A Book of Enchantments and Curses
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| Author | Ruth Manning-Sanders |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Robin Jacques |
| Cover artist | Robin Jacques |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fairy Tales |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
| Released | 1977 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 128 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0525268707 |
A Book of Enchantments and Curses is a 1977 anthology of 13 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 Russian tale Vasilissa Most Lovely involves the witch Baba Yaga.
In her introduction, Manning-Sanders writes: "...[I]f we were to say that a girl was enchanted ... [i]t would mean that the poor thing was under a spell, from which we must do all in our power to free her. ... The word curse is more difficult. We all know what it means, but nobody seems to know just how it came to have that meaning. At any rate, a curse is always a bad thing, never a good. The person upon whom it is laid is in for a very hard time; and it generally takes all the heroic courage and ingenuity of some brave soul to lift it."
[edit] Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1. Sarah Winyan (Jamaica)
- 2. Unfortunate (Sicily)
- 3. The Enchanted Candle (Switzerland)
- 4. The Queen's Ring (Pomerania)
- 5. The Curse of the Very Small Man (Germany)
- 6. A Lying Story (Pomerania)
- 7. Vasilissa Most Lovely (Russia)
- 8. The Pick Handle (Africa)
- 9. The Princess in the Mountain (Transylvania)
- 10. Black, Red, and Gold (Spain)
- 11. The Knights of the Fish (Spain)
- 12. Peter (Germany)
- 13. Catrinella, Come up Higher! (Russia)
[edit] Note
On the copyright page, is it stated: For permission to retell "Black, Red, and Gold" the author wishes to thanks Messrs Eugene Diederichs Verlag, Düsseldorf and Köln.
