Champney. Romance of Old Japan

Today's free book is Romance of Old Japan by E. W. Champney and F. Champney. You can find out more about this book in the Japanese Mythology unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Books, and Google Books. There is also an edition at Kellscraft, plus a free audiobook from LibriVox.

PART I. MYTHOLOGY AND LEGEND

I.   THE TRAVAIL OF THE GODS

II.  THE LABOURS OF YAMATO

III. MYTHS OF THE FLOWERY ISLES

PART II. MEDIAEVAL ROMANCE

IV.   THE LOTUS LIFE

V.     A MIKADO AND A GEISHA.

VI.   THE CLASHING OF THE CLANS

VII.  THE FOLLY OF THE KHAN

VIII. THE THREE DEVILS

IX.   THE QUEST OF LIFE

X.    THE SCARLET THREAD

PART III. LATTER-DAY TALES

XI.   THE OPEN GATE

XII.    A MODERN SAMURAI 

XIII.  THE TRIUMPH

XIV. NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF  JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

Griffis. Stories From the Wonder-Lore of Japan

Today's free book is Japanese Fairy World. Stories From the Wonder-Lore of Japan by William Elliot Griffis. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

I. The Meeting of the Star Lovers.
II. The Travels of Two Frogs.
III. The Child of the Thunder.
IV. The Tongue-cut Sparrow.
V. The Fire-fly's Lovers.
VI. The Battle of the Ape and the Crab.
VII. The Wonderful Tea-Kettle.
VIII. Peach-Prince and the Treasure Island.
IX. The Fox and the Badger.
X. The Seven Patrons of Happiness.
XI. Daikoku and the Oni.
XII. Benkei and the Bell.
XIII. Little Silver's Dream of the Shoji.
XIV. The Tengus, or the Elves with Long Noses.
XV. Kintaro, or the Wild Baby.
XVI. Jiraiya, or the Magic Frog.
XVII. How the Jelly-Fish Lost its Shell.
XVIII. Lord Cuttle-Fish Gives a Concert.
XIX. Yorimasa, the Brave Archer.
XX. Watanabé cuts off the Oni's Arm.
XXI. Watanabé Kills the Great Spider.
XXII. Raiko and the Shi Ten Doji.
XXIII. The Sazayé and the Tai.
XXIV. Smells and Jingles.
XXV. The Lake of the Lute and the Matchless Mountain.
... The Waterfall of Yoro, or the Fountain of Youth.
XXVI. The Earthquake Fish.
XXVII. The Dream Story of Gojiro.
XXVIII. The Procession of Lord Long-Legs.
XXIX. Kiyohimé, or the Power of Love.
XXX. The Fisherman and the Moon-Maiden.
XXXI. The Jewels of the Ebbing and the Flowing Tide.
XXXII. Kai Riu O, or the Dragon King of the World Under the Sea.
XXXIII. The Creation of Heaven and Earth.
XXXIV. How the Sun Goddess was Enticed out of her Cave.

Rachewiltz-Narangoa. Mongolian Epic of Geser Khan

Today's free book is Joro's Youth: The first part of the Mongolian epic of Geser Khan by Igor de Rachewiltz and Li Narangoa (2017). You can find out more at Wikipedia: Epic of King Gesar.

The book from ANU Press is available to read online at the JSTOR Open Access project.

Smith-Hammer. Arts of Korea

Today's free book is The Arts of Korea: A Resource for Educators by Judith Smith and Elizabeth Hammer (2001). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available thanks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Korean Art
How to Use these Materials
Quick Guide to the Arts of Korea Gallery
Key Themes in Korean Culture and Art

Orientation Material
A Timeline of Korean History and Art
Dynastic Chronology of Korea, China, and Japan
Maps (East Asia, Korea in the Three Kingdoms Period, The Korean Peninsula)
Overview of Korean History
Korean Religions and Systems of Thought

The Arts of Korea
Overview of Korean Art History
Artists and Materials
Korean Traditional Music

Image Descriptions

Classroom Applications
Lesson Plans and Activities
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Works of Art

