Myths

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

The Heroes

by Charles Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This is Kingsley's masterful retelling of the Greek stories about their Heroes and in a manner suitable for children. "why have I calle…

Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The brave warrior, Beowulf, comes to the aid of King Hrothgar when he hears that Grendel, a horrible monster, is terrorizing the inhabitants…

The Sleeping Beauty

by Charles Perrault Read by mlcui 4.8
What began as a translation project became a retelling of four classic fairy tales from the Cabinet des Fees, the French collection of over …

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Collection

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Step into a world of wonder with this enchanting collection of 25 fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. From beloved classics to lesser-kn…

The Kalevala

by Elias Lönnrot Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seab…

The Story of Peter Pan

by J. M. Barrie Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
Enter the enchanting world of Neverland in The Story of Peter Pan, a retelling of J. M. Barrie's beloved fairy play. This adaptation, crafte…

Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park

by James W. Schultz Read by David Wales 4.7
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the …

The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria

by William Scott-Elliot Read by Rapunzelina 4.3
This volume contains two publications by W. Scott-Elliot, namely The Story of Atlantis (1896) and The Lost Lemuria (1904). A theosophist and…

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

by Anonymoustranslated Byjonathan Scott, Anonymoustranslated By Jonathan Scott and William James McGlothlin Read by Gillian Hendrie 4.6
The third of four volumes of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in her…

The Mysterious Stranger

by Mark Twain Read by Patrick79 4.4
Mark Twain wrote this fairytale style story about 3 boys who meet Satan's cousin and they experience many things during this time. The story…

British Goblins

by Wirt Sikes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appo…

Folk Tales from Many Lands

by Lilian Gask Read by Kalynda 4.6
Folk Tales from Many Lands invites listeners on a journey through the rich tapestry of global storytelling. Compiled by Lilian Gask, this an…

The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales

by Charles Perrault Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. All stories we of course have heard many times. But these are retold…

Old Greek Stories

by James Baldwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin invites listeners into the enchanting world of ancient Greek mythology, where legendary heroes embark on …

Swanhilde

by Wilhelm Hauff Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales (Märchen). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph…

Kottō

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Kottō contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collect…

The Saga of the Greenlanders

by Unknowntranslated Byarthur Middleton Reeves, Translated Byarthur Middleton Reeves and Unknowntranslated By Arthur Middleton Reeves Read by Expatriate 4.4
The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North Americ…

Folk-Lore and Legends

by Charles John Tibbits Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasure…

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