Wise Women (anthology)

Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World is an anthology of stories retold and edited by Suzanne I. Barchers, and illustrated by Leann Mullineaux.

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments

Daughters: Clever and Courageous

• "The Peasant's Clever Daughter" (Germany and Italy)
• "The Young Head of the Family" (China)
• "The Girl and the Road Agent" (United States, Ozarks)
• "The Tale of the Oki Islands" (Japan)
• "The Wild Goose Lake" (China)
• "Stone Patience and Knife Patience" (Turkey)

Sisters: Resourceful and Steadfast

• "Clever Maria" (Portugal)
• "Patience" (India, Punjab)
• "The Twelve Brothers" (Germany)
• "The Princess and the Giant" (Scotland)
• "The Snow Queen" (Denmark)
• "Fowler's Fowl" (Germany)
• "The Water of Life" (Spain)
• "Hansel and Gretel" (Germany)
• "Fortunée" (France)
• "Molly Whuppie" (Scotland)
• "The Witch" (Russia)

Maidens: Clever and True

• "The Robber Bridegroom" (Germany)
• "The Little Orphan Girl" (Chile)
• "Rachel Found the Gold" (United States, Ozarks)
• "Maid Maleen" (Germany)
• "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (Norway)
• "How Kate Got a Husband" (United States, Ozarks)
• "Gifts of Love" (Korea)
• "Catherine and Her Destiny" (Italy, Sicily)
• "The Grateful Prince" (Germany)
• "Beauty and the Beast" (France)
• "Janet and Tam Lin" (Scotland)

Attendants: Ingenious and Loyal

• "The Learned Servant Girl" (China)
• "The Hand of Glory" (England)
• "The Wounded Lion" (Spain)
• "The Forty Thieves" (Arabia)
• "The Master-Maid" (Norway)
• "Ubazakura" (Japan)

Wives and Mothers: Devoted and Cunning

• "Kumba and Kimbili" (Africa)
• "Princess Sivatra" (India)
• "The Sprig of Rosemary" (Spain)
• "King Lindorm" (Sweden)
• "Princess Maya" (India)
• "The Basil Plant" (Chile)
• "The Lute Player" (Russia)
• "The Legend of Tchi-Niu (China)
• "The Tiger with the White Ears" (Korea)
• "What Candy Ashcraft Done" (United States, Ozarks)
• "The Husband and Wife" (Norway)
• "The Foolish Husbands" (Scotland)
• "Bolster" (England)
• "How Toodie Fixed Old Grunt" (United States, Ozarks)
• "The Flying Head" (United States, Native American)
• "The Twelve Months" (Greece)
• "The Witches with the Horns" (Ireland)
• "One More Child" (India)

Mature Women: Bold and Wise

• "The Popper Caught a Thief" (United States, Ozarks)
• "The Woman and the Robber" (United States, Ozarks)
• "Rachel" (United States, Northeast)
• "The Little Old Woman Who Went to the North Wind" (Norway)
• "Martha, the Holy Woman" (France)
• "The Woman in the Moon" (United States, Hawaii)
• "St. David's Flood" (England)
• "The White-Haired Old Woman" (United States, Native American)
• "The Wise Woman" (Algeria)

Editions

• 1997: Libraries Unlimited, 338 pp. ISBN 1563085925.