SPECIFIC BOOK INDEX
(the stories in this list have been alphabetized and are not in order of appearance)

Folktales of All Nations, edited by F.H. Lee. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. 1930.

Acheria the Fox (Basque Tales)
Aggo Dah Gauda (North-American Indians)
Ainsel (Scotland)
Anansi and Nothing (West Africa)
Animals Take a Bite, The (Finland)
Animals’ Language (Serbia)
Ant and the Pheasant, The (Papua)
Awful Fate of Brer Wolf, The (American Negro Tales)
Bag of Stories, The (South Carolina)
Baldpate (Gipsy Tales)
Basket of Eggs, The (Ireland)
Bear Says “North”, The (Finland)
Bearskin (Germany)
Beauty and the Beast (France)
Beggar’s Curse, The (Brittany)
Beginning of Death, The (Fiji Islands)
Ber Rabbit and Ber Wolf (South Carolina)
Bewitched Violin, The (Spain)
Blind Man, the Deaf Man, and the Donkey, The (India–The Deccan)
Booby, The (Italy)
Boy Magician, The (North-American Indians)
Boy Who Became Emperor, The (China)
Brahman, the Thief, and the Ghost, The (India–Panchatantra Tales)
Brahman’s Dream, The (India–Panchatantra Tales)
Brave Boy, The (The Cape Verde Islands)
Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear (American Negro Tales)
Brer Wolf Makes a Mistake (American Negro Tales)
Bridge of the Kist, The (Ireland)
Buchettino (Italy)
Bull of Siva, The (India–From “The Book of Noodles”)
Bush Cow and the Elephant, The (Southern Nigeria)
Cap o’ Rushes (England and Wales)
Cat and the Rat, The (The Congo)
Cat and the Mouse, The (England and Wales)
Cat, the Cock, and the Fox, The (Cossack Tales)
Caterpillar and the Wild Animals, The (The Masai)
Ceres and Proserpine (Ancient Greece)
Child and the Fiddle, The (Ireland)
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (France)
Clever Peasant, The (Italy)
Cobbler’s Lad, The (Denmark)
Compair Bouki, Compair Lapin, and the Birds’ Eggs (Louisiana)
Compair Lapin and Compair L’Ours (Louisiana)
Compair Bouki and the Monkeys (Louisiana)
Compair Lapin and the Earthworm (Louisiana)
Conceited Spider, The (West Africa)
Constantes and the Dragon (Modern Greece)
Country of Gentlemen, The (China)
Coyote and the Turtle, The (The Pueblo Indians)
Coyote and the Fox, The (The Pueblo Indians)
Crab (Italy)
Crackling Mountain, The (Japan)
Crazy Priestess and Her Crazy Daughters, The (Modern Greece)
Creation of Man, The (North-American Indians)
Crow and the Daylight, The (Eskimo Tales)
Cuckoo and the Hoopoe, The (Roumania)
Dandaka the Monk, The (India–From “The Book of Noodles”)
Death of Sohrab, The (Persia)
Devil and the Gipsy (Russia)
Devil’s Mother-in-law, The (Ireland)
Devil’s Hide, The (Finland)
Dinewan the Emu, and Wahn the Crows (Australia)
Discomfiture of Cabrakan, The (Mexico and Peru)
Dividing the Cheese, The (The Cape Verde Islands)
Dog, the Snake, and the Cure of Headache, The (Roumania)
Donald and His Neighbours (Ireland)
Doomed Prince, The (Egypt)
Dove and the Heron, The (Hottentot Tales)
Dream of Owen O’Mulready (Ireland)
Dreamer, The (South Carolina)
Eagle, The (Babylon)
Earth Giants, The (Mexico and Peru)
Eggs or Beans (The Cape Verde Islands)
Elephant Has a Bet with the Tiger, The (Malay Tales)
Enchanted Pillow, The (Papua)
Enchanted Hare, The (Ireland)
Errua the Madman (Basque Tales)
Etain (Ireland)
Fable of the Animals (North-American Indians)
Faery and a Kettle, A (Scotland)
Fairy Gold (Ireland)
Fairy Wives, The (North-American Indians)
Farmer Weathersky (Norse Tales)
Farmer of Liddesdale, The (Ireland)
Farmer, His Wife, and the Open Door, The (India–India Nights’ Entertainment)
Fatal Imitation (South Carolina)
Fate of Little Jack Sparrow, The (American Negro Tales)
