FOLKTALES OF ALL NATIONS
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1) 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

2) Best-Loved Folktales of the World, edited by Joanna Cole. NY, Doubleday, 1982.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Arabian Nights
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Arabian Nights
Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle, Africa-Ashanti Tribe
Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get Burned, Jamaica
Anansi's Hat-Shaking Dance, Africa-Ashanti Tribe
Ashenputtel, Germany
Baba Yaga, Russia
Baby in the Crib, Black American
Bastianelo, Italy
Beauty and the Beast, France
Birth of Fin MacCoul, Ireland
Black, Brown, and Gray, Ireland
Blue Beard, France
Boggart, England
Boots and the Troll, Norway
Bouki Rents a Horse, Haiti
Brave Little Tailor, Germany
Bremen Town Musicians
Brer Rabbit, Businessman, Costa Rica
Brownie of Blednock, Scotland
Bul-Bul Bird, Latvia
Bunyip, Australia
Chelm Justice, Yiddish
Cinderella, France
Clever Judge, China
Clever Manka, Czechoslovakia
Clever Thief, Korea
Cock and the Mouse, Italy
Cow on the Roof, Wales
Crab, Italy
Czar Trojan's Ears, Yugoslavia
Darling Roland, Germany
Deer and the Jaguar Share a House, Brazil
Deserted Children, American Indian-Gros Ventre Tribe of Montana
Devil's Three Gold Hairs, Germany
Dick Whittington and his Cat, England
Doctor and his Pupil, France
Don Demonio's Mother-in-law, Spain
Donkey Driver and the Thief, Arabia
Don't Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours, Israel
Drakestail, France
Drinking Companions, China
East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Norway
Eros and Psyche, Ancient Greece
Faithful Even in Death, China
Farmer and His Hired Help, Afghanistan
Field of Boliauns, Ireland
Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh, Ireland
Fire on the Mountain, Ethiopia
Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa, Russia
Fisherman and His Wife, Germany
Fisherman and the Gatekeeper, Burma
Fisherman and the Genie, Arabian Nights
Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks, Ireland
Five Brothers, Chile
Fly, Vietnam
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, Russia
Forest Bride, Finland
Fox and the Grapes, Ancient Greece
Frog Prince, Germany
Funeral of the Hyena's Mother, Africa-Yoruba Tribe
Giant Who Had No Heart in his Body, Norway
Girl Who Married a Ghost, American Indian-The Nisqualli Tribe of
Southern Washington
God and the Devil Share the Harvest, Latvia
Golden Goose, Germany
Good and Bad News, England
Goose with the Golden Eggs, Ancient Greece
Goosegirl, Germany
Greedy Mariani, Haiti
Groom's Crimes, China
Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man Does Is Always Right,
Norway
Half-Chick, Spain
Hand of Glory, England
Hansel and Gretel, Germany
Hare and the Tortoise, Ancient Greece
Hats to Disappear with, Korea
How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil, Cuba
How Frog Lost his Tail, Africa-Sukuma Tribe
How Ma-ui Fished up the Great Island, Hawaii
How Platypuses Came to Australia, Australia
How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Stories, Africa-Ashanti Tribe
How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner, India
How the Devil Constructed a Church, Honduras
How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam, India
Hunter and His Magic Flute, Africa-Yoruba Tribe
I Ate the Loaf, Spain
Indian Cinderella, Canadian Indian
Intelligence and Luck, Czechoslovakia
It Could Always Be Worse, Yiddish
Jack and the Beanstalk, England
Jack in the Giants' Newground, Southern United States
Jack the Giant-Killer, England
Juniper Tree, Germany
King's Favorite, China
Lad Who Went to the North Wind, Norway
Lazy Jack, England
Legend of Saint Nicholas, Holland
Little Lizard's Sorrow, Vietnam
Little Red Riding Hood, Germany
Lost Woman, American Indian-Blackfeet Tribe
Lucky Table, Costa Rica
Magic Brocade, China
Magic Kettle, Japan
Magic Orange Tree, Haiti
Maid Lena, Denmark
Man Chooses Death, Africa-Madagascar
Man, the Boy and the Donkey, Ancient Greece
Manabozho and his Toe, American Indian
Master of All Masters, England
Master Thief, Norway
Mastermaid, Norway
Merman and the Farmer, Germany
Midwife, Scotland
Mister Lazybones, Laos
Molly Whuppie, England
Momotaro or The Peach-Boy, Japan
Money Makes Cares, China
Monkey and the Crocodile, India
Most Frugal of Men, China
Mother Holle, Germany
Munachar and Manachar, Ireland
Not a Pin to Choose Between Them, Norway
Old Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth, Sweden
Old Woman Who Lost her Dumplings, Japan
Oni and the Great Bird, Africa-Yoruba Tribe
Origin of Death, Africa-Akamba Tribe
Paul Bunyan's Cornstalk, Western United States
People Who Could Fly, Black American
Peter Bull, Denmark
Pied Piper, England
Pig-Headed Wife, Finland
Planting a Pear Tree, China
Prince Hedgehog, Russia
Princess on the Glass Hill, Norway
Puss in Boots, France
Queen Bee, Germany
Rapunzel, Germany
Raven Bring Light, Alaskan Indian
Rubber Man, Africa-Hausa Tribe
Rumpelstiltskin, Germany
Saint or Horse, Yiddish
Salt, Russia
Salt and Bread, Sweden
Seal's Skin, Iceland
Search for the Magic Lake, Ecuador
Sedna Legend, Eskimo
Senor Coyote and the Dogs, Mexico
Simple Wang, China
Sleeping Beauty, Germany
Snow-White, Germany
Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, Japan
Stonecutter, Japan
Story of King Frost, Russia
Story of the Smart Parrot, Puerto Rico
Stroke of Luck, Hungary
Tale of the Oki Islands, Japan
Talk, Africa-Ashanti Tribe
Talking Cat, French Canada
Taoist Priest, China
Teeny-Tiny, England
Theft of Fire, American Indian-Chippewa Tribe
Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin, Ireland
Thoughtless Abbot, Italy
Thousand-Furs, Germany
Three Billygoats Gruff, Norway
Three Hares, Turkey
Three Magic Oranges, Costa Rica
Three Wishes, England
Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal, India
Tiger's Whisker, Korea
Tinderbox, Denmark
Tit for Tat, India
Tom Thumb, Germany
Tom Tit Tot, England
Tonino and the Fairies, Spain
Treasure, Russia
Tug-of-War, Africa-Fan Tribe
Twelve Months, Modern Greece
Two Old Women's Bet, Southern United States
Uncle Bouqui and Little Malice, Haiti
Urashima, Japan
Valiant Chattee-Maker, India
Wee, Wee Mannie, Scotland
When Hershel Eats--, Yiddish
White Cat, France
Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed, Norway
Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words, Thailand
Why the Sea Is Salt, Norway
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, Africa-Efik-Ibibio
Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell, Africa-Baila Tribe
Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo, Indonesia
Wife's Portrait, Japan
Wise Dog, Africa-Yoruba Tribe
Woe, Russia
Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, Germany
Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree, Africa-Masai Tribe
Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, Uncle Remus
Wooden Spoon and the Whip, Africa-Yoruba Tribe
Younde Goes to Town, West Africa
Young Head of the Family, China

