Engelbert Suss

Tale Summary There were once three princesses who were kidnapped by an evil witch, and who in their time of captivity learned a few magic tricks from her. One day, a young prince was lost in the woods, and the witch invited him in with the

Tale Summary There was once a man with three sons, and he told them that whoever spun the finest thread of flax would inherit his house. The two older sons, who were clever, set to work and spun day and night, while the foolish youngest son ran back

Tale Summary Once upon a time there were two young women, one who was pretty, and one who was plain. They spent their days sowing flax seeds, with the pretty one working on the hills and the plain one in the valley. One day, the pretty one

Tale Summary One day, a crow pecked at a horse whose rider had fallen fast asleep, waking him up from a slumber of three years. The crow asked, as a thank you, for one of his sisters’ hand in marriage. The man returned home with a little