Clever Gretchen and other forgotten folktales

By Alison Lurie

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Folklore, Folk literature, Children's fiction, Tales, Folklore, juvenile literature, Short stories

Description: Folktales about heroines, "fair maidens [who] can fight and hunt as well as any man, defeat giants, answer riddles, outwit the Devil, and rescue friends and relatives from all sorts of dangers and evil spells."