German Hero-Sagas and Folk-Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends)

by Barbara Leonie Picard

Other authorsJoan Kiddell-Monroe (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1971

Status

Available

Call number

398.2094302

Publication

Oxford University Press (1971), 197 pages

Description

This collection includes the splendid legends of the great German heroes, among them the story of Gudrun, and the saga of Siegfried and the vengeance of Kriemhild. There is also a lively collection of traditional folk tales, with the escapades of the rascally Till Eulenspiegel, and stories such as The Mousetower and The Ratcatcher of Hamelin.

Language

Local notes

A collection of German tales.

HERO-SAGAS
• Gudrun
• Dietrich of Bern
• Walther of Aquitaine
• Siegfried

FOLK-TALES
• Karl the Great and the Robber
• The Mousetwoer
• The Water-sprite and the Bear
• The Seven Proud Sisters
• The Heinzelmännchen
• The Ratcatcher of Hamelin
• Till Eulenspiegel
• Richmuth of Cologne
• The Werewolf
• The Knight of Staufenberg
• The Seven Mice
• Reineke Fox
• Eppelin of Gailingen
• Big Hermel

Front endpaper torn. Ex-library.

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