3) Heather Forest: A Collection of Concise Folktale Plots for Student Retelling (bones)
http://www.storyarts.org/library/nutshell/

4) Heather Forest: International Folk Tales (bones)
http://www.geocities.com/catlingmex/stories1.html

5) World Tales by Idries Shah.
Algonquin Cinderella (Native American-Algonquin)
Anpu and Bata (Egypt)
Apple on the Boy's Head (Iceland)
Ass in Pantherskin (India)
Beggar and the Gazelle (Middle East)
Bird Maiden (Arabia)
Blind Ones and the Matter of the Elephant (Afghanistan)
Boots of Hunain (Arabia)
Brahmin's Wife and the Mongoose (India)
Catherine's Fate (Italy-Sicily)
Cecino the Tiny (Italy-Tuscany)
Childe Rowland (Scotland)
Cobbler Who Became an Astrologer (Persia)
Conflict of the Magicians (Wales)
Cupid and Psyche (Italy)
Desolate Island (Palestine)
Dick Whittington (England)
Don't Count Your Chickens (Spain)
False Witnesses (Germany)
Fisherman and his Wife (Germany)
Food of Paradise (Central Asia)
Fox and the Hedgehog (Greece)
Gazelle Horn (Tibet)
Ghoul and the Youth of Ispahan (Persia)
God is Stronger (Madagascar)
Gorgon's Head (Greece)
Grateful Animals and the Ungrateful Man (Tibet)
Happiest Man in the World (Uzbekistan)
Hawk and the Nightingale (Greece)
Her Lover's Heart (India)
Hermit (France)
How Evil Produces Evil (Italy)
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary (Ireland)
Impossible Judgement (Spain)
Kindly Ghost (Sudan)
Lamb with Golden Fleece (Europe)
Land Where Time Stood Still (Romania)
Lost Camel (India)
Magic Bag (Morocco)
Maiden Wiser than the Tsar (Serbia)
Man Turned Into a Mule (Spain)
Man with the Wen (Japan)
Mastermaid (Norway)
New Hand (United States)
Occasion (Italy-Sicily)
Patient Griselda (England)
Pilgrim from Paradise (India)
Riddles (Turkestan)
Riquet with the Tuft (France)
Royal Detectives (Egypt)
Serpent (Albania)
Silent Couple (Arabia)
Skilful Brothers (Albania)
Slowest May Win the Race (Thailand)
Tales of a Parrot (India)
Three Caskets (England)
Three Imposters (Spain)
Tale of Mushkil Gusha (Middle East)
Tom Tit Tot (England)
Travelling Companion (Norway)
Two Travellers (China)
Value of a Treasure Hoard (China)
Water of Life (Germany)
Who Was the Most Generous (England)
Wonderful Lamp (Italy)

