The Three Witch Maidens
The Three Witch Maidens was originally published in the United Kingdom in 1972, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. This entry, however, refers to the 1977 paperback version published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. under its Beaver Books imprint.
| Author | Ruth Manning-Sanders |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | William Geldart |
| Cover artist | Ken Laidlaw |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fairy tales |
| Publisher | The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. |
Publication date | 1977 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 174 pp |
| ISBN | 0-600-38755-0 |
| OCLC | 59232103 |
The book is an 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.
The back cover states: "Magical characters and strange devices — a Swedish genie, a young African girl for whom the sun means disaster, an apple which rolls across a silver dish to reveal the whole world — wait to be discovered in this collection of folk and fairy tales from many lands. For readers of all ages."
Table of contents
- 1. The Three Witch Maidens (Transylvania)
- 2. The Good Oum-Aly (Valley of the Nile)
- 3. The Cow (Pomerania)
- 4. Lassy my Boy! (Sweden)
- 5. Walker by Moonlight (Africa)
- 6. The Giants in the Valley (Bohemia)
- 7. A Game of Cards with the King of Demons (India)
- 8. The Tailor, the Devil, and the Frogs (Czechoslovakia)
- 9. The Nine Ravens (Hungarian Gypsy)
- 10. The Silver Dish (Russia)
- 11. Tawhaki (New Zealand)
- 12. The Sneezing Ring (Greece)
- 13. The King of the Vultures (South America)
- 14. The Eighteen Soldiers (Hartz Mountains)
- 15. The Goat in Bed (Sicily)
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