Feast Day, A (Italy)
Fenette the Alpine Shepherdess (Switzerland)
Fire-makers, The (Australia)
Fish in the Forest (Russia)
Fisher Joe (Hungary)
Flying Ship, The (Russia)
Foolish Teacher, the Foolish Pupils, and the Cat, The (India–The
Katha-Sarit-Sagara Tales)
Four Friends, The (India–Fables of Bidpai)
Four Weavers, The (India–India Nights’ Entertainment)
Fox and the Goose, The (Spain)
Fox and the Turkey, The (The Pueblo Indians)
Fox and the Mice, The (The Pueblo Indians)
Fox and the Lizard, The (The Pueblo Indians)
Fox and the Cat, The (Cossack Tales)
Friendship of the Squirrel and the Creeping Fish, The (Malay Tales)
Frog and the Crow, The (Tibet)
From a Persian Jest Book (Persia)
Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body, The (Norse Tales)
Giufa and the Morning-singer (Italy)
God Knows How to Punish Man (Russia)
Golden Ball, The (England and Wales)
Good Night, My Brave Michael (Ireland)
Good-for-nothing, The (Georgia)
Goody ‘Gainst-the-Stream (Norse Tales)
Goolahwilleel, the Topknot Pigeons (Australia)
Gooloo the Magpie and Wahroogah (Australia)
Great Stone Fire Eater, The (Korea)
Great Chief of the Animals, The (Kafir Tales)
Greedy Daughter, The (Italy)
Greedy Cat, The (Norse Tales)
Gudbrand on the Hill-side (Norse Tales)
Half-chick, The (Spain)
Hans in Luck (Germany)
Hansel and Grethel (Germany)
Hare and the Elephants, The (The Masai)
Harvest, The (Finland)
Have Courage (China)
He Who Asks Little Receives Much (Serbia)
Healing Waters, The (North-American Indians)
Henny-Penny (England and Wales)
Hind of the Golden Apple, The (Portugal)
History of Tom Thumb, The (England and Wales)
Horned Women, The (Ireland)
How the Mouse Got into His Hole (India–The “Talking Thrush” Tales)
How the Hare Got His Split Lip (Tibet)
How the Turtle Got His Shell (Papua)
How the Tongans Came to Fiji (Fiji Islands)
How the Selfish Goannas Lost Their Wives (Australia)
How the Mosquitoes Came to Oneata (Fiji Islands)
How Supersmart Ate the Elephant (India–Panchatantra Tales)
How to Eat Monkey (The Cape Verde Islands)
How an Old Man Lost His Wen (Japan)
How Cajusse Was Married (Italy)
How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus (Southern Nigeria)
How the Spider Ate the Hyena-cubs’ Food (Northern Nigeria)
How the Alpine Horn Came to the Herdsman (Switzerland)
How a Man Found His Wife in the Land of the Dead (Papua)
Huia, or the Tale of the Fishing-net (Maori Tales)
Hundred-wit, Thousand-wit, and Single-wit (India–Panchatantra Tales)
Husband Who Was to Mind the House, The (Norse Tales)
Intelligence and Luck (Bohemia)
Irashima Taro (Japan)
Irishman and the Donkey, The (South Carolina)
Iron Wolf, The (Cossack Tales)
Jack Hannaford (England and Wales)
Jack the Cunning Thief (Ireland)
Jack and His Master (England and Wales)
Jackal and the Drought, The (The Congo)
Jackal and the Drum, The (India–The Katha-Sarit-Sagara Tales)
Jackal’s Bride, The (Hottentot Tales)
Jelly-fish and the Monkey, The (Japan)
Jezinkas, The (Bohemia)
Jock and His Mother (Scotland)
Johnny-cake (England and Wales)
King and the Oak, The (Ancient Greece)
King and the Ju-Ju Tree, The (Southern Nigeria)
King and the Apple, The (Georgia)
King’s Daughter of France, The (Ireland)
Knavish Little Bird, The (Spain)
Kuz’ma Skorobogaty (Russia)
Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf, and the Hare, The (Tibet)
Lad and the Old Lassie’s Song, The (Ireland)
Lame Fox, The (Serbia)
Lazy Jack (England and Wales)
Legend of Bottle-Hill (Ireland)
Lesson for Kings, A (India–Buddhist Birth-Stories)
Lion, the Tiger, and the Eagle, The (Modern Greece)
