The Crimson Fairy Book

Abstract

These 36 stories originated in Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic, and elsewhere, collected and edited by Andrew Lang. It contains the following tales: "Lovely Ilonka" "Lucky Luck" "The Hairy Man" "To Your Good Health!" "The Story of the Seven Simons" "The Language of Beasts" "The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret" "The Prince and the Dragon" "Little Wildrose" "Tiidu the Piper" "Paperarello" "The Gifts of the Magician" "The Strong Prince" "The Treasure Seeker" "The Cottager and his Cat" "The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality" "The Stone-cutter" "The Gold-bearded Man" "Tritill, Litill, and the Birds" "The Three Robes" "The Six Hungry Beasts" "How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro" "The Rogue and the Herdsman" "Eisenkopf" "The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife" "Motikatika" "Niels and the Giants" "Shepherd Paul" "How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished" "The Crab and the Monkey" "The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder" "The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor" "The Colony of Cats" "How to find out a True Friend" "Clever Maria" "The Magic Kettle"