Favorite Folktales from Around the World (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

Here between two covers you will find an inexhaustible source of delight for children and adults alike: the world's best folktales, chosen by the internationally known storyteller Jane Yolen. Over 150 tales are compiled from Iceland to Syria, Cuba to Papua. This title is part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library, which has been called a "splendid folklore series" by The Washington Post. From the Trade Paperback edition. ϡ쯦랠 This Collection Of Folktales Drawn From Over Forty Cultures And Traditions Includes Classic Tales From The Brothers Grimm, As Well As Lesser-known Stories. The Man Who Had No Story (ireland) -- How Spider Obtained The Sky God's Stories (africa) -- Helping To Lie (germany) -- The Ash Lad Who Made The Princess Say You're A Liar! (norway) -- The Parson And The Sexton (norway) -- The Tall Tales (burma) -- Catherine, Sly Country Lass (italy) -- The Wise Little Girl (russia) -- Clever Answers (russia) -- A Dispute In Sign Language (israel) -- Leopard, Goat, And Yam (africa) -- An Endless Story (japan) -- Glooscap And The Baby (american Indian) -- The Brewery Of Eggshells (ireland) -- Father Of Eighteen Elves (iceland) -- The Fly (vietnam) -- The Two Pickpockets (england) -- The Seventh Father Of The House (norway) -- The King's Favorite (china) -- Wagging My Tail In The Mud (china) -- When One Man Has Two Wives (syria) -- The Old Man And His Grandson (germany) -- Half A Blanket (ireland) -- How Men And Women Got Together (american Indian) -- The Little Old Woman With Five Cows (siberia) -- The Prayer That Was Answered (tibet) -- The Merchant's Daughter And The Slanderer (russia) -- What Happened To Hadji (turkey) -- Mr. Fox (england) -- The Waiting Maid's Parrot (china) -- The White Cat (france) -- Sedna (eskimo) -- Urashima The Fisherman (japan) -- The Spirit Of The Van (wales) -- The Toad-bridegroom (korea) -- Taken (ireland) -- The Girl At The Shieling (iceland) -- Deer Hunter And White Corn Maiden (american Indian) -- Tyll Ulenspiegel's Merry Prank (germany) -- The Hodja And The Cauldron (turkey) -- Being Greedy Chokes Anansi (jamaica) -- Quevedo And The King (mexico) -- Why The Hare Runs Away (africa) -- Coyote Fights A Lump Of Pitch (american Indian) -- Crack And Crook (italy) -- The Master Thief (germany) -- Peik (norway) -- The Monkey And The Crocodile (india) -- The Race Between Toad And Donkey (jamaica) -- The King's Son Goes Bear Hunting (finland) -- John Brodison And The Policeman (ireland) -- The Rabbi And The Inquisitor (jewish) -- The Ugly Son (japan) -- Dividing The Goose (russia) -- The Men Who Wouldn't Stay Dead (france) -- The Story Of Campriano (italy) -- The Three Sillies (england) -- Nasr-ed-din Hodja In The Pulpit (turkey) -- Lazy Jack (england) -- Chelm Justice (jewish) -- Those Stubborn Souls, The Biellese (italy) -- The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet (mexico) -- The Old Man And Woman Who Switched Jobs (sweden) -- The Two Old Women's Bet (united States) -- A Stroke Of Luck (hungary) -- The Sausage (sweden) -- Nail Soup (sweden) -- Old Dry Frye (united States) -- Bye-bye (haiti) -- The Barn Is Burning (afro-american) -- The Birth Of Finn Maccumhail (ireland) -- Li Chi Slays The Serpent (china) -- The Devil With The Three Golden Hairs (germany) -- The Longwitton Dragon (england) -- The Orphan Boy And The Elk Dog (american Indian) -- Molly Whuppie (england) -- The Beginning Of The Narran Lake (australian Aboriginal) -- The Flying Head (american Indian) -- The Story Of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was (germany) -- Talk (africa) -- The King Of Ireland's Son (ireland) -- The Goose Girl (germany) -- The Princess On The Glass Hill (norway) -- The Promises Of The Three Sisters (egypt) -- The Magic Mirror Of Rabbi Adam (jewish) -- The Old Woman Who Lived In A Vinegar Bottle (england) -- The Magic Pear Tree (china) -- Faithful John (germany) -- Found Hound-dog Stories (ireland And United States) -- The Doctor And His Pupil (france) -- The Swan-maiden (sweden) -- Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka (russia) -- The Blacksmith's Wife Of Yarrowfoot (scotland) -- The Seal's Skin (iceland) -- The Wounded Seal (scotland) -- The Cat-woman (france) -- The Serpent-woman (spain) -- The Snake's Lover (peru) -- The Well-baked Man (american Indian) -- The Finn Messenger (norway) -- Vasilisa The Beautiful (russia) -- Bridge And The Lurikeen (ireland) -- The Two Hunchbacks (italy) -- Then The Merman Laughed (iceland) -- Pergrin And The Mermaid (wales) -- The Ash Lad Who Had An Eating Match With The Troll (norway) -- How Mosquitoes Came To Be (american Indian) -- The Departure Of The Giants (africa) -- The Peasant And The Devil Germany -- Wicked John And The Devil (united States) -- The Bad Wife (russia) -- Katcha And The Devil (czechoslovakia) -- The Lawyer And The Devil (ireland) -- Coals On The Devil's Hearth (ireland) -- The Devil's Hide (finland) -- How El Bizarrón Fooled The Devil (cuba) -- Bearskin (germany) -- The Lad And The Devil (norway) -- Wiley And The Hairy Man (united States) -- Truth And Falsehood (greece) -- Getting Common Sense (jamaica) -- Rich Man, Poor Man (africa) -- The Lost Horse (china) -- It Could Always Be Worse (jewish) -- His Just Reward (sweden) -- Djuha's Sleeve (syria) -- King Mátyás And His Scholars (hungary) -- The Missing Axe (china) -- What Melody Is The Sweetest? (afghanistan) -- The Peddler Of Swaffham (england) -- The Beduin's Gazelle (saudi Arabia) -- The Happy Man's Shirt (italy) -- Orpheus And Euridice (greece) -- The Spirit-wife (american Indian) -- One Night In Paradise (italy) -- A Pretty Girl In The Road (united States) -- The Dream House (ireland) -- The Peasant And The Fiend (estonia) -- The Tinker And The Ghost (spain) -- Hold Him, Tabb (afro-american) -- Drinking Companions (cina) -- The Ostler And The Grave Robbers (scotland) -- The Duartion Of Life (germany) -- Woman Chooses Death (american Indian) -- Jump Into My Sack (italy) -- Youth Without Age And Life Without Death (turkey) -- Goha On The Deathbed (egypt) -- Death Of A Miser (russia) -- Godfather Death (germany) -- The Hungry Peasant, God, And Death (mexico) -- The Word The Devil Made Up (afro-american) -- A Paddock In Heaven (england) -- How A Man Found His Wife In The Land Of The Dead (papua) -- The End Of The World (american Indian). Edited By Jane Yolen. Bibliography: P. 477-498.

a One Volume Collection Of 160 Tales From Over 40 Cultures And Traditions, Containing Both Classics And Lesser Known Tales.

publishers Weekly

storytelling, The Oral Tradition That Springs Directly From Folk Archives, Is Well Served In This One-volume Collection Culled From Pantheon's Folklore Series. The 160 Tales Are Grouped Thematically In 13 Chapterse.g. ``the Very Young And The Very Old,'' ``fooling The Devil''taken From A Variety Of Cultureseskimo, Irish, American Indian, Afro-american, Chinese, Etc. Folklorists Of Many Eras Are Represented In Both Familiar And Less-common Tales, Carefully Selected By Yolen, Whose Insightful Introduction Sets The Parameters Of Choice. Her Professional Experience (she Is The Author Of More Than 80 Books, Many Of Them Tales For Children), Assures Us That Storytelling, Defined As ``a Personal Art That Makes Public What Is Private And Makes Private What Is Public,'' Is Enjoying Revival Across The North American Continent. The Organization Of This Collection Makes Accessible, For Telling And Listening, Illuminating Glimpses Of The World's Cultures. (november 21)

From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library