Glossary

Appendices
Korean Language and Literature
Symbols in Korean Art and Culture

Resources
Korean Cultural Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area
Selected American Museums with Collections of Korean Art
Film and Video Resources
Selected Web Sites
Selected Bibliography for Educators
Selected Bibliography for Students

Evans. Folklore in North Borneo

Today's free book is Studies in religion, folk-lore, & custom in British North Borneo and the Malay peninsula by Ivor H.N. Evans (1923). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

(North Borneo)

Table of Contents

Folk-Tales of the Tuaran and Tempassuk Districts
A Legend of the Creation
The Beginning of the World
Kinharingan and Bisagit
Kinharingan and the Snake
The Eclipse: Tarob and the Moon
The Mengkahalob
Towardakan
The Path of the Ghosts
The Legend of the Lempada
The Making of the Bluntong (Rainbow)
The Tompok and the Sungkial
Dusun signs for averting sickness
The Story of Langaon
The Belukun (Scaly Ant-eater)
The Mosquitoes' Village
Rakian
Lomaring and the Sparrows
Wild Pig
The Legend of Aki Gahuk, the Ancestor of the Crocodiles
The Puaka
Why the Dusuns of Tempassuk Village Do Not Eat Snakes
The Orang-Utan
The Origin of a Dusun Custom
The Origin of the Spring-trap, the Ror and the Puru-Puru (Constellations)
The Legend of Nonok urgung
How the Bajaus came to the Tempassuk and the Dusuns learnt the use of Beeswax
Pots
Lamongoyan
Tudu
The Puak (Horned Owl) and the Moon
The Three Rajas
The Half Men
The Monkeys
Kaduan
The Legend of Ligat Liau
The Lazy Woman and her Bayong
Serunggal
The Singkalaki and his Slaves
Ginas and the Raja
The Kandowai and the Kerbau (Buffalo)
The Lungun, the Bobog and the Monkeys
The Bobog (Water-Tortoise) and the Elephant
The Magical Boats
The Buffalo and the Banana Plant
The Raja and the Pauper
The P'landok (Mouse-deer) and the Gergasi
The P'landok and the Tiger
The P'landok and the Bear
The P'landok and the Crocodile
The P'landok in a Hole
The P'landok and the Omong

Malay Folk-Tales
Why the Bear Has No Tail
Awang Durahman

Woo. Chinese merry tales

Today's free book is Chinese merry tales by Y. T. Woo (1909). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

