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1 The History of Sunshine and his Brother As the Chan’s Son was journeying along as before, laden with Ssidi, Ssidi inquired of him as former...
2 Sun, Moon, and Talia It is a well-known fact that the cruel man is generally his own hangman; and he who throws stones ...
3 Ouyan the Curlew Bleargah the hawk, mother of Ouyan the curlew, said one day to her son: "Go, Ouyan, out, take you...
4 Iktomi and the muskrat Beside a white lake, beneath a large grown willow tree, sat Iktomi on the bare ground. The heap of...
5 Ituen and the King-s Wife Ituen was a young man of Calabar. He was the only child of his parents, and they were extremely fon...
6 The Little Shroud There was once a woman who had a little son of about seven years old, who was so lovely and beautif...
7 The Two Scholars Once upon a time there were two scholars. One was named Liu Tschen and the other Yuan Dschau. Bot...
8 What the Man in the Moon Did Long ago there was a poor little orphan boy who had no home and no one to protect him. All the inha...
9 The Enchanted Doe Great is the power of friendship, which makes us willingly bear toils and perils to serve a friend...
10 Molly Whoppie Once upon a time there was a man and a wife had too many children, and they could not get meat for ...
11 The Monks at the Ferry From time immemorial a ferry has existed from Andernach to the opposite side of the Rhine. Formerl...
12 Loving Laili Once there was a king called King Dantal, who had a great many rupees and soldiers and horses. He h...
13 The Princess Kwan-Yin Once upon a time in China there lived a certain king who had three daughters. The fairest and best ...
14 Igorot - Introduction Three or four days’ journey to the south and east of the Tinguian live the Igorot; but so difficult ...
15 The Panther Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters and a little son. And one day the mother...
16 How Old Jackal got the Pigs The pigs had been very troublesome all the morning, almost destroying the gate of the garden in th...
17 The story of Gelert It was somewhere about 1200, Prince Llewellyn had a castle at Aber, just abreast of us here; indeed...
18 Ivanoushka the Simpleton In a kingdom far away from our country, there was a town over which ruled the Tsar Pea with his Tsa...
19 The Little Farmer There was a certain village where lived many rich farmers and only one poor one, whom they called ...
20 The Three Sisters It is a great truth that from the same wood are formed the statues of idols and the rafters of gal...
21 Story of Bulat the Brave Companion There was once upon a time a Tsar named Chodor, who had an only son, Ivan Tsarevich. Chodor gave ...
22 Help in Need Some twenty miles east of Gingdschou lies the Lake of the Maidens. It is several miles square and ...
23 Cat and mouse in partnership A cat having made acquaintance with a mouse, professed such great love and friendship for her, tha...
24 (I) The two brothers Once upon a time there were two brothers whose father had left them but a small fortu...
25 The Huntsman-s Son A long, long time ago there lived in a little hut on the borders of a great forest a huntsman and h...
26 The Talking Turtle A great many years ago there was a king who talked too much. His name was Badahur, and from his b...
27 The Icelandic sorceresses (Eyrbiggia Saga) "Tell me," said Katla, a handsome and lively widow, to Gunlaugar, an accomplished and gallant young...
28 The Golden Godmother- The Story of Poor Lukas There was once a wealthy farmer named Lukas who was so careless in the management of his affairs t...
29 Good Will Grow Out of Good In a certain town there reigned a king named Patnîpriya, to whose court, a poor old Brâhmiṇ, named...
30 The history of Tom Thumb In the days of the great Prince Arthur, there lived a mighty magician, called Merlin, the most lear...
31 How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) Very many years ago, before the oldest man alive at the present time can remember, the towns of Iko...
32 The Honest but Rash Hunter When the Second Minister’s watch was over, he went to inspect the guard at the royal bedchamber, an...
33 The Shepherd of Myddvai Up in the Black Mountains in Caermarthenshire lies the lake known as Lyn y Van Vach. To the margin ...
34 The Faithless Wife and the Ungrateful Blind Man In the town of Mithila there lived a young Brâhmaṇ who, having had a quarrel with his father-in-law...
