Record details

• ISBN: 003062374X (pbk.) :
• ISBN: 9780030623745 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 0805006796 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 9780805006797 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xvi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Edition: 1st Owl Book ed.
• Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982, �1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981.

"An Owl book."

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176).

Formatted Contents Note:

The maid of the north (Finnish) -- Fair exchange (Celtic) -- Gawain and the Lady Ragnell (English) -- The monkey's heart (African) -- The twelve huntsmen (German) -- The old woman and the rice cakes (Japanese) -- The tiger and the jackal (Punjab) -- East of the sun, west of the moon (Norwegian) -- The hunter maiden (Zuni) -- The giant's daughter (Scandinavian) -- Mulha (South African) -- Elsa and the evil wizard (Swedish) -- Maria Morevna (Russian) -- Duffy and the Devil (Cornish) -- How the Summer Queen came to Canada (Canadian Indian) -- The stars in the sky (English) -- Lanval and the Lady Triamor (Breton/Celtic) -- Bending willow (American Indian) -- Finn magic (Scandinavian) -- The husband who stayed at home (Norwegian) -- Scheherazade retold (Persian).

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Heroines in literature > Legends.
Women heroes > Legends.
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