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Author Müller-Guggenbühl, Fritz, 1922-

Title Swiss-alpine folk-tales / re-told by Fritz Muller-Guggenbuhl ; translated by Katharine Potts ; illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published London : Oxford University Press, 1958
Oxford U.P., 1958
[(1959?])

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Description viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Oxford myths and legends
Oxford myths and legends.
Contents Dwarf and other stories. Dwarf stories -- The golden coal -- The knife -- The judge of Bellinzona
Fairy tales. Snake crown -- Tredeschin -- The Groschen Hole in the Mürz Valley -- The three ravens -- Sturdy Hans -- The three languages -- Giant pear and giant cow
Foundation legend. William Tell and the founding of the Swiss Confederation
Legends from the Swiss Alps. How the Kuhreihen began -- The Alp that disappeared -- The bull of Uri -- The brave cowman -- Nidelgret -- The Frisian ride -- Death a prisoner -- The lost cows -- The frontier contest
Legends. The martyrs of Thebes -- Verena and the jug -- Fridolin -- Ida of Toggenburg -- Meinrad and the ravens -- The singing fir-tree -- Four tales of how the devil was outwitted -- The father's steps
Swiss folk legends. Charles the Bold of Burgundy -- The key maiden of Tegerfelden -- Charles the Great and the snake -- The mermaid of Zug -- The knight of La Sarraz -- The fairy Grotto -- The ring of Hallwil
Analysis juvenile Nonfiction
Subject Folk literature, Swiss -- Juvenile literature
Legends -- Switzerland.
Tales -- Switzerland.
Tales -- Switzerland -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- Switzerland.
LC no. 58001998
ISBN 7230009618
9787230009614