Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

by Ragan, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780606215992
• ISBN10: 0606215999
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780393285871
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Demco Media
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Map
The Stolen Bairn and the Sidh	p. 3
The Three Sisters and Their Husbands, Three Brothers	p. 11
The Corpse Watchers	p. 18
The Crookened Back	p. 21
The Horned Women	p. 26
Whuppity Stoorie	p. 29
Molly Whuppie	p. 33
The Treasure of Downhouse	p. 36
The Hand of Glory	p. 38
Tamlane	p. 40
The Night Troll	p. 43
The Grateful Elfwoman	p. 45
"My Jon's Soul"	p. 46
The Ghost at Fjelkinge	p. 48
Little Red Cap	p. 50
The Wood Maiden	p. 54
The Child Who Was Poor and Good	p. 60
The Pigeon's Bride	p. 63
How the King Chose a Daughter-in-Law	p. 73
Marichka	p. 75
Davit	p. 77
Anait	p. 81
The Fortune-Teller	p. 92
The Tsaritsa Harpist	p. 96
The Vampire Skeleton	p. 101
The Flying Head	p. 105
Where the Girl Saved Her Brother	p. 107
Chief Joseph's Story of Wallowa Lake	p. 110
The Origin of the Potlatch	p. 114
The Princess and Mountain Dweller	p. 116
The Princess and the Magical Hat	p. 126
The Lytton Girls Who Were Stolen by Giants	p. 137
The Legend of the Coppermine River	p. 139
The Huntress	p. 142
Story of a Female Shaman	p. 147
The Magic Eagle	p. 149
"I'm Tipingee, She's Tipingee, We're Tipingee, Too"	p. 153
The Innkeeper's Wise Daughter	p. 156
Molly Cotton-Tail Steals Mr. Fox's Butter	p. 160
A Rani's Revenge	p. 167
How Parvatibai Qutwitted the Dacoits	p. 170
The Close Alliance: A Tale of Woe	p. 173
The Barber's Clever Wife	p. 177
A Wonderful Story	p. 184
The Importance of Lighting	p. 180
The Child of Death	p. 192
The Story of Princess Amaradevi	p. 195
The Tale of the Oki Islands	p. 199
The Monkey Bridegroom	p. 203
The Mirror of Matsuyama: A Story of Old Japan	p. 206
The Tiger and the Coal Peddler's Wife	p. 217
The Plucky Maiden	p. 219
The Phoenix and Her City	p. 222
Sailimai's Four Precious Things	p. 228
A Woman's Love	p. 230
Maiden Liu, the Songster	p. 240
The Festival of Pouring Water	p. 245
A Polite Idiosyncrasy	p. 247
The Young Head of the Family	p. 248
Altyn-Aryg	p. 252
The Wife Who Stole a Heart	p. 254
Hiiaka Catching a Ghost	p. 259
Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas	p. 263
A Calabash of Poi	p. 267
Rau-Whato	p. 270
How Pulap Acquired the Art of Navigation	p. 272
Rola and the Two Sisters	p. 274
The Old Woman and the Giant	p. 277
The Magic Coin	p. 279
The Creation of Lake Asbold	p. 282
Senan and Aping	p. 284
Ubong and the Head-Hunters	p. 290
Kumaku and the Giant	p. 294
Revival and Revenge	p. 296
Uzu, the White Dogai	p. 299
The Black Snake Man and His Wife, the Dove	p. 301
The Mogwoi's Baby	p. 305
Biriwilg (Told by Women)	p. 307
The Woman, Her Husband, Their Children and the Dodo	p. 311
Ku-Chin-Da-Gayya and Her Elder Sister and the Dodos	p. 316
Moremi and the Egunguns	p. 320
The Spider, Kayi, and the Bush Fowl	p. 324
The Story of Two Women	p. 325
The Man Killed for a Spinach Leaf	p. 331
The Leopard Woman	p. 338
The Midwife of Dakar	p. 340
A Woman for a Hundred Cattle	p. 342
Wacu and the Eagle	p. 348
Elephant and Hare	p. 352
Nonikwe and the Great One, Marimba	p. 354
How the Milky Way Came to Be	p. 359
Nanabolele, Who Shines in the Night	p. 360
Jackal and Hen	p. 366
Women's Wiles	p. 371
The Feslihanci Girl	p. 375
The Story of the City of Nothing-in-the-World	p. 387
The "Pink Pearl" Prince	p. 389
Who Is Blessed with the Realm, Riches, and Honor?	p. 393
The Story of the King, Hamed bin Bathara, and of the Fearless Girl	p. 396
The Sultan's Daughter	p. 401
Yousif Al-Saffani	p. 405
The Miser Who Married	p. 413
The Sign of the Tassel	p. 417
Notes	p. 419
For Further Reading	p. 435
Bibliography of Secondary Literature	p. 437
Index	p. 439
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