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A Cauldron of Witches
First edition
AuthorRuth Manning-Sanders
IllustratorScoular Anderson
LanguageEnglish
GenreFairy Tales
PublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.
Publication date1988
Publication placeGreat Britain
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages127 pp
ISBN0-416-05172-3

A Cauldron of Witches is a 1988 anthology of 12 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It was the final published book in a long series of such anthologies by author Manning-Sanders, who died in October 1988 at age 102.

Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • 1. The Little Grey Donkey (Sweden)
  • 2. The Amber Witch (Norway)
  • 3. Witch Longnose and her Cat Periwinkle (Cornwall)
  • 4. The Witch in the Wood (Germany)
  • 5. Wolfgang and the Witches (Bohemia)
  • 6. Tow-how and the Witch (Papua New Guinea)
  • 7. Martin and the Lions (Tyrol)
  • 8. The Giant on the Mount (France)
  • 9. Elsa and the Witch (Russia)
  • 10. The Witch's Flute (Bulgaria)
  • 11. The Whirlwind's Castle (Finland)
  • 12. Moti-katika and the Water Witch (South-east Africa)

References

  1. The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. p. 491. ISBN 978-1-55862-050-6.


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