The Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Anthology of Magical TalesJack Zipes "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals, however, "sorcerer's apprentice" tales--in which a young person rebels against, or complies with, an authority who holds the keys to magical powers--have been told through the centuries, in many languages and cultures, from classical times to today. This unique and beautifully illustrated book brings together more than fifty sorcerer's apprentice stories by a plethora of writers, including Ovid, Sir Walter Scott, and the Brothers Grimm. From Goethe's "The Pupil in Magic" to A.K. Ramanujan's "The Guru and His Disciple," this expansive collection presents variations of a classic passed down through countries and eras. Readers enter worlds where household objects are brought to life and shape-shifting occurs from human to animal and back again. We meet two types of apprentice: "The Humiliated Apprentice," a foolish bumbler who wields magic ineffectively and promotes obedience to authority; and "The Rebellious Apprentice" who, through ambition and transformative skills, promotes empowerment and self-awareness. In an extensive introduction, esteemed fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes discusses the significance and meaning of the apprentice stories, the contradictions in popular retellings, and the importance of magic as a tool of resistance against figures who abuse their authority. |
Contents
THE HUMILIATED APPRENTICE TALES | 83 |
Eucrates and Pancrates | 85 |
The Story of the Brahmin Padmanaba and the Young Hassan | 89 |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Pupil in Magic 1798 | 97 |
Robert Southey Cornelius Agrippas Bloody Book 1801 ΙΟΙ | 103 |
The Master and His Pupil or The Magic Book | 105 |
SheykhZāda The Ladys Fifth Story 1886 | 112 |
The Rash Magician | 117 |
TwentiethCentury Tales | 243 |
The Twelfth Captains Tale | 248 |
Fletcher Gardner The Battle of the Enchanters 1907 | 253 |
The Black King of Morocco | 254 |
Edith Nesbit The Magicians Heart 1912 | 260 |
ClaudeMarius Barbeau The Two Magicians 1916 | 272 |
The Forest Dweller | 275 |
Heywood Broun Red Magic 1921 | 281 |
Richard Rostron The Sorcerers Apprentice 1941 | 119 |
Ovid Erysichthon and Mestra 8 CE | 129 |
Rachel Harriette Busk The Saga of the WellandWiseWalking | 136 |
Farid alDin Attār The Magicians Apprentice ca 1220 | 142 |
Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi | 144 |
Sangendhi Mahalingam Natesa Sastri The Deceiver Shall | 151 |
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm The Nimble Thief and | 163 |
Arthur and Albert Schott The Devil and His Pupil 1845 | 169 |
The Magic Combat | 175 |
Johann Georg von Hahn The Teacher and His Pupil 1864 | 178 |
Giuseppe Pitrè The Tuft of Wild Beet 1875 | 184 |
Domenico Comparetti Oh Relief 1875 | 190 |
The Magician and His Servant | 194 |
George Webbe Dasent Farmer Weathersky 1888 | 202 |
Jerome Curtin The Fishermans Son and the Gruagach | 209 |
Edith Hodgetts The Wonderful Trade 1890 | 218 |
Charles Swynnerton The Story of Ali the Merchant and | 227 |
Elsie Clews Parsons The Battle of the Enchanters 1923 | 289 |
Seumas MacManus The Mistress of Magic 1926 | 296 |
Joseph Médard Carrière The Two Magicians 1937 | 306 |
Corinne Saucier The Man and His Son 1962 | 312 |
The Magician and His Disciple | 313 |
KRABAT TALES | 321 |
A Legend from Folklore | 324 |
Krabat 1865 | 326 |
Edmund Veckenstedt The Sorcerers Apprentice | 331 |
The Wendish Faust Legend | 336 |
Jerzy Slizinski Krabat 1959 | 344 |
Krabat 1959 | 345 |
Filmography | 365 |
Selected and Chronological List of Sorcerers Apprentice Tales | 387 |
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