Original Bavarian Folktales: A Schönwerth Selection: Original bayerische Volksmärchen - Ausgewählte Schönwerth-Geschichten

First dual-language book available contains approximately 150 fairy and folk tales from a three-volume scholarly work collected by Franz von Schönwert and published in the 1850s. An introduction contains footnoted critical material on the German and East Bavarian stories as well as Schönwert and his legacy. Tales of giants, witches, death, and other subjects are grouped thematically.