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• 12 • Foreword (Wizards, Witches, Seers & Healers: Myths & Tales) • essay by Diane Purkiss
• 26 • How Ra-Molo Became a Snake • (1903) • short story by Minnie Martin
• 27 • The Magician and the Sultan's Son • (1901) • short story by George W. Bateman
• 29 • The Three Magicians • (1929) • short story by M. I. Ogumefu
• 30 • Hsu Sun, the Dragon Slayer • (2018) • short fiction by E. T. C. Werner
• 31 • Lo Hsuan and the Ministry of Fire • (2018) • short fiction by E. T. C. Werner
• 32 • Hui Lu, God of Fire • (2018) • short fiction by E. T. C. Werner
• 32 • Chang Tao-Ling, the Heavenly Teacher • (2018) • short fiction by E. T. C. Werner
• 34 • The Two Jugglers • (1919) • short story by Norman Hinsdale Pitman
• 38 • King Mu of Dschou • (1921) • short story by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) (trans. of Der König Mu von Dschou 1914) [as by uncredited]
• 40 • The Kindly Magician • (1921) • short story by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) (trans. of Der gütige Zauberer 1914) [as by uncredited]
• 43 • Tales of Ancient Egyptian Magicians • short fiction by E. A. Wallis Budge
• 47 • The Death Stone • short story by F. Hadland Davis
• 49 • The Prince and the Wizard • (1899) • short story by F. H. Groome
• 49 • The Wizard and His Pupil • (1913) • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Der Zauberer und Sein Lehrling 1905) [as by Dr. Ignácz Kúnos]
• 51 • The Wizard • (1889) • short story by
  П. Куліш^?P. Kulish
  (trans. of The Wizard 1857) [as by P. Kulish]
• 51 • The Magician and the Merchant • (1906) • short story by Alice Elizabeth Dracott
• 53 • Yun Se-Pyong, the Wizard • (1913) • short story by Im Bang
• 54 • The Two Sorcerers • (1855) • short story by Sir George Grey
• 58 • The Great Wizard • (1895) • short story by Margaret Compton
• 62 • White Cloud's Visit to the Sun-Prince • (1895) • short story by Margaret Compton
• 67 • Mishosha, or The Magician of Lake Superior • (1856) • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (variant of Mishosha, or The Magician of Lakes 1839)
• 71 • Bokwewa, or The Humpback Magician • (1856) • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (variant of Bokwewa; or, The Humpback 1839)
• 73 • The Adventures of Living Statue • (1895) • short story by Margaret Compton
• 76 • The Red Swan • (1839) • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
• 84 • The Giant Magicians • (1884) • short story by Charles Godfrey Leland
• 87 • The Wizard and His Wife • (1917) • short story by J. R. Walker
• 93 • The Beginning of Foot Racing • (1917) • short story by J. R. Walker
• 95 • Why the Cat Always Lands Upon Her Feet • (1902) • short story by Florence Holbrook
• 96 • The Strange Banana Skin • (1915) • short story by W. D. Westervelt
• 98 • The Story-Teller at Fault • (1892) • short fiction by Joseph Jacobs
• 103 • The Wizard's Palace • (1911) • short story by Sophia Morrison
• 105 • The Brazen Brogues, or Too Many to Marry • (1898) • short story by Walter Douglas Campbell
• 122 • Arthur in the Cave • (1907) • short story by W. Jenkyn Thomas
• 124 • The Farmer Who Consulted the Conjuror; or The Familiar Spirits and the Lost Cows • (1911) • short story by Jonathan Ceredig Davies
• 125 • The Magic Apples • (1901) • short story by Abbie Farwell Brown
• 130 • Hermod • (1895) • short story by H. A. Guerber
• 132 • The Gifts of the Magician • (1903) • short story by Emmy Schreck (trans. of Die Gaben des Unholds 1887) [as by uncredited]
• 135 • The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened • (1901) • short story by Friedrich Kreutzwald (trans. of Die im Mondschein badenden Jungfrauen 1869) [as by uncredited]
• 137 • The Wizard King • (1894) • short story by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Le roi magicien 1698) [as by uncredited]
• 141 • Virgilius the Sorcerer • (1901) • short story by uncredited (variant of The Wonderful History of Virgilius the Sorcerer of Rome 1893)
• 148 • How a Girl Reached the Land of the Ghosts and Came Back • (2019) • short story by Bruno Gutmann and Alice Werner (variant of An African 'Holle' Story 1933)
• 149 • The Village Maiden and the Cannibal • (1903) • short story by Minnie Martin
• 151 • Morena-Y-A-Letsatsi, or the Sun Chief • (1903) • short story by Minnie Martin
• 154 • The Woman with Two Skins • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 158 • The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 159 • The Goblin of Adachigahara • (1903) • short story by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• 162 • A Bell and the Power of Karma • (1912) • short story by F. Hadland Davis
• 163 • The Soul of a Mirror • (1912) • short story by F. Hadland Davis
