Thousands of years ago, seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence of such events as the bloody three-day Battle of Kalkriese, which permanently halted the i...

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A charm is a magic spell worked with the use of an amulet, bringing about either good or ill. A changeling in fairy tales is much rarer. It is a horrid little fairy creature mischievously exchanged for a look-alike human child. Pity the one who has to try to get the real child back!In this collection, Ruth Manning-Sanders engagingly includes tales of each. A piece of amber fills up a jug as soon as it is emptied, a bridle can turn anything into anything, and a cap can make the wear...

Ogres and trolls are not always what you expect.As Manning-Sanders explains in her foreword, many ogres in fairy tales are exactly what you'd imagine - great, stupid, cruel creatures. But some are surprisingly clever, and most possess magical powers to assist them in their havoc. In rare cases, they can be just, forgiving, and even helpful. Trolls, meanwhile, are almost universally small creatures with magical powers of their own. Most are mischievous, but they can be convinced to ...

Eleven of fairy tales from around the world all featuring a devil or a demon. This unique collection has gathered stories from the cultures and countries of Hungary, Ireland, Transylvania, Gascony, Demark, Finland, India, France and Alsace. The book is a part of the the famous series of fairy tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques.

"A much-needed, comprehensive, and accessible overview of the interrelationship among" Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, and Sami (Ilmari Ivaska, Scandinavian Studies).From fjords to mountains, schools of herring to herds of reindeer, Scandinavia is rich in astonishing natural beauty. Less well known, however, is that it is also rich in languages. Home to seven languages, Scandinavia has traditionally been understood as linguistically...

Die Schattengänger sind eine Gruppe herausragender Kämpfer, deren Fähigkeiten von dem ebenso gefährlichen wie genialen Wissenschaftler Dr. Peter Whitney verstärkt wurden. Malichai Fortune jedoch ist noch begabter, noch kompromissloser und noch härter als seine Brüder. Kein Wunder also, dass es ihm zu schaffen macht, als er nach einer schweren Verletzung nach San Diego zur Kur geschickt wird. Seine düstere Stimmung hellt sich in dem Moment auf, in dem er der blonden Schönheit Amaryllis bege...

Not all dragons gobble up princesses; some are kindly beasts, some are proud beings who serve the Supreme Ruler of Heaven. But there are also bad and savage dragons, who have to be either killed or outwitted.These fourteen fairy tales each feature a dragon from stories collected from around the world. Illustrated by the award-winning artist, Robin Jacques, these stories have delighted readers for generations.Now back in print for the first time in fifty years, A BOOK OF DRAGONS will contin...

In this collection of unusual fairy tales, the author invites the reader to travel far and wide-through magic adventures spanning several countries and crossing oceans to the remotest corners of the world-even to Hell and the domains of the Sun, Moon, and Wind. Against such backdrops are set tales of courage, bravery, and love. A farmer confronts a dragon with only a magic feather to help him. A fiddler, by his daring, delivers a repentant landowner from eternal torture by dancing devils. ...

A Book of Monsters is a collection of twelve folktales drawn from cultures around the world, each featuring monsters both friendly and fearsome. First published in 1975 by Methuen in London, and illustrated by Robin Jacques, this 128-page volume is one of the most beloved entries in Manning-Sanders' acclaimed "A Book of..." series - a sprawling library of themed fairy tale anthologies that she produced primarily during the 1960s and 1970s.Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886-1988) w...

Stories about mermaids come from almost every country by the sea-from Iceland to India; America to Arabia. Most mermaids have flowing golden hair, long graceful tails, and a beauty that lures men to the bottom of the sea. Sven, in the Danish story, "Sven and Lilli," followed Lilli to her ocean home, where "they live happily. And there, in their domed house under the sea, so people say, they are living still."But not all mermaids are beautiful, and some are unchancy creatures indeed...