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Beautiful Angiola : the lost Sicilian folk and fairy tales of Laura Gonzenbach
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Beautiful Angiola : the lost Sicilian folk and fairy tales of Laura Gonzenbach

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"Chapters 1 to 50 originally appeared in Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach, translated with an introduction by Jack Zipes. Published in 2003 by Routledge. Chapters 51-90 first appeared in The Robber with a Witch's Head, translated and with an introduction by Jack Zipes. Published in 2004 by Routledge."

Contents

Introduction: Laura Gonzenbach's buried treasure
A note on the translation and the acknowledgements
Sorfarina
The green bird
The snake who bore witness for a maiden
The sister of Muntifiuri
The story about Ciccu
Count Piro
Beautiful Angiola
Betta Pilusa
Lignu di Scupa
Don Giovanni di la Fortuna
Federico and Epomata
The fearless young man
Caruseddu
How St. Joseph helped a young man win the daughter of a king
The courageous maiden
The humiliated princess
Rags and leaves
The brave shoemaker
Prince Scursuni
Maria and her brother
Autumunti and Paccaredda
Giufà
The magic cane, the gold donkey, and the little stick that hits
The singing bagpipe
Giovanni and Katerina
The shepherd who made the princess laugh
Beautiful Cardia
Quaddaruni and his sister
The daughter of the sun
Paperarello
The lion, horse, and fox
Giuseppinu
Crivòliu
Saint Onirià
The abbot who rescued the princess
Fata Morgana
The pig king
The courageous prince and his many adventures
The king who wanted a beautiful wife
Ferrazzzanu
Sciauranciovi
Cacciaturino
The Virgin Mary's child
The story about Ohmy
The daughter of the prince Cirimimminu
The godchild of Saint Francis of Paula
The story about the merchant's son Peppino
Spadònia
King Cardiddu
The princess and king Chicchereddu
The clever maiden
The robber with a witch's head
The clever farmer's daughter
The count and his sister
Clever Peppe
Maria, the evil stepmother, and the seven robbers
Bensurdatu
The rooster who wanted to become pope
The brave prince
The innkeeper's beautiful daughter
The beautiful maiden with the seven veils
The merchant's clever youngest daughter
Maruzzedda
Armaiinu
The golden lion
The twelve robbers
Three good pieces of advice
Tobià and Tobiòla
Joseph the Just
The two brothers
The seven brothers with magic talents
The pious young man who went to Rome
Sabedda and her brother
The clever shoemaker
The twins
Beautiful Innocenta
The wicked schoolmaster and the wandering princess
The four princesses
Zafarana
Peasant truthful
About Joseph, who set out to seek his fortune
The wasteful Giovanninu
The banished queen and her two abandoned children
The pious child
Katerina's fate
Godfather death
Beautiful Anna
The dragon slayer
Saint James of Galicia
The hermit
The prince's two children from Monteleone
The clever farmer
The two comrades
The story of the three sisters.

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