Language English Media type Print (hardcover) Originally published 1978 Genre Fairy tale | Publication date 1978 Pages 95 pp Publisher Angus & Robertson Country Australia | |
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Old Witch Boneyleg is a 1978 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. This is a companion volume to The Haunted Castle. The book's title story is a Baba Yaga tale, although it does not mention the witch by name.
Table of contents
- Old Witch Boneyleg (Russia)
- The Bunyip (Australia)
- The Farmer and the Water Fairies (Iceland)
- Iron Hans (Transylvania)
- Two Minutes (Russia)
- The Broken Pitcher (France)
- Natasha Most Lovely (Russia)
- The King's Beard (Greece)
- The Gold Stag (German soldier story)
- The Dancing Pigs (Germany)
- Giant Babolna (Hungary)
- The Cauld Lad of Hilton (England)
- Tossen the Fool (Denmark)
References
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