6) Folktales from Around the World:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1271/folklore_stories.html

7) Stories from Around the World (for kids):
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Online_Stories.html

8) Folktales from Around the World (great music!):
http://www.mythiccrossroads.com/asia.htm

9) Folklore from Around the World (great site!)
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

10) Favorite Folktales from Around the World, edited by Jane Yolen. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
ISBN 0-394-543832
Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say “You’re a Liar!”, The (Norway)
Ash Lad Who Had an Eating Match with the Troll, The (Norway)
Bad Wife, The (Russia)
Barn is Burning, The (Afro-American)
Bearskin (Germany)
Beduin’s Gazelle, The (Saudi Arabia)
Beginning of the Narran Lake, The (Australian Aboriginal)
Being Greedy Chokes Anansi (Jamaica)
Birth of Finn MacCumhail (Ireland)
Blacksmith’s Wife of Yarrowfoot, The (Scotland)
Brewery of Eggshells, The (Ireland)
Bridget and the Lurikeen (Ireland)
Bye-bye (Haiti)
Cat-Woman, The (France)
Catherine, Sly Country Lass (Italy)
Chelm Justice (Jewish)
Clever Answers (Russia)
Coals on the Devil’s Hearth (Ireland)
Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitch (American Indian)
Crack and Crook (Italy)
Death of a Miser (Russia)
Deer Hunter and White Corn Maiden (American Indian)
Departure of the Giants, The (Africa)
Devil with the Three Golden Hairs, The (Germany)
Devil’s Hide (Finland)
Dispute in Sign Language, A (Israel)
Dividing with Goose (Russia)
Djuha’s Sleeve (Syria)
Doctor and His Pupil, The (France)
Dream House, The (Ireland)
Drinking Companions (China)
Drovers Who Lost Their Feet, The (Mexico)
Duration of Life, The (Germany)
End of the World, The (American Indian)
Endless Story, An (Japan)
Faithful John (Germany)
Father of Eighteen Elves (Iceland)
Finn Messenger, The (Norway)
Fly, The (Vietnam)
Flying Head, The (American Indian)
Found Hound-Dog Stories (Ireland and United States)
Getting Common Sense (Jamaica)
Girl at the Shieling, The (Iceland)
Glooscap and the Baby (American Indian)
Godfather Death (Germany)
Goha on the Deathbed (Egypt)
Goose Girl, The (Germany)
Half a Blanket (Ireland)
Happy Man’s Shirt, The (Italy)
Helping to Lie (Germany)
His Just Reward (Sweden)
Hodja and the Cauldron, The (Turkey)
Hold Him, Tabb (Afro-American)
How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil (Cuba)
How a Man Found His Wife in the Land of the Dead (Papua)
How Mosquitoes Came to Be (American Indian)
How Spider Obtained the Sky God’s Stories (Africa)
How Men and Women Got Together (American Indian)
Hungry Peasant, God, and Death, The (Mexico)
It Could Always Be Worse (Jewish)
John Brodison and the Policeman (Ireland)
Jump into My Sack (Italy)
Katcha and the Devil (Czechoslovakia)
King of Ireland’s Son, The (Ireland)
King Matyas and His Scholars (Hungary)
King’s Son Goes Bear Hunting, The (Finland)
King’s Favorite, The (China)
Lad and the Devil, The (Norway)
Lawyer and the Devil, The (Ireland)
Lazy Jack (England)
Leopard, Goat, and Yam (Africa)
Li Chi Slays the Serpent (China)
Little Old Woman with Five Cows (Siberia)
Longwitton Dragon, The (England)
Lost Horse, The (China)
Magic Mirror of Rabbi Adam, The (Jewish)
Magic Pear Tree, The (China)
Man Who Had No Story, The (Ireland)
Master Thief, The (Germany)
Men Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead, The (France)
Merchant’s Daughter and the Slanderer, The (Russia)
Missing Axe, The (China)
Molly Whuppie (England)
Monkey and the Crocodile, The (India)
Mr. Fox (England)
Nail Soup (Sweden)
