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Favorite Folktales from Around the World

Jane Yolen · 1986anthology

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Contents

  1. 1The Old Lady in the Caveshort story
  2. 2The Talking Skullshort story
  3. 3Why We Tell Storiespoem
  4. 4The Man Who Had No Storyshort story
  5. 5How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Storiesshort story
  6. 6Helping to Lieshort story
  7. 7Ashiepattle Who Made the Princess Tell the Truthshort story
  8. 8The Parson and the Clerkshort story
  9. 9The Tall Talesshort story
  10. 10Catherine, Sly Country Lassshort story
  11. 11The Wise Little Girlshort story
  12. 12Clever Answersshort story
  13. 13A Dispute in Sign Languageshort story
  14. 14Leopard, Goat, and Yamshort story
  15. 15An Endless Storyshort story
  16. 16Glooskap and the Babyshort story
  17. 17The Brewery of Egg-Shellsshort story
  18. 18The Father of Eighteen Elvesshort story
  19. 19The Flyshort story
  20. 20The Two Pickpocketsshort story
  21. 21The Seven Fathers in the Houseshort story
  22. 22The King's Favoriteshort story
  23. 23Wagging My Tail in the Mudshort story
  24. 24The Old Man and His Grandsonshort story
  25. 25When One Man Has Two Wivesshort story
  26. 26Half a Blanketshort story
  27. 27How Men and Women Got Togethershort story
  28. 28The Little Old Woman with Five Cowsshort story
  29. 29The Prayer That Was Answeredshort story
  30. 30The Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderershort story
  31. 31What Happened to Hadji, A Merchant of Bezestanshort story
  32. 32Mr. Foxshort story
  33. 33The Waiting Maid's Parrotshort story
  34. 34The White Catnovelette
  35. 35The Sedna Legendshort story
  36. 36Urashima the Fishermanshort story
  37. 37The Spirit of the Vanshort story
  38. 38The Toad-Bridegroomshort story
  39. 39Takenshort story
  40. 40The Girl at the Shielingshort story
  41. 41Deer Hunter and White Corn Maidenshort story
  42. 42Tyll Ulenspiegel's Merry Prankshort story
  43. 43The Khodja and the Cauldronshort story
  44. 44Annancy and the Yam Hillsshort story
  45. 45Quevedo and the Kingshort story
  46. 46Why the Hare Runs Awayshort story
  47. 47Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitchshort story
  48. 48Crack and Crookshort story
  49. 49The Master-Thiefshort story
  50. 50Peikshort story
  51. 51The Monkey and the Crocodileshort story
  52. 52Toad and Donkeyshort story
  53. 53The King's Son Goes Bear Huntingshort story
  54. 54John Brodison and the Policemanshort story
  55. 55The Rabbi and the Inquisitorshort story
  56. 56The Ugly Sonshort story
  57. 57Dividing the Gooseshort story
  58. 58The Men Who Wouldn't Stay Deadshort story
  59. 59The Story of Camprianoshort story
  60. 60Variant of the Three Noodlesshort story
  61. 61The Khoja in the Pulpitshort story
  62. 62Lazy Jackshort story
  63. 63Chelm Justiceshort story
  64. 64Those Stubborn Souls, the Bielleseshort story
  65. 65The Drovers Who Lost Their Feetshort story
  66. 66The Old Man and Woman Who Switched Jobsshort story
  67. 67The Two Old Women's Betshort story
  68. 68A Stroke of Luckshort story
  69. 69The Sausageshort story
  70. 70The Old Woman and the Tramp or Nail Brothshort story
  71. 71Old Dry Fryeshort story
  72. 72"Bye-Bye"short story
  73. 73The Intelligent Slaveshort story
  74. 74The Birth of Fin MacCumhail and Origin of the Fenians of Erinshort story
  75. 75Li Chi Slays the Serpentshort story
  76. 76The Giant with the Three Golden Hairsshort story
  77. 77The Longwitton Dragonshort story
  78. 78The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dogshort story
