Puppets or Marionettes? : Page 183
For this book we have considered all those puppets that are operated from below or behind, but not from above, and have called them Hand Puppets. The English call them Fist Puppets or Mitten Puppets, the French Guignols, the Italians Burottini, the Germans Handpuppen, Kasperl-puppen, or Kasperlfiguren.
In any language they are a joy, and they offer you a new glimpse of the world of yourself. Choose a puppet, gather your materials and begin!