Nasr-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit (Turkey)
Old Man and His Grandson, The (Germany)
Old Dry Frye (United States)
Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle, The (England)
Old Man and Woman Who Switched Jobs (Sweden)
One Night in Paradise (Italy)
Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog, The (American Indian)
Orpheus and Eurydice (Greece)
Ostler and the Grave Robbers, The (Scotland)
Paddock in Heaven, A (England)
Parson and the Sexton, The (Norway)
Peasant and the Devil, The (Germany)
Peasant and the Fiend, The (Estonia)
Peddler of Swaffham, The (England)
Peik (Norway)
Pergrin and the Mermaid (Wales)
Prayer That Was Answered, The (Tibet)
Pretty Girl in the Road, A (United States)
Princess on the Glass Hill, The (Norway)
Promises of the Three Sisters, The (Egypt)
Quevedo and the King (Mexico)
Rabbi and the Inquisitor, The (Jewish)
Race Between Toad and Donkey (Jamaica)
Rich Man, Poor Man (Africa)
Sausage, The (Sweden)
Seal’s Skin, The (Iceland)
Sedna (Eskimo)
Serpent-Woman, The (Spain)
Seventh Father of the House, The (Norway)
Sis Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka (Russia)
Snake’s Lover, The (Peru)
Spirit of the Van, The (Wales)
Spirit-Wife, The (American Indian)
Story of Campriano, The (Italy)
Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, The (Germany)
Stroke of Luck, A (Hungary)
Swan-Maiden, The (Sweden)
Taken (Ireland)
Talk (Africa)
Tall Tales, The (Burma)
Then the Merman Laughed (Iceland)
Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese (Italy)
Three Sillies, The (England)
Tinker and the Ghost, The (Spain)
Toad-Bridegroom, The (Korea)
Truth and Falsehood (Greece)
Two Hunchbacks, The (Italy)
Two Pickpockets, The (England)
Two Old Women’s Bet, The (United States)
Tyll Ulenspiegel’s Merry Prank (Germany)
Ugly Son, The (Japan)
Urashima the Fisherman (Japan)
Vasilisa the Beautiful (Russia)
Wagging My Tail in the Mud (China)
Waiting Maid’s Parrot, The (China)
Well-Baked Man, The (American Indian)
What Melody is the Sweetest? (Afghanistan)
What Happened to Hadji (Turkey)
When One Man Has Two Wives (Syria)
White Cat (France)
Why the Hare Runs Away (Africa)
Wicked John and the Devil (United States)
Wiley and the Hairy Man (United States)
Wise Little Girl, The (Russia)
Woman Chooses Death (American Indian)
Word the Devil Made Up, The (Afro-American)
Wounded Seal, The (Scotland)
Youth Without Age and Life Without Death (Turkey)

11) Folktales from Around the World
http://www.folksonline.com/folks/hh/tours/1998/dragons.htm

12) Reading Revival Resources with texts of stories from all over the world. Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends and Folktales. Fabulous site! Don't miss checking this one out!!
http://www.wsd.k12.ca.us/techresource/RDfairytales.html

13) Folklore for young readers
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/itl/2/tell/tale_b.html

14) Expansive site:
http://hallkidspoetry.com/

15) List of stories and folklore for children from around the world
http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/holidays/asian.cfm

15) List of stories and folklore for children
http://hallkidspoetry.com/fairy_tales_folk_tales_myths/18.shtml

16) Full text stories of many, many folktales and fairy tales - excellent resource!
http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/fairytal.htm

17) Just a note that this text has recently been transcribed and is available online:
Folk Tales From Many Lands
Retold by Lilian Gask (1865-).
Illustrations by Willy Pogany (1882-1955).
New York, T.Y. Crowell & Company [1910].
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gask/tales/tales.html

(This web page updated 2/27/04)