Little Pony, The (Denmark)
Little Feather of Fenist the Bright Falcon, The (Russia)
Little Red Riding Hood (France)
Lo-Sun, the Blind Boy (China)
Loik Guern (Brittany)
Long, Broad, and Sharpsight (Bohemia)
Lord Peter (Norse Tales)
Lost Fisher, The (England and Wales)
Lusmore at Knockgrafton (Ireland)
Lying for a Wager (Serbia)
Magic Almonds, The (Papua)
Magic Lamp, The (India–Santal Tales)
Magic Pillow, The (China)
Magic Scythe, The (Iceland)
Maiden with the Wooden Bowl, The (Japan)
Marko the Rich and Vasily the Luckless (Russia)
Merman, The (Iceland)
Merry Little Fox, The (Portugal)
Mice That Ate an Iron Balance, The (India–The Katha-Sarit-Sagara Tales)
Miraculous Fish, The (Brittany)
Miraculous Tea-kettle, The (Japan)
Mirror That Made Trouble, The (Korea)
Mirror of Matsuyama, The (Japan)
Mischievous Crow, The (Australia)
Molly Whupple (England and Wales)
Mona and the Morgan (Brittany)
Money Chest, The (Iceland)
Monkeys and the Bears, The (India–Fables of Bidpai)
Monster of Baylock, The (Ireland)
More About the Fisherman and the Genie (Arabia)
Mouse That Was Turned into a Maiden, The (India–The Katha-Sarit-Sagara Tales)
Mouse and the Butterfly, The (Papua)
Mouse-deer’s Shipwreck, The (Malay Tales)
Mr. Vinegar (England and Wales)
Mr. Monkey the Bridegroom (Louisiana)
Mud People, The (Papua)
Munachar and Manachar (Ireland)
Nix Nought Nothing (England and Wales)
Oh, the Tsar of the Forest (Cossack Tales)
Ohia and the Thieving Deer (West Africa)
Oil Merchant’s Donkey, The (Portugal)
Olaf the Mermaid’s Son (Denmark)
Old Miser, The (Italy)
One Cannot Help an Unlucky Man (Northern Nigeria)
Origin of Fire, The (North-American Indians)
Osborn’s Pipe (Norse Tales)
Ostrich Chicks, The (The Masai)
Padre and the Negro, The (Portugal)
Partners, The (Finland)
Peasant and the Workman, The (Egypt)
Pigling and Her Proud Sister (Korea)
Pine Gum Baby, The (The Pueblo Indians)
Piper and the Puca, The (Ireland)
Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat, The (Germany)
Porridge, The (Finland)
Prince Csihan (Hungary)
Prince Who Befriended the Beasts, The (Georgia)
Princess of Colchester, The (England and Wales)
Proud Mouse, The (Eskimo Tales)
Psyche (Ancient Greece)
Puck Wudj Ininee (North-American Indians)
Puss in Boots (France)
Quarcoo Bah-boni (West Africa)
Rabbit and the Monkey, The (India–The “Talking Thrush” Tales)
Rabbit and the Crocodile, The (The Congo)
Rangi and Papatua, or the Heavens and the Earth (Maori Tales)
Red Bull of Norroway, The (Scotland)
Red Jacket; or the Nose Tree (England and Wales)
Return of Proserpine, The (Ancient Greece)
Rice and the Sugar-cane, The (Madagascar)
Robe of Feathers (Japan)
Robin Goodfellow (England and Wales)
Rongo and the Lizard-God (Maori Tales)
Running Stick, The (Eskimo Tales)
Sagacious Lumbardar, The (India–India Nights’ Entertainment)
Sakka’s Presents (India–Buddhist Birth-Stories)
Schildburgers, The (Germany)
Scrawny Old Man and Woman, The (The Congo)
Seal Maiden, The (Scotland)
Seer, TheRed King and the Witch, The (Gipsy Tales)
Serpent and the Peasant, The (Georgia)
Serpent Woman, The (Spain)
Serpent-peri and the Magic Mirror, The (Turkey)
Seven Iron Slippers, The (Portugal)
Shahriar and Shahrazad (Arabia)
Shepherd of Silfunarstadir (Iceland)
Silly Weaver Girl, The (India–India Nights’ Entertainment)
Silly Men and Cunning Wives (Norse Tales)
Silly Matt (Norse Tales)
Singing Sack, The (Spain)
Sir Lazarus and the Dragons (Modern Greece)
Slow, the Weaver (India–Panchatantra Tales)
Snake, the Dog, and the Cat (Modern Greece)
Snake Who Became the King’s Son-in-law, The (Gipsy Tales)
Snake Ogre, The (North-American Indians)
