Myths
The Ice-Maiden
Short-stories/fairy tales by H. C. Anderson, includes The Ice-maiden -- The Butterfly -- The Psyche -- The Snail and the Rose-treeThe Ice-Ma…
Folk Tales from Many Lands
Folk Tales from Many Lands invites listeners on a journey through the rich tapestry of global storytelling. Compiled by Lilian Gask, this an…
Queen Zixi of Ix
L.Frank Baum, or the Wizard of Oz fame, wrote this delightful book and considered it his best of all that he wrote. it tells the story of f…
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
This collection of Sioux legends, with nearly 40 tales, provides a rich window into the cultural beliefs and values of the Sioux people. Thr…
Eskimo Folk-Tales
Quote:"No man is better qualified to tell the story of Greenland, or the stories of its people. Knud Rasmussen is himself partly of Esk…
The Saga of the Greenlanders
The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North Americ…
Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice
Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the re…
Indian Why Stories
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing …
Popular Tales from the Norse
Popular Tales from the Norse invites listeners into a world of enchanting folklore, where ancient myths and legends come alive through the r…
Polish Fairy Tales
These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may…
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated audiences for generations.…
The Light Princess
The Light Princess is a fairytale written by George MacDonald about a young princess who is cursed by her wicked aunt to be without gravity.…
Maoriland Fairy Tales
Most of the tales have some basis in history. It is an oral language so all histories have to be remembered and retold. To help with this me…
Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It…
Tales from Silver Lands
The 1925 Newbery Medal Winner for best children's literature published in the United States, this collection of Central and South American i…
Cossack Fairy Tales
This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special…
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators, and scholars. They are an amalgam of myth…
More Celtic Fairy Tales
More fairy tales from the early days of the British Isles, collected and edited by Joseph Jacobs. - Summary by bookworm360
The Jade Story Book
A collection of folklore gathered from India, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Persia. - Summary by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
The Fairy Tales of Science
This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science…