Mirror, Mirror

Celebrating the mother-daughter bond around the world, a storyteller teams up with her daughter to assemble this collection of forty folktales that span the globe, from France's version of Cinderella to less well known stories from the Sudan and China. Reprint.

Introduction

Mother Lines

xiii

``The Crab and Her Mother'' (Aesop/Greece)

xv

``The Moon and Her Mother'' (Aesop/Greece)

xviii

``The Voice from Under the Hazel Bush''

xx

Out of the Shadows

xx

Heart-to-Heart

xxvi

Why This Book?

xxviii

Beyond the Magic Mirror

xxviii

Cinderella

``Cinderella'' (Germany)

3

(6)

``Cinderella'' (France)

9

(5)

``The Wonderful Birch'' (Russia)

14

(8)

Conversation

22

(11)

Good Girls Bad Girls

``One - eye, Two-eyes, and Three-eyes'' (Germany)

33

(6)

``The Good Girl and the Ornery Girl'' (North America, Ozarks)

39

(1)

``Sukhu and Dukhu'' (India, Bengal)

40

(5)

``The City Where People Are Mended'' (Nigeria)

45

(4)

``Diamonds and Toads'' (France)

49

(2)

Conversation

51

(10)

Bad Seeds

``Gboloto, the River Demon'' (Liberia)

61

(1)

``The Greedy Daughter'' (Italy)

62

(1)

``The King of the Mineral Kingdom'' (Czechoslovakia)

63

(4)

Conversation

67

(6)

Sex and ...

``Maroula'' (Greece)

73

(5)

``The Water Snake'' (Russia)

78

(3)

``Daughter, My Little Bread'' (Himalaya)

81

(4)

``The Girl Made of Butter'' (Bahamas)

85

(1)

Conversation

86

(7)

Persephone

``Persephone'' (Greece)

93

(3)

``The Sun's Daughter'' (North America, Cherokee)

96

(3)

``Rolando and Brunilde'' (Italy)

99

(2)

``The Singing Sack'' (Spain)

101

(2)

Conversation

103

(10)

Really Good Mothers

``The Mother'' (Lebanon)

113

(1)

``The Mirror of Matsuyama'' (Japan)

114

(2)

``The Dead Woman and Her Child'' (North America, Salishan, Native American)

116

(1)

``Ubazakura'' (Japan)

117

(1)

``The Three Fairies'' (Puerto Rico)

118

(3)

``Habetrot the Spinstress'' (Scotland)

121

(7)

Conversation

128

(9)

Hero Mothers

``The Wife of the Monkey'' (China)

137

(1)

``The Old Woman and the Giant'' (Philippines)

138

(1)

Conversation

139

(6)

Grandmother

``Tuglik and Her Granddaughter'' (Inuit)

145

(1)

Conversation

146

(7)

Rapunzel

``Rapunzel'' (Grimm's, Germany)

153

(3)

``Lanjeh'' (Morocco)

156

(4)

``Katanya'' (Turkey)

160

(4)

Conversation

164

(11)

Caring Daughters

``Achol and Her Wild Mother'' (Sudan, Dinka)

175

(3)

``How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner'' (India)

178

(1)

Conversation

179

(6)

Mothers-in-Law

``Ruth'' (Bible)

185

(4)

``The Serpent Mother'' (India)

189

(6)

Conversation

195

(8)

Snow White

``Snow white'' (Germany)

203

(8)

``Nourie Hading'' (Armenia)

211

(6)

``Mirabella'' (Portugal)

217

(4)

Conversation

221

(10)

Mixed Messages

``The Wood Maiden'' (Czechoslovakia)

231

(5)

``Tunjur, tunjur'' (Palestinian Arab)

236

(4)

``The Well o' the World's End'' (Scotland)

240

(3)

Conversation

243

(4)

Beyond the Magic Mirror: An Epilogue

247

(4)

Bibliography

251

(4)

Index

255

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