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Amongst the one hundred folktales are such familiar tales as The Three Billy-Goats Gruff, Haensel and Gretel, Sleeping Beuaty, and some perhaps not so familiar, The Magic Bird, The Goose Girl, and The Pancake.
“If you can buy only one fairytale book a year, buy this. Why? Because the chooser knows more about the folktales of all countries than anyone else in the world, and the choice is the flower of the flock.” —New York Times Book Review
“Just relax and enjoy these delightful tales from all over the world—or better yet, read them aloud to some of your favorite children.” —Quartet
“Should remain the standard tale anthology in English for years to come.” —Folklore Forum |
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Table of Contents
Foreword
One, Norwegian—The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
Two, Italian—The Ingrates
Three, French—John the Bear
Four, Norwegian—The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body
Five, Spanish—The Castle of No Return
Six, Russian—The Danced-Out Shoes
Seven, French—The Maiden in the Tower
Eight, Italian—How the Devil Married Three Sisters
Nine, French—The White Cat
Ten, French—The Little Gardener with Golden Hair
Eleven, Ancient Egypian—Anpu and Bata
Twelve, French—The Doctor and His Pupil
Thirteen, German—A Tale of a Boy Who Set Out to Learn Fear
Fourteen, German—Haensel and Gretel
Fifteen, Norwegian—Boots and the Troll
Sixteen, Norwegian—The Master-Smith
Seventeen, French—The Child Sold to the Devil
Eighteen, Swedish—Godfather Death
Nineteen, French—Little Red Riding-Hood
Twenty, Danish—Maid Lena
Twenty-one, Norwegian—The Three Princesses of Whiteland
Twenty-two, Russian—The Frog Princess
Twenty-three, Swedish—The White Bride and the Black Bride
Twenty-four, Italian—The Three Citrons
Twenty-five, Swedish—Sleeping Beauty
Twenty-six, Norwegian—East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon
Twenty-seven, Italian—King Bean
Twenty-eight, Swedish—King Lindorm
Twenty-nine, German—The Frog King
Thirty, Russian—Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka
Thirty-one, Swedish—The Six Swans
Thirty-two, Swedish—The Rich Man and His Son-in-Law
Thirty-three, Greek—The Animal Wife
Thirty-four, Norwegian—Friends in Life and Death
Thirty-five, Norwegian—The Two Step-Sisters
Thirty-six, English—Tom Tit Tot
Thirty-seven, Norwegian—The Three Aunts
Thirty-eight, Irish—The Hunchback’s Gift
Thirty-nine, Swedish—The Princess Who Was Rescued from Slavery
Forty, Portuguese—The Hearth-Cat
Forty-one, Norwegian—Katie Woodencloak
Forty-two, Germany—One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
Forty-three, French—The Self-Propelled Carriage
Forty-four, German—Faithful John
Forty-five, Norwegian—The Princess on the Glass Hill
Forty-six, Greek—The Servant Who Took the Place of His Master
Forty-seven, German—The Goose-Girl
Forty-eight, Norwegian—Lord Peter
Forty-nine, German—The Gold Bird
Fifty, Irish—The Well at the World’s End
Fifty-one, Russian—The Goldfish
Fifty-two, Greek—The Grateful Animals and the Talisman
Fifty-three, Italian—The Ass That Lays Money
Fifty-four, Russian—Two Out of the Sack
Fifty-five, Russian—Horns
Fifty-six, Greek—The Magic Bird
Fifty-seven, Norwegian—The King’s Hares
Fifty-eight, Hungarian—The Lamb with the Golden Fleece
Fifty-nine, Norwegian—The Blue Belt
Sixty, Norwegian—True and Untrue
Sixty-one, Danish—The Louse Skin
Sixty-two, German—The Young Giant
Sixty-three, French—The Miller’s Four Sons
Sixty-four, Russian—The Speedy Messenger
Sixty-five, Bulgarian—The Language of Animals
Sixty-six, Italian—The Three Languages
Sixty-seven, Danish—The Lazy Boy
Sixty-eight, German—Tom Thumb
Sixty-nine, Russian—The Armless Maiden
Seventy, Italian—The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird
Seventy-one, German—Snow-White
Seventy-two, German—The Juniper
Seventy-three, German—The Poor and the Rich
Seventy-four, Greek—The Greater Sinner
Seventy-five, Italian—The Singing Bone
Seventy-six, Russian—The Princess Who Wanted to Solve Riddles
Seventy-seven, Swedish—The Princess in the Earth Cave
Seventy-eight, Italian—The Clever Peasant Girl
Seventy-nine, Italian—The King Who Wanted a Beautiful Wife
Eighty, Italian—The Crumb in the Beard
Eighty-one, Greek—The Three Words of Advice
Eighty-two, Danish—The King and the Bishop
Eighty-three, Czech—Intelligence and Luck
Eighty-four-Literary—The Treasure Chamber of Rhampsinitus
Eighty-five, Danish—The Anger Bargain
Eighty-six, Ancient Greek—Polyphemus, the Cyclops
Eighty-seven, Norwegian—Gudbrand on the Hillside
Eighty-eight, Italian—Clever Elsie and Her Companions
Eighty-nine, Scottish—The Master Thief
Ninety, Russian—Shemiaka the Judge
Ninety-one, Danish—Little Claus and Big Claus
Ninety-two, French—The Man from Paradise
Ninety-three, Russian—The Just Reward
Ninety-four, German—The Brave Little Tailor
Ninety-five, Italian—Crab
Ninety-six, Russian—Salt
Ninety-seven, Danish—Peter Ox
Ninety-eight, Russian—”What Should I Have Said?”
Ninety-nine, English—”Is He Fat?”
One Hundred, Norwegian—The Pancake
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