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The Horned Women

Lady Wilde

First published 1888
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

First published as "The Horned Woman" by {{A|Lady Wilde}} as a folk tale in ''The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal'', July 1877, p. 78. Subsequent reprints appeared as "The Horned Women" by Lady Wilde. When this story was reprinted in "Witches! Witches! Witches!" in 1958, it was reportedly attributed to {{A|Augusta Baker}}, the editor of the 1955 "The Talking Tree: Fairy Tales from 15 Lands". In that book Augusta Baker is only named as having the stories selected, though.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1888 Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland Ticknor and Company Collection 10
1888 Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Walter Scott Anthology 165
1892 Celtic Fairy Tales David Nutt Anthology 30
1909 The Irish Fairy Book T. Fisher Unwin Anthology 198
1931 Folk Tales of All Nations George G. Harrap & Co. Anthology 322
1955 Cover The Talking Tree: Fairy Tales from 15 Lands J. B. Lippincott Anthology 48
1958 Cover Witches, Witches, Witches Franklin Watts Anthology 1
1958 Cover Witches, Witches, Witches Scholastic Anthology 1
1968 Cover Celtic Fairy Tales Dover Publications Anthology 30
1970 Cover Ghosts and Spirits of Many Lands Doubleday Anthology 61
September 1976 Cover Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 60
September 1976 Cover Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 60
1977 Witches, Witches, Witches Franklin Watts Anthology 1
April 1990 Cover Witches & Warlocks GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 321
October 1991 Cover The Penguin Book of Witches and Warlocks Penguin Books (US) Anthology 321
1992 Cover Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Puffin Anthology 109
1993 Cover Witches & Warlocks Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 321
October 1993 Cover The Virago Book of Witches Virago Anthology 165
1994 Cover The Irish Fairy Book Senate Anthology 161
October 1994 Cover Daughters of the Moon Faber and Faber Anthology 165
2000 Cover Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World W. W. Norton & Company Anthology 26
October 2002 Cover Witches' Brew Berkley Books Anthology 40
March 2009 Cover Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Blackstaff Press Anthology |109
November 2010 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 11 LibriVox Anthology |10
August 2014 Cover Celtic Fairy Tales Skyhorse Publishing Anthology 30
November 2015 Cover The Witch and Warlock Megapack Wildside Press Anthology
October 2020 Cover Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers: Myths & Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 219