35 The three dogs (Sweden) Once upon a time there was a king who travelled to a strange country, where he married a queen. Whe...
36 How an old man lost his wen Many, many years ago there lived a good old man who had a wen like a tennis-ball growing out of hi...
37 How the Moon and Stars Came to Be One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground a spinster went out to pound rice.Before s...
38 The Gardener-s Cunning Wife In a certain village there lived with his wife a poor gardener who cultivated greens in a small pat...
39 The Adventures of the Rich Youth “In former times there lived, in a great kingdom, a rich youth, a calculator, a mechanic, a painter...
40 Hans Jagenteufel It is commonly believed that if any person is guilty of a crime for which he deserves to lose his ...
41 The cat on the Dovrefell Once on a time there was a man up in Finnmark who had caught a great white bear, which he was goin...
42 Jack The Giant-Killer When good King Arthur reigned with Guinevere his Queen, there lived, near the Land's End in Cornwal...
43 The Stars in the Water This is to be another sort of chapter altogether. I am going to tell you now what happened. The eig...
44 The King o- the Cats One winter's evening the sexton's wife was sitting by the fireside with her big black cat, Old...
45 Johnny Glokes Johnny Gloke was a tailor by trade, but like a man of spirit he grew tired of his tailoring, an...
46 Elvira, the Sainted Princess Wamba was king of the Goths, who inhabited the northern part of Lusitania. He was one of the brav...
47 Vinegar Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar, a worthy couple, lived in a glass pickle-jar. The house, though small, was sn...
48 The Fountain of Giant Land Long ago there lived a king who was blind. He had employed all the wise physicians in the ki...
49 The Twelve Months- The Story of Marushka and the Wicked Holena There was once a woman who had two girls. One was her own daughter, the other a stepchild. Holena,...
50 The Story of Kanag When the rice had grown tall and it was near the time for it to ripen, Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen...
51 Katcha and the Devil- The Story of a Clinging Vine There was once a woman named Katcha who lived in a village where she owned her own cottage and gar...
52 Haamdaanee Once there was a very poor man, named Haamdaa′nee, who begged from door to door for his living, so...
53 Rabbit and the Indian Chief Long ago an Indian Chief was living with his people far in the Canadian forest. Life was good and f...
54 The Children in the Wood Now ponder well, you parents dear, These words which I shall write; A doleful story you ...
55 The Green Picture In a cellar in Green Street, Schenectady, there appeared, some years ago, the silhouette of a human...
56 The Man who never Laughed There was a man, of those possessed of houses and riches, who had wealth and servants and slaves an...
57 Six soldires of fortune There was once a man who was a Jack-of-all-trades; he had served in the war, and had been brave an...
58 The Giant with the Grey Feathers Once long ago, when the Blackfeet Indians dwelt on the Canadian plains, there was a great famine in...
59 The Culprit Fay The wood-tick's drum convokes the elves at the noon of night on Cro' Nest top, and, clambering out ...
60 Why Dog and Cat are Enemies Once upon a time there was a man and his wife and they had a ring of gold. It was a lucky ring, an...
61 How the Monkey Became a Trickster Once upon a time there was a beautiful garden in which grew all sorts of fruits. Many beasts lived ...
62 Punchkin Once upon a time there was a Raja who had seven beautiful daughters. They were all good girls; but ...
63 The Matsuyama Mirror A long, long time ago there lived in a quiet spot a young man and his wife. They had one child, a ...
64 The Magic Mirror It was proclaimed throughout the kingdom of Granada that the king had decided on marrying. The new...
65 Gray Eagle and his Five Brothers There were six falcons living in a nest, five of whom were still too young to fly, when it so happe...
66 The mouldy Penny "Gold makes a woman penny-white," said the Dutch, in the days when fairies were plentiful and often...
67 The flying carpet, the invisible cap, the gold-giving ring and the smiting club In a cottage near the high-road, and close to the shores of a large lake, there once lived a widow...
