The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales
The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales (also published as Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen: Fairy Tales from Around the World) is a collection of fairy tales collected, written, and edited by Angela Carter. Carter's collection and versions of fairy tales from around the world.
Editions
- 1992. Illustrations by Corinna Sargood. Virago Press Limited, 1992, Camden Town, London.
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction by Marina Warner
1. Strong Minds and Low Cunning
- The Twelve Wild Ducks
- Old Foster
- Sahin
- The Dog's Snout People
- The Old Woman Against the Stream
- The Letter Trick
- Rolando and Brunilde
- The Greenish Bird
- The Crafty Woman
2. Up to Something - Balck Arts and Dirty Tricks
- Pretty Maid Ibronka
- Enchanter and Enchantress
- The Telltale Lilac Bush
- Tatterhood
- The Witchball
- The Werefox
- The Witches' Piper
- Vasilissa the Fair
- The Midwife and the Frog
3. Beautiful People
- Fair, Brown and Trembling
- Diirawic and Her Incestuous Brother
- The Mirror
- The Frog Maiden
- The Sleeping Prince
- The Orphan
4. Mothers and Daughters
- Achol and Her Wild Mother
- Tunjur, Tunjur
- The Little Old Woman with Five Cows
- Achol and her Adoptive Lioness-Mother
5. Married Women
- Story of a Bird Woman
- Father and Mother Both 'Fast'
- Reasons to Beat Your Wife
- The Three Lovers
- The Seven Leavenings
- The Untrue Wife's Song
- The Woman Who Married Her Son
- Duang and His Wild Wife
- A Stroke of Luck
- The Beans in the Quart Jar
6. Useful Stories
- A Fable of a Bird and Her Chicks
- The Three Aunts
- Tale of an Old Woman
- The Height of Purple Passion
- Salt, Sauce and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper and Drippings
- Two Sisters and the Boa
- Spreading the Fingers
- Publisher's note
- Notes by Angela Carter and Shahrukh Husain
- About the Editor and the Illustrator