Tales and Legends

by Jennifer Beatrice Westwood (Editor)

Other authorsPauline Baynes (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1971

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Genres

Publication

HarperCollins Distribution Services (1971), 123 pages

Description

"This collection of stories, a comparison volume to Medieval tales, is drawn from many sources. It includes the local legends of Stonehenge and Bedd Gellert, the tales of King Leir and Fair Rosamond, made popular by the Elizabethans, and the stories of Melusine, Tannhauser, and the Swan Knight from Europe. there are also notes on the sources used by the author" --Inside front jacket flap."This collection of stories, a comparison volume to Medieval tales, is drawn from many sources. It includes the local legends of Stonehenge and Bedd Gellert, the tales of King Leir and Fair Rosamond, made popular by the Elizabethans, and the stories of Melusine, Tannhauser, and the Swan Knight from Europe. there are also notes on the sources used by the author" --Inside front jacket flap.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

123 p.

ISBN

0246640383 / 9780246640383

Local notes

Retellings of classic legends from around the world.

• Gogmagog
• The giant's carol
• King Leir
• Edric Wilde
• King Herla
• The rollright stones
• Fair Rosamond
• William of Cloudesley
• King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
• Geler
• Adam
• Maiden Mary
• The cherry tree
• St. Stephen and King Herod
• Judas
• The falcon
• The seven sleepers of Ephesus
• Tannhäuser
• King Robert of Sicily
• Melusine
• The Knight of the Swan
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