Clever Gretchen and other forgotten folktales

Description:

Folktales about heroines, "fair maidens [who] can fight and hunt as well as any man, defeat giants, answer riddles, outwit the Devil, and rescue friends and relatives from all sorts of dangers and evil spells."

subjects: Tales,  Folklore,  Folk literature,  Juvenile literature,  Short stories,  Children's fiction,  Folklore, juvenile literature