Title:
The revenge of the black cat : Swiss myths
JLCTITLE245:
edited and retold by Katja Alves ; illustrations by Carole Aufranc, Silvan Borer, Paloma Canonica, Anna Deér, Lucie Firoe, Gregor Forster, Anne Danielle Furrer (Anda), Lea Gross, Sara Guerra Risconi, Mira Gysi, Rina Jost, Patricia Keller, Rahel Messerli, Jakob Näf, Camille Perrochet, Eliane Schädler, Pia Valär, Adam Vogt, Anna Weber.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Rache der schwarzen Katze. English
Publication Information:
Zurich, Switzerland : NordSüd, [2019]
Physical Description:
133 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9783314104886
Abstract:
Offers twenty-three traditional tales from different regions of Switzerland, featuring ghosts, dwarfs, goblins, demons, devils, and dragons.
Geographic Term:
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Swiss myths
Contents:
The goblin stone -- The ghost in the farmer's hut -- The devil's bridge -- Kaiser Karl and the snake -- The golden ninepins -- The devil and the crows -- The toad spirit -- The curse of the blüemlisalp -- The light of the fireflies -- The wicked stepmother in the Änziloch -- Donat in the fairy grotto -- The woodcutter's good soul -- The spalentier -- The devil and the billy goat -- The goblin who wanted to get married -- The love potion -- The ghost ship of Lake Geneva -- The kindhearted dwarfs -- The missing child -- La vouivre, the one-eyed dragon -- The revenge of the black cat -- Vreneli's garden -- Twelve cows on Lake Origlio.
Language:
In English, translated from the German.