The turnip princess : and other newly discovered fairy tales /
Franz Xaver von SchoÌnwerth ; compiled and edited with a foreword by Erika Eichenseer ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Maria Tatar ; illustrations by Engelbert Suss.
- xx, 264 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Penguin classics .
- Penguin classics. .
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tales of magic and romance -- Enchanted animals -- Otherworldly creatures -- Legends -- Tall tales and anecdotes -- Tales about nature. The turnip princess -- The enchanted quill -- The iron shoes -- The wolves -- The flying trunk -- King Goldenlocks -- The beautiful slave girl -- Three flowers -- The figs -- The enchanted musket -- The three abducted daughters -- The portrait -- Ashfeathers -- Twelve tortoises -- Thumbnickel -- Hans the strong man -- Lousehead -- Seven with one blow! -- The burning trough -- The king's bodyguard -- The scorned princess -- The talking bird, the singing tree, and the sparkling stream -- The weasel -- The knight's sash -- The girl and the cow -- The call of the shepherd's horn -- The mark of the dog, pig, and cat -- The three-legged goats -- The traveling animals -- The snake's treaure -- The snake sister -- "Follow me, Jodel!" -- The toad bride -- Prince Dung Beetle -- The three spindles -- The little flax flower -- Woodpecker -- The red silk ribbon -- Twelve brides -- The howling of the wind -- Hans Dundeldee -- The belt and the necklace -- Drunk with love -- Anna Mayala -- In the jaws of the merman -- The king's ring -- The three golden crowns -- Nine bags of gold -- Two brothers -- Tricking the witch -- The enchanted fiddle -- The Devil and the fisherman -- The expert hunter -- A pot of gold in the oven -- Contests with the Devil -- Woud and Freid -- The mouse catcher, or, The boy and the beetle -- Pearl tears -- Flour for the snow -- Hoydel -- The talker -- The clever tailor -- Learning how to steal -- "Don't get mad!" -- Oferla -- Sir Wind and his wife -- The ice giants -- Why snow is white -- The sun takes an oath -- The sun's shadow -- What the moon tried to wear -- The singing tree.