I. Vine Bowers and Their Dangers
II. A Self-Sacrificing Neighbor
III. The Easiest Way to Learn Chinese
IV. How Useful the Biggest Volumes May Be
V. Where do you go ?
VI. Imperial Grief
VII. The Grateful Debtor
VIII. Tea or Bath
IX. The Tamed Magistrate
X. Scepticism and Cruelty of Cats
XI. Easy Removing
XII. The Man Who Had More Right
XIII. "I Burnt Him Yesterday"
XIV. Asking the Road
XV. The Happiness of Blind Men
XVI. The Thirsty Dog
XVII. The Hen-pecked Husbands' Club
XVIII. Disputing about Etiquette
XIX. Unlucky Words for a Student
XX. The Griefs of a Literary Husband
XXI. Explaining the Classics
XXII. The Dog is a Teacher
XXIII. " Where have I gone ? "
XXIV. Military Examinations
XXV. The Golden Ox
XXVL Gratefulness of a Target God
XXVII. Harmless Vengeance
XXVIII. His Wife's True Age
XXIX. Hiding the Spade 
XXX. Your Head is Too Soft
XXXI. The Portrait Painter
XXXII. The Hardships of a Tailor
XXXIII. Reckoning the Age
XXXIV. The Rope and The Ox
XXXV. Sorry Hemembrance
XXXVI. About Bridges in Soochow and Turnips in Shantung
XXXVII. Ingenious Talking
XXXVIII. Kick, Please
XXXIX. Jealousy in Dreams
XL. The Shamed Thief
XLI. The Deaf and Dumb
XLII. The M^ay of Paying Half Price
XLIII. Take a Chair
XLIV. The Likeness of a Portrait
XLV. The Charm Against Mosquitoes
XLVI. One Pair of Shoes for Two
XLVII. She is Thinking of the Boatman
XLVIII. The Drum of Wonder
XLIX. Hyprocrisy of Religious Persons and Cats
L. The Hasty Man
LI. Riding a Tiger
LII. Attraction of Music
LIII. Hardships of Travelling
LIV. The Griefs of a Tiger
LV. Shensi Poetry
LVI. How Books May Be Useful
LVII. Sparing Half the Glass
LVIll. Very Good Fists
LIX. Difference of Taste
LX. The Taoist Priest on the Door
LXI. Difference in Relation
LXII. The Humble Moon
LXIII. The Ascetic Cat
LXIV. How Rare Are The Great Sages
LXV. Riches of a Beggar
LXVI. Prayers and Domestic Economy
LXVII. A Shoemaker in Hell
LXVIII. Difference in Punctuation
LXIX. How to Save a Father
LXX. Bad Luck for a Doctor
LXXI. The Charitable Deceiver
LXXII. Brotherly Cultivation of Fields
LXXIII. The Refrain of the Song
LXXI V. The Square Serpent
LXXV. The Salt Eggs
LXXVL Two Taels a Night
LXXVIL The Way of Going to Hell
LXXVIII. How to Pay Debts
LXXIX. The Theft of Wine
LXXX. The One Thousand Taels
LXXXL Conversational Misunderstandings
LXXXII. The Price of Boots
LXXXIII. Sound Sleepers
LXXXIV. Tall Monkeys
LXXXV. Rich and Poor
LXXXVL The Boaster
LXXXVIL The Voyage to Soochow
LXXXVIII. The Two Pairs of Boots
LXXXIX. The Mud Shoes
XC. The Mosquitoes
XCI. The Brother Liars
XCIL Talking of The Sky
XCIII. Dead by Mistake
XCIV. Kill Me One Half 
XCV. How to Heal a Hunchback
XCVI. Economy in Danger
XCVII. Only I and a Beggar
XCVIII. The Great Wash Tub
XCIX. The Arrow Wound
C. Unlucky Sayings
CI. The Stupid Worm

Ozaki. Buddha's crystal and other fairy stories

Today's free book is Buddha's crystal and other fairy stories by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908), with illustrations by Sazanami Iwaya. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

Buddha's Crystal
Issunboshi
The Kettle of Good Fortune
The Mouse Bride
The Chrysanthemum Crest
The Fallen Comet
The Demon Tile

Ozaki. Romances of old Japan

Today's free book is Romances of old Japan by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1919). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a LibriVox audiobook.

Table of Contents

The Quest of the Sword
The Tragedy of Kesa Gozen
The Spirit of the Lantern
The Reincarnation of Tama
The Lady of the Picture
Urasato, or The Crow of Dawn
Tsubosaka
Loyal, even unto Death; or The Sugawara Tragedy
How Kinu Returned from the Grave
A Cherry-Flower Idyll
The Badger-Haunted Temple

Ozaki. Warriors of old Japan

Today's free book is Warriors of old Japan and other stories by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1909), with illustrations by Shusui Okakura and other Japanese artists. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

1. Hachiro Tametomo, The Archer
2. Gen Sanmi Yorimasa, the Knight
3. The Story of Yoshitsune
4. The Story of Benkei
5. The Goblin of Oyeyama
6. Kldomaru the Robber, Raiko the Brave, and The Goblin Spider
7. The Story of the Pots of Plum, Cherry, and Pine
8. Shiragiku, or White Chrysanthemum
9. The Princess of the Bowl
10. The Story of Lazy Taro

Codrington. The Melanesians

Today's free book is The Melanesians; studies in their anthropology and folk-lore by R. H. Codrington (1891). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

Chapter 19 contains stories:

I. Animal Stories
1. Heron and Turtle.
2. Three Fish.
3. Rat and Rail.
4. Birds' Voyage.
5. Shark and Snake.
6. Hen and Chickens.

