This book tells the tale of Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

    Dr. von Franz discusses the archetypes and symbolic themes that appear in fairy tales as well as dreams and fantasies, draws practical advice from the tales, and demonstrates its application in case studies from her analytical practice.

    In this spectacular follow-up to their beloved Book of Norse Myths, the husband-and-wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire explore the uncanny reaches of Norse mythology, an enchanted night-world populated by trolls of all kinds--mountain trolls, forest trolls, trolls who live underwater and trolls who live under bridges, uncouth, unkempt, unbreakable, unforgettable, and invariably unbelievably ugly trolls--who work their wiles and carry on in the most bizarre and entertaining fashions.With their matchless talent as storytellers and illustrators, the d'Aulaires bring to life the weird and wonderful world of Norse mythology.

    

    What little secret would scare three terrible giants?. Why would a giant tremble at the sight of a butterfly?. Do giants throw temper tantrums?The answers to these questions are found in three mesmerizing tales of giants and a child. But the giants that crash and bellow through this book are unlike the giants of folklore. They behave in the most unusual manner, and find themselves in the most peculiar situations. What do these cantankerous, yet sympathetic giants have in common? They encounter a small little boy, who towers over the giants by way of wit and common sense. David L. Harrison's classic collection, richly illustrated by Philippe Fix, has been translated into ten languages and sold close to a million copies in it original edition. Now this Christopher Award-winning book is available again to a new generation of children.

    There are numerous references to the classics of the genre, but in at least one aspect, "Galaor is very different from its predecessors: the Sleeping Beauty in this book is not beautiful at all, she is downright ugly. This may explain why, for a long time, no one wants to rescue her. Only the idealist Galaor is able to gather a group of heroes from various countries in order to free her from her spell...but he is not a typical knight in shining armor. Unlike his colleagues, he has serious vocational doubts about the usefulness of his profession. While he seeks an answer to his existential crisis, the dangers that his merry band encounters begin to multiply.

    The mansion has three towers, but Jack Flanders has seen a fourth. When he finally enters the tower, he discovers there are various levels, and each level contains another world. Featuring Robert Lorick as Jack Flanders, Valerie Manches as Lady Jowls, Murray Head as Lord Jowls, and Meatball Fulton as Chief Wampum.

    In this British variant of a traditional tale, an ungrateful woman who complains constantly about her house is granted increasingly grandiose wishes by a fairy.

    It is one in a long series of such anthologies by the author.Table of ContentsForeword1. The Good Ogre (Russia)2. Tritil, Litil, and the Birds (Ireland)3. The Ogre's Breath (Sicily)4. The Gold Knob (Iceland)5. The Children on the Pillar (Russia)6. Sigurd the King's Son (Iceland)7. The Girl in the Basket (Italy)8. Cow Bu-cola (Iceland)9. The Green Bird (Sicily)10. Jon and the Troll Wife (Iceland)11. The Little Tailor and the Three Dogs (Germany)12. The Troll's Little Daughter (Denmark)13. Nils in the Forest (Denmark)

    

    Recounts the tale of the tailor who gained fame and fortune after killing seven flies.