The Tale of the Sorcerer (1902)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures ix
4. Preface xi
5. Notes and Acknowledgments xxiii
6. Introduction. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Harry Potter, and Why Magic Matters 1
7. Part I. The Humiliated Apprentice Tales
8. Early Tales
9. Eucrates and Pancrates (CA. 170 CE) 85
10. The Story of the Brahmin Padmanaba and the Young Hassan (1707) 88
11. The Pupil in Magic (1798) 97
12. Nineteenth-Century Tales
13. Cornelius Agrippa’s Bloody Book (1801) 101
14. The Last Exorciser (1838) 103
15. The Book of Magic (1874) 103
16. The Master and His Pupil; or, The Magic Book (1884) 105
17. The Lady’s Fifth Story (1886) 110
18. The Blacksmith and the Devil (1890) 112
19. Twentieth-Century Tales
20. The Rash Magician (1916) 117
21. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1941) 119
22. The Mojo (1956) 123
23. The Do-All Ax (1957) 124
24. Part II. The Rebellious Apprentice Tales
25. Early Tales
26. Erysichthon and Mestra (8 CE) 129
27. The Saga of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan (ca. 3rd Century to 11th Century) 136
28. Bhavašarman and the Two Witches (ca. 1070) 140
29. The Magician’s Apprentice (ca. 1220) 142
30. Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi (1553) 144
31. The Deceiver Shall Be Deceived (ca. 1770) 151
32. Nineteenth-Century Tales
33. The Nimble Thief and His Master (1819) 163
34. The Sorcerer and His Apprentice (1839) 166
35. The Devil and His Pupil (1845) 169
36. The Magic Combat (1857) 174
37. The Teacher and His Pupil (1864) 178
38. The Tuft of Wild Beet (1875) 184
39. Oh, Relief! (1875) 190
40. The Magician and His Servant (1885) 193
41. Farmer Weathersky (1888) 202
42. The Fisherman’s Son and the Gruagach of Tricks (1890) 209
43. The Wonderful Trade (1890) 218
44. The Story of Ali the Merchant and the Brahmin (1892) 227
45. Twentieth-Century Tales
46. The Tale of the Sorcerer (1902) 243
47. The Twelfth Captain’s Tale (ca. 1904) 247
48. The Battle of the Enchanters (1907) 253
49. The Black King of Morocco (1908) 254
50. The Boy Who Learnt Magic (1909) 257
51. The Magician’s Heart (1912) 260
52. The Two Magicians (1916) 272
53. The Forest Dweller (1917) 274
54. Red Magic (1921) 281
55. The Mysterious Book (1921) 286
56. The Battle of the Enchanters (1923) 289
57. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1926) 293
58. The Mistress of Magic (1926) 296
59. The Two Magicians (1937) 306
60. The High Sheriff and His Servant (1958) 311
61. The Man and His Son (1962) 312
62. The Magician and His Disciple (1997) 313
63. Part III. Krabat Tales
64. About an Evil Man in Groß-Särchen (1837) 323
65. Krabat: A Legend from Folklore (1858) 324
66. Krabat (1865) 326
67. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, I (1880; Recorded by Hendrich Jordan) 329
68. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, II (1880; Recorded by Alexander von Rabenau) 331
69. The Story about Krabat (1885) 333
70. The Wendish Faust Legend (1900) 334
71. Krabat (1959) 344
72. Biographies of Authors, Editors, Collectors, and Translators 349
73. Filmography 365
74. Bibliography 369
75. Selected and Chronological List of Sorcerer’s Apprentice Tales 387
76. Index 397