II. Myths, Tales of Origins
I. Kamakajaku.
2. Samuku.
3. The Mim.
4. Muesarava.
5. Tagaro's Departure.
6. Hnw Tagaro made the Sea.
7. How Tagaro found Fish.
8. How the old Woman made the Sea.

III. Wonder Tales
1. Dilingavuv.
2. Story of an Eel.
3. Molgon and Molwor.
4. Ghost-wife.
5. Ganviviris.
6. The Little Orphan.
7. The Woman and Eel.
8. The Little Owl.
9. The Winged Wife.
10. Taso.
11. Betawerai.
12. Basi and Dovaowari.
13. Deitari.
14. Tarkeke.
15. The Woman and Ghost.
16. Tagaro the Little.
17. Merambuto and Tagaro

Bogoras. Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russanized natives of eastern Siberia

Today's free book is Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russanized natives of eastern Siberia by Waldemar Bogoras (1918). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Even (Lamut) women

Table of Contents

I. TALES OF THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR
1. (The Girl and the Evil Spirit) 
2. (A Tale aBout the Wood-Master) 
3. (Tale about the Sea-Spirit) 
4. (The Sly Young Man) 
5. (Creation Story) 
6. (The Shaman who Turned into a Fox) 
7. (Tale about Three Storks) 
8. (Reindeer-Born) 

II. TALES OF THE LAMUT 
1. Chaun Story 
2. A Tale of the Chukchee Invasion 
3. (Story about Cannibals) 
4. (A Tale about Stingy Reindeer-Owners) 
5. Story of an Arctic Fox 
6. (Wolves and Men) 
7. Bear, Wolverene, and Wolf Story
8. (A Lamut Man turned into Stone) 
9. (A Shaman and a Boy) 
10. (The Lamut and the Russian) 

III. KOLYMA TALES 
1. One-Side 
2. A Yukaghir Tale 
3. Raven Tale 
4. Yukaghir Tale 
5. A Bear Tale 
6. Grass-Blade Girl 
7. The Alder-Block 
8. Yukaghir Tale 
9. Tale about Cu'mo 
10. Yukaghir Tale 
11. The She-Monster 
12. The Monster with Iron Teeth 
13. The Girl from the Grave-Box 
14. Small-Pox, a Yukaghir Tale 
15. Tale of a Shaman 75
16. Tale of a Shaman 76
17. A Hunting Tale 78
18. Story about the Bad Merchant 
19. Stepmother and Stepdaughter
21. Sea-Wanderers 
22. The Tale of La'la (Kolyma Version) 
23. The Tale of La'la (Anadyr Version)
24. The Woman's Head 
25. The Big Pike 
26. Story of the Fish-Woman 
27. Yukaohir Manners 
28. A Story of Machekur 
29. The Mouse and the Snow-Bunting 
30. A Christmas Story 
31. Story of a Foolish Woman 
32. Story of the Forest Demon 
33. Story of Transformed Bears 

IV. CHILDREN'S STORIES 
1. Story of an Old Woman and Her Three Daughters
2. Story of Kundarik 
3. Story about Yaghishna 
4. Story of Hungry Children 
5. Story of Five Brothers 
6. Story about a Crazy Old Man 
7. Story about Two Girls 
8. Story of the Tom-Cat and the Cook 
9. Story of Elk's Head 
10. Story of a Small Girl 
11. Story about Yaghishna

V. MARKOVA TALES 
1. Lamut Tale 
2. Lamut Tale 
3. Yukaghir Tale 
4. A Markova Tale 
5. A Markova Tale 
6. A Markova Tale 
7. Sister and Brother Married 
8. A Lamut Tale 
9. A Yukaghir Tale 