• 165 • The Honest Witch • (1913) • short story by Im Bang
• 166 • The House Dew and the Witch • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Der Ross-Dew und die Hexe 1905) [as by Dr. Ignácz Kúnos]
• 169 • The Dead Witch • [
  Народные русские сказки^?Narodnyye russkiye skazki
  • 369] • (1873) • short story by
  Александр Афанасьев^?Aleksandr Afanasiev
  (trans. of
  Разсказы о вѣдьмахъ (б)^?Razskazy o ved'makh' (b)
  1863) [as by A. N. Afanasief]
• 170 • The Witch and Ivashko • [
  Народные русские сказки^?Narodnyye russkiye skazki
  • 108] • short story by
  Александр Афанасьев^?Aleksandr Afanasiev
  (trans. of
  Ведьма (а)^?Ved'ma (a)
  1855) [as by A. N. Afanasief]
• 173 • The Witch • (1894) • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Die Hexe 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 176 • The Wonderful Birch • (1890) • short story by Emmy Schreck (trans. of Die wunderbare Birke 1887) [as by uncredited]
• 181 • The Wicked Stepmother • (1898) • short story by A. G. Seklemian
• 188 • The Witch in the Stone Boat • (1894) • short story by Jón Arnason (trans. of Skessan á steinnökkvanum 1864) [as by uncredited]
• 190 • Esben and the Witch • (1897) • short story by Jens Kamp (trans. of Esben og Troldheksen 1877) [as by uncredited]
• 197 • Ottar and Angantyr • (1895) • short story by H. A. Guerber
• 198 • Hansel and Grethel • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 15] • (1949) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of
  Hänsel und Gretel^?Haensel und Gretel
  1812)
• 202 • Rapunzel • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 12] • (1890) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Rapunzel 1812) [as by Grimm]
• 204 • Great Head and the Ten Brothers • (1998) • short story by O. B. Duane
• 206 • The Raven Mocker • (1900) • short story by James Mooney (1861-1921)
• 208 • Turtle-Dove, Sage Cock, and the Witch • (2020) • short story by Margaret Compton (variant of Turtle-Dove, Sage-Cock, and the Witch 1895)
• 209 • Pah-hah-undootah, or The Red Head • (1839) • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
• 212 • The Catskill Witch • (1896) • short story by Charles M. Skinner
• 213 • The Brownie • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 216 • The Three Knots • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 217 • The Cauldron • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 219 • The Horned Women • (1877) • short story by Lady Wilde
• 221 • Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel • (1894) • short story by Douglas Hyde (variant of Paudyeen O'Kelly and the Weasel 1890)
• 225 • Morraha • (1893) • short story by W. Larminie
• 231 • The Wisdom of the King • (1897) • short story by W. B. Yeats
• 234 • MacCodrum's Seal Wife • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 236 • The Thirsty Ploughman • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 237 • Murtough and the Witch Woman • (1908) • short story by Eleanor Hull (variant of Murtough and the Witch-Woman 1909)
• 242 • The Witches' Excursion • (1866) • short story by Patrick Kennedy
• 243 • A Queen's County Witch • (1888) • short story by John Keegan
• 245 • The Lady Witch • (1887) • short story by Lady Wilde
• 246 • The Witch of Slieu Whallian • (1911) • short story by Sophia Morrison
• 248 • The Witches of Delnabo • (1893) • short story by W. Grant Stewart
• 250 • The Old Witch • (1894) • short story by Alice Gomme
• 252 • Circe and the Island of Aeaea • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 256 • Calypso's Island • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 257 • Perseus and the Gorgon • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 259 • How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis • (1856) • short story by Charles Kingsley
• 270 • How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea • (1856) • short story by Charles Kingsley
• 282 • The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 283 • Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 286 • The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 289 • The Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions • (2019) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell (variant of Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil Companions 1910)
• 291 • The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 294 • The Magic Circle • (1916) • essay by Lewis Spence
• 295 • Snorter and Blower (abridged) • (2018) • short fiction by E. T. C. Werner
• 296 • Yang Oerlang • (1921) • short story by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) (trans. of Yang Oerlang 1914) [as by uncredited]
• 296 • The God of Riches • (2018) • short story by E. T. C. Werner (variant of The God of Wealth 1922)