  79. 79The Flying Headshort story
  80. 80Molly Whuppieshort story
  81. 81The Origin of the Narran Lakeshort story
  82. 82The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Wasshort story
  83. 83Talkshort story
  84. 84The King of Ireland's Sonshort story
  85. 85The Goose-Girlshort story
  86. 86The Princess on the Glass Hillshort story
  87. 87The Promises of the Three Sistersshort story
  88. 88The Magic Mirror of Rabbi Adamshort story
  89. 89The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottleshort story
  90. 90Growing Pearsshort story
  91. 91Faithful Johnshort story
  92. 92Hare and Houndshort story
  93. 93The Best Coon-and-Possum Dogshort story
  94. 94The Maryland Dogshort story
  95. 95The Split Dogshort story
  96. 96The Doctor and His Pupilshort story
  97. 97The Swan Maidenshort story
  98. 98Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushkashort story
  99. 99The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfootshort story
  100. 100The Seal's Skinshort story
  101. 101The Wounded Sealshort story
  102. 102The Cat-Womanshort story
  103. 103The Serpent Womanshort story
  104. 104The Snake's Lovershort story
  105. 105The Well-Baked Manshort story
  106. 106The Finn Messengershort story
  107. 107Vasilisa the Beautifulshort story
  108. 108The Kildare Lurikeenshort story
  109. 109The Two Hunchbacksshort story
  110. 110Then the Merman Laughedshort story
  111. 111Pergrin and the Mermaidshort story
  112. 112The Ash Lad Who Had an Eating Match with the Trollshort story
  113. 113How Mosquitoes Came to Beshort story
  114. 114The Departure of the Giantsshort story
  115. 115The Peasant and the Devilshort story
  116. 116Wicked John and the Devilshort story
  117. 117The Bad Wifeshort story
  118. 118Katcha and the Devil: The Story of a Clinging Vineshort story
  119. 119The Lawyer and the Devilshort story
  120. 120Coals on the Devil's Hearthshort story
  121. 121The Devil's Hideshort story
  122. 122How El Bizarrón Fooled the Devilshort story
  123. 123The Green Robeshort story
  124. 124The Lad and the Devilshort story
  125. 125Wiley and the Hairy Manshort story
  126. 126Truth and Falsehoodshort story
  127. 127Anancy an Common-Senseshort story
  128. 128Rich Man, Poor Manshort story
  129. 129The Lost Horseshort story
  130. 130It Could Always Be Worseshort story
  131. 131His Just Rewardshort story
  132. 132Djuha's Sleeveshort story
  133. 133King Mátyás and His Scholarsshort story
  134. 134The Missing Axeshort story
  135. 135What Melody Is the Sweetest?short story
  136. 136The Peddler of Swaffamshort story
  137. 137The Beduin's Gazelleshort story
  138. 138The Happy Man's Shirtshort story
  139. 139Orpheus and Eurydiceshort story
  140. 140The Spirit-Wifeshort story
  141. 141One Night in Paradiseshort story
  142. 142A Pretty Girl in the Roadshort story
  143. 143The Peasant and the Fiendshort story
  144. 144The Tinker and the Ghostshort story
  145. 145Hold Him, Tabbshort story
  146. 146Drinking Companionsshort story
  147. 147Burke and Hare-Tale IIshort story
  148. 148The Duration of Lifeshort story
  149. 149Woman Chooses Deathshort story
  150. 150Jump into My Sackshort story
  151. 151Youth Without Age and Life Without Deathshort story
  152. 152Goha on the Deathbedshort story
  153. 153Death of a Misershort story
  154. 154Godfather Deathshort story
  155. 155The Hungry Peasant, God, and the Devilshort story
  156. 156How the Devil Coined a Wordshort story
  157. 157A Paddock in Heavenshort story
  158. 158How a Man Found His Wife in the Land of the Deadshort story
  159. 159The End of the Worldshort story