Damian and the Dragon: Modern Greek Folk-Tales
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Damian and the Dragon: Modern Greek Folk-Tales is a 1965 anthology of 21 tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders
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It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was published in the United Kingdom
in 1965, by Oxford University Press
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Ruth Manning-Sanders
Ruth Manning-Sanders was a prolific British poet and author who was perhaps best known for her series of children's books in which she collected and retold fairy tales from all over the world. All told, she published more than 90 books during her lifetime. The dust jacket for A Book of Giants...
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It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was published in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1965, by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
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Table of contents
- Damian and the Dragon
- My Lady Sea
- The Four Fishes
- Penteclemas and the Pea
- Big Matsiko
- The Prince and the Vizier's Son
- The Bay-Tree Maiden
- The Cats
- Yiankos
- The Cunning Old Man and the Three Rogues
- The Wild Man
- My Candlestick
- The Melodious Napkin
- Alas!
- The Lion, the Tiger and the Eagle
- The Golden Casket
- The Beardless One
- The Sleeping PrinceThe Sleeping PrinceThe Sleeping Prince is a 1953 play by Terence Rattigan. Set in London, England in 1911, it tells the story of a young actress who meets and ultimately captivates a Prince....
- The Three Precepts
- The Twins
- Luck