• 297 • Laotsze • (1921) • short story by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) (trans. of Laotse 1914) [as by uncredited]
• 298 • The Ape Sun Wu King • short story by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) (trans. of Der Affe Sun Wu Kung 1914)
• 314 • Sky O'Dawn • (1921) • short story by Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) (trans. of Morgenhimmel 1914) [as by uncredited]
• 316 • Tales of Kobo Daishi • short fiction by F. Hadland Davis
• 319 • Kadzutoyo and the Badger • (1912) • short story by F. Hadland Davis
• 320 • How a Man Was Bewitched and Had His Head Shaved by the Foxes • (1871) • short story by A. B. Mitford
• 323 • The Vampire Cat • (1912) • short story by F. Hadland Davis
• 325 • Jiraiya, or The Magic Frog • (1880) • short story by William Elliot Griffis
• 328 • The Magic Kettle • (1903) • short story by David Brauns (trans. of Der Wunderkessel 1885) [as by uncredited]
• 330 • The Wizard Dervish • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Der Zauberer-Derwisch 1905) [as by Dr. Ignácz Kúnos]
• 332 • The Enchanted Princess • (1890) • short story by Jeremiah Curtin
• 336 • The Magic Ring • (1894) • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Der Zauberring 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 343 • Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess • (1889) • short fiction by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (trans. of Le prince Désir et la princesse Mignonne 1756) [as by Madame Leprince de Beaumont]
• 346 • An Impossible Enchantment • (1900) • short story by Philippe de Caylus (trans. of L'enchantement impossible 1741) [as by uncredited]
• 353 • The Treasure-Bringer • (1895) • short story by Harry Jannsen (trans. of Der Schazträger 1888)
• 357 • Long, Broad, and Quickeye • (1900) • short story by
  Louis Léger^?Louis Leger
  (trans. of Long, Large et Clairvoyant 1882)
• 362 • Vali • (1895) • short fiction by H. A. Guerber
• 363 • Aunt Rachel's Curse • (1896) • short story by Charles M. Skinner
• 364 • The Daughter of Duart • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 365 • The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener • (1870) • short story by Patrick Kennedy
• 370 • Smallhead and the King's Son • [Hero Tales of Ireland • 20] • short story by Jeremiah Curtin (variant of Smallhead and the King's Sons 1892)
• 379 • The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows • (1893) • short story by W. B. Yeats
• 382 • Dubh a' Ghiubhais • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 383 • Bewitched Butter • (1876) • short story by Letitia Maclintock
• 384 • The Pudding Bewitched • (1888) • short story by William Carleton (variant of Moll Roe's Marriage; or, The Pudding Bewitched 1841)
• 391 • Princess Finola and the Dwarf • (1890) • short story by Edmund Leamy
• 397 • The Wicked Widow • (1887) • short story by Lady Wilde
• 398 • The Hags of the Long Teeth • (1890) • short story by Douglas Hyde
• 401 • The Enchanted Hare • (1912) • short story by B. Hunt
• 402 • Cucúlin • (1890) • short story by Jeremiah Curtin
• 410 • The Lambton Worm • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 412 • The Magic Book • (1906) • short story by Thomas Middleton (b.1872)
• 414 • The Bewitched House of Wakefield • (1892) • essay by Frederick Ross
• 419 • The Curse of Echo • (1908) • short story by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
• 424 • Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her Family • (1998) • short story by O. B. Duane
• 426 • The King and the Ju Ju Tree • (1910) • short story by Elphinstone Dayrell
• 428 • The Young Thief • (1914) • short story by Capt. C. H. Stigand and Mrs. C. H. Stigand
• 431 • The Chamber of the Priest-Magician (abridged) • (2018) • short fiction by Lewis Spence
• 433 • The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog • (1919) • short story by Norman Hinsdale Pitman
• 437 • The Phantom Vessel • (1919) • short story by Norman Hinsdale Pitman
• 442 • The Ashvin Twins • (1998) • short story by K. E. Sullivan
• 443 • The Soothsayer's Son • (1892) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 449 • The Soothsayer • (1913) • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Der Wahrsager 1905) [as by Dr. Ignácz Kúnos]
• 450 • Cheun Puk-Chang, the Seer • (1913) • short story by Im Bang
• 451 • The Sun-horse • (1889) • short story by J. Rimavski (trans. of
  Slnkoví kuoň^?Slnkovi kuon
  1845)
• 455 • The Vision of MacConglinney • (1894) • short story by Kuno Meyer
• 458 • The Leeching of Kayn's Leg • (1894) • novelette by Joseph Jacobs
• 467 • The Two Cat Witches • (1921) • short story by William Elliot Griffis