Book of Charms and Changelings
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 = 1972
media_type = Print (hardcover)
pages = 124 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-525-26775-1
A Book of Charms and Changelings is a 1972 anthology of 15 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.
This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1971, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Table of contents
*Foreword
*1. The Magic Bridle (Bosnia)
*2. Chien-Nang (China)
*3. The Enchanted Wine Jug (Korea)
*4. The Flute Player (Finland)
*5. The Dwarf with the Long Beard (Slavic)
*6. The Hat (Esthonia)
*7. Fedor and the Fairy (Gypsy)
*8. Pancakes and Pies (Russia)
*9. The Forty Goats (Valley of the Nile)
*10. The Ogre, the Sun, and the Raven (North American Indian)
*11. Peppi (Sicily)
*12. The Sun Mother (Transylvania)
*13. The White Lamb (Brittany)
*14. Rubizal (Silesia)
*15. Tredrill (Cornwall)
ee also
*Changeling
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