Clever Gretchen and other forgotten folktales

By Alison Lurie

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

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."