Sohrab and Rustern (Persia)
Sohrab, the Child of Many Smiles (Persia)
Speaking Grapes, the Smiling Apple, and the Tinkling Apricot, The
(Hungary)
Spider Which Bought a Dog as a Slave, The (Northern Nigeria)
Spider, The (Portugal)
Spider, the Guinea-fowl, and the Francolin, The (Northern Nigeria)
Spider Passes on a Debt, The (Northern Nigeria)
St. Yves the Truth-giver (Brittany)
Stone Monkey, The (China)
Stones of Plouvinec, The (Brittany)
Storm Coming, A (The Cape Verde Islands)
Story of the Forty-first Brother, The (Cossack Tales)
Story of a Simpleton, The (India–Santal Tales)
Story of Five Heads, The (Kafir Tales)
Story of White-headed Zal (Persia)
Story of Ra and Isis, The (Egypt)
Story of the Two Brothers, The (Egypt)
Story of the Fisherman and the Genie, The (Arabia)
Story of the Stone Lion, The (Tibet)
Story of the Grecian King and the Sage Douban, The (Arabia)
Story of the Home-bred Boy, The (Tibet)
Story of a Cat’s Tail, The
Story of the Two Neighbours, The (Tibet)
Story of a Lizard, a Tiger, and a Lame Man, The (India–Santal Tales)
Story of the McAndrew Family, The (Ireland)
Story of Lion and Little Jackal, The (Kafir Tales)
Story of the Cat and the Mice, The (Tibet)
Story of the White Pet, The (Scotland)
Story of Tom Tit Tot, The (England and Wales)
Story of Kara and Guja, The (India–Santal Tales)
Straw Ox, The (Cossack Tales)
Strong Man and the Dwarf, The (Georgia)
Tail, The (England and Wales)
Tale of the Hoodie (Scotland)
Talking Bird (China)
Talking Bananas, The (Papua)
Tall-tale Grease (South Carolina)
Tartaro and Petit Perroquet (Basque Tales)
Teeth and No Teeth (Georgia)
Terrible Olli (Finland)
Thirteenth (Italy)
Three Lemons (Hungary)
Three Sisters and Itrimobe (Madagascar)
Three Golden Hairs of Grandfather Allknow (Bohemia)
Three Sisters (Papua)
Three Aunts, The (Norse Tales)
Tit for Tat (India–The Deccan)
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse (England and Wales)
Tom Hickathrift the Conqueror (England and Wales)
Tortoise (Louisiana)
Transformation Donkey (Italy)
Treasure-chamber of Rhampsinitus (Egypt)
Trolls in Hedale Wood (Norse Tales)
Tug of War (The Cape Verde Islands)
Two Out of the Knapsack (Russia)
Undoing of Zipacna (Mexico and Peru)
Unforgiving Monkey (India–Panchatantra Tales)
Valiant Blackbird (India–The “Talking Thrush” Tales)
Valiant Chattee-maker (India–The Deccan)
Verlioka (Russia)
Virtue Its Own Reward (Denmark)
Visu (Japan)
Vukub-Cakix, the Great Macaw (Mexico and Peru)
Warriors and the Monkey e (The Masai)
Wayambeh the Turtle (Australia)
Weedah the Mocking Bird (Australia)
Where the Coconut Came From (Papua)
Whippety Stourie (Scotland)
White Cat, The (France)
White Rabbit (Portugal)
White Man and the Snake (Hottentot Tales)
Why the Men of Gavi Will Not Eat Fish (Papua)
Why the Tortoise Has a Round Back (Roumania)
Why the Stork Has No Tail (Roumania)
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles as Big as Themselves (West Africa)
Why the Woodpecker Has a Long Beak (Roumania)
Why the Lizard Continually Moves His Head Up and Down (West Africa)
William Tell (Switzerland)
Winter Spirit and His Visitor (North-American Indians)
Wise Old Shepherd (India–The “Talking Thrush” Tales)
Wise Men of Gotham (England and Wales)
Wishes (Hungary)
Witty Answer (Georgia)
Women and the Children of the Sycamore Tree (The Masai)
Wonderful Kettle (North-American Indians)
Wonderful Pear-tree (China)
Wonderful Lizard (Australia)
Wonderful Horns (Kafir Tales)
Youth Without Age and Life Without Death (Turkey)
Yvon and Finette (Brittany


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