68 The Devil-s Match- The Story of a Farmer Who Remembered What His Grandmother Told Him Once upon a time there was a poor farmer who lived in a wretched tumble-down cottage beyond the vi...
69 The History of the Spectre Ship My father had a little shop in Balsora; he was neither rich, nor poor, but one of those who do no...
70 The Story of Bantugan Before the Spaniards occupied the island of Mindanao, there lived in the valley of the Rio Grande a ...
71 Man-s First Grief After Raven had gone, Man and his son went down to the sea to try some of the ways they had been ta...
72 Rattle-Rattle-Rattle and Chink-Chink-Chink- The Story of Long Beard, the Dwarf, and the Two Sisters There was once a poor man whose wife died leaving him a daughter. The little girl’s name was Lenka...
73 The Enchanted Moccasins A long, long time ago, a little boy was living with his sister entirely alone in an uninhabited cou...
74 The Three Little Men In The Wood Once upon a time there lived a man, whose wife had died; and a woman, also, who had lost her husban...
75 The Place and the People It was winter in the Great Karroo. The evening air was so crisp and cutting that one seemed to hear...
76 The Magic Egg There was once upon a time a lark who was the Tsar among the birds, and he took unto himself as hi...
77 A lac of rupees for a piece of advice A poor blind Brahman and his wife were dependent on their son for their subsistence. Every day the ...
78 The Minister and the Fairy Not long since, a pious clergyman was returning home, after administering spiritual consolation to ...
79 Why Little Hare has such a Short Tail Old Hendrik was standing by the corner of the house, milking pail in hand, watching the slow proce...
80 The Story of the Merchant and the Genius Sire, there was once upon a time a merchant who possessed great wealth, in land and merchandise, a...
81 The legend of the wooden shoe In years long gone, too many for the almanac to tell of, or for clocks and watches to measure, mill...
82 The Three Men of Power—Evening, Midnight, and Sunrise Long ago there lived a King, and he had three daughters, the loveliest in all the world. He loved t...
83 One-s own childern are always prettiest A sportsman went out once into a wood to shoot, and he met a Snipe. “Dear friend,” said the Snipe, ...
84 The Oni on his travels Across the ocean, in Japan, there once lived curious creatures called Onis. Every Japanese boy and ...
85 The Ivory city and it-s fairy princess One day a young prince was out practising archery with the son of his father's chief vizier, when o...
86 The Goose-Girl An old queen, whose husband had been dead some years, had a beautiful daughter. When she grew up, s...
87 The Golden Duck- The Story of Prince Raduz and the Faithful Ludmila Once upon a time there was a king who had four sons. One day the queen said to him: “It is time tha...
88 The Constable In a city in the neighborhood of Kaiutschou there once lived a constable by the name of Dung. One ...
89 The Magic Shoes and Staff Far, far away in a town of India called Chinchini, where in days long gone by the ancient gods in w...
90 Fox married again There was once an old fox with nine tails, who wished to put his wife's affection to proof, preten...
91 Hansel And Grethel Once upon a time there dwelt near a large wood a poor woodcutter, with his wife and two children by...
92 A Year and a Day When Kathleen did not come home at the time she was expected, her father and her grandmother were n...
93 The Night on the Battlefield Once upon a time there was a merchant, who was wandering toward Shantung with his wares, along th...
94 Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail Once upon a time the monkey and the rabbit made a contract. The monkey was to kill all the butterfl...
95 Smolicheck- The Story of a Little Boy Who Opened the Door Once upon a time there was a little boy named Smolicheck. He lived in a little house in the woods ...
96 The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid sat in his palace, wondering if there was anything left in the world ...
97 The House in the Lake A long, long time ago there lived in a little hut, in the midst of one of the inland lakes of Erin,...
98 Rabbit and the Moon-Man Once, long ago, Rabbit lived with his old grandmother deep in the Canadian forest, far from all oth...
99 The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla I was born, Commander of the Faithful, in Bagdad, and was left an orphan while I was yet a very yo...
100 The Three Rhymsters Once there were three daughters in a family. The oldest one married a physician, the second one ma...