The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes is a 1969 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. This is the first publication. It was later followed up by the subsequent Lancer anthology The Mighty Swordsmen. It has been translated into Dutch. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).

The anthology contains A WITCH SHALL BE BORN.

Contents

• 7 • Introduction (The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes) • essay by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 11 • When the Sea-King’s Away • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1960) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
• 45 • The Stronger Spell • [Pusadian] • (1953) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• 65 • Dragon Moon • [Elak] • (1941) • novelette by Henry Kuttner
• 113 • Thieves of Zangabal • [Thongor] • novella by Lin Carter
• 167 • A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard

Notes

No printing or edition stated.
Signature “Steranko” at bottom right front cover.