Myths

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 3, 1848 to 1853

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Hans Christian Andersen


A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…

Die Silberne Axt

Read by Dirk Weber


Ernst Constantin


Die silberne Axt ist ein kleines Fantasy Märchen à la Tolkien. Die Bundesgenosse vom Helden Franz, ein verstoßener Fü…

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 02

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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James Mcglothlin


This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…

The Mabinogion, Volume 1

Read by Martin Geeson


Anonymoustranslated Bycharlotte Guest and William James Mcglothlin


Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest:On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flo…

In Ghostly Japan

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Lafcadio Hearn


This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries…

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 02

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Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le second des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et ont été enregistr&eacut…

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

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Sabine Baring-Gould


This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-…

Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812/15) Teil 3

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Anlässlich des 200. Jubiläums der Kinder- und Hausmärchen präsentiert LibriVox eine Auswahl aus der ersten Auflage der K…

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

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L. Frank Baum


This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 03

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Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le troisième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et ont été enreg…

Il était une fois... - 003

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault et les frères Grimm, pour ne nommer que ceux-là : autant d’auteurs d’exception dont …

Russian Fairy Tales

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


William Ralston Shedden-Ralston


Russian Fairy Tales is an anthology of stories by a noted Russian scholar and translator. The 51 stories are thematically organized with int…

Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)

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James Baldwin


Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy,…

The Enchanted Island of Yew

Read by Ted Delorme


L. Frank Baum


A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures. The ad…

Venus and Adonis (dramatic reading)

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William Shakespeare


Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his pa…

Aesop's Fables, Volume 07 (Fables 151-175)

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Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Zwei Märchen

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Theodor Storm


Die RegentrudeEinen so heißen Sommer hat es schon seit hundert Jahren nicht mehr gegeben. Das Gras vertrocknet auf den Wiesen und das …

The Adventures of Pinocchio

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Carlo Collodi


The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was…

Tales of Folk and Fairies

Read by William Tomcho


Katharine Pyle


In "Tales of Folk and Fairies" Ms. Pyle tells 15 different children's stories from around the world; each more delightful than the…

Pinocchio

Read by Phil Chenevert


Carlo Collodi


This is the wonderful story of Pinocchio, the puppet who must learn many lessons before he can become a real boy. Carved by a woodcarver na…

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