VI. ANADYR TALES 
10. A Chuvantzi Tale (Anadyr Version) 
11. Lay of Bondandi (Kolyma Version) 
12. Story about Kundikik 
13. A Markova Tale 
14. Story of a Stepmother and her Stepdaughters 
15. Story of Magus
16. Story of Gege-Woman 
17. Story of Heretics with Iron Teeth 
18. Story of the Fox and the Wolf 

Macgowan. Chinese folk-lore tales

Today's free book is Chinese folk-lore tales by J. D. Macgowan (1910). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

Kwang-Jui and the God the River
The Beautiful Daughter of Liu-Kung
The Mysterious Buddhist Robe
The Vengeance of the Goddess
"The Wonderful Man"
The God of the City
The Tragedy of the Yin Family
Sam-Chung and the Water Demon
The Reward of a Benevolent Life

Hearn. In Ghostly Japan

Today's free book is In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

In Ghostly Japan
Furisodé
Incense
A Story of Divination
Silkworms
A Passional Karma
Footprints of the Buddha
Ululation
Bits of Poetry
Japanese Buddhist Proverbs
Suggestion
Ingwa-banashi
Story of a Tengu
At Yaidzu

Freeman-Mitford. Tales of Old Japan.

Today's free book is Tales of Old Japan by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook, and an audiobook from LibriVox.

(Japanese Ronin)

Table of Contents

THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS
THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI
KAZUMA'S REVENGE
A STORY OF THE OTOKODATÉ OF YEDO
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON
THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING
THE FOXES' WEDDING
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR
THE GHOST OF SAKURA
HOW TAJIMA SHUMÉ WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES
THE GRATEFUL FOXES
THE BADGER'S MONEY
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER

Gale. Korean Folk Tales

Today's free book is Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies by Im Bang and Yi Ryuk, and translated by James S. Gale. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Here is what the preface says about the original authors: Im Bang was born in 1640, the son of a provincial governor. He was very bright as a boy and from earliest years fond of study, becoming a great scholar. Yi Ryuk lived in the reign of King Se-jo, matriculated in 1459, and graduated first in his class in 1564. He was a man of many offices and many distinctions in the way of literary excellence.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, Google Books. The links below are to the Project Gutenberg online edition of the book.

CHARAN
THE STORY OF CHANG TO-RYONG
A STORY OF THE FOX
CHEUNG PUK-CHANG, THE SEER
YUN SE-PYONG, THE WIZARD
THE WILD-CAT WOMAN
THE ILL-FATED PRIEST
THE VISION OF THE HOLY MAN
THE VISIT OF THE MAN OF GOD
THE LITERARY MAN OF IMSIL
ITHE SOLDIER OF KANG-WHA
CURSED BY THE SNAKE
THE MAN ON THE ROAD
THE OLD MAN WHO BECAME A FISH
THE GEOMANCER
THE MAN WHO BECAME A PIG
THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A GOBLIN
THE GRATEFUL GHOST
THE PLUCKY MAIDEN
THE RESOURCEFUL WIFE
THE BOXED-UP GOVERNOR
THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LEGS
TEN THOUSAND DEVILS
THE HOME OF THE FAIRIES
THE HONEST WITCH[10]
WHOM THE KING HONORS
THE FORTUNES OF YOO
AN ENCOUNTER WITH A HOBGOBLIN
THE SNAKE’S REVENGE
THE BRAVE MAGISTRATE
THE TEMPLE TO THE GOD OF WAR
A VISIT FROM THE SHADES
THE FEARLESS CAPTAIN
THE KING OF YOM-NA (HELL)
HONG’S EXPERIENCES IN HADES
HAUNTED HOUSES
M, THE HUNTER
THE MAGIC INVASION OF SEOUL
THE AWFUL LITTLE GOBLIN
GOD’S WAY
THE OLD MAN IN THE DREAM
THE PERFECT PRIEST
THE PROPITIOUS MAGPIE
THE ‘OLD BUDDHA’
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE
FAITHFUL MO
THE RENOWNED MAING
THE SENSES
WHO DECIDES, GOD OR THE KING?
THREE THINGS MASTERED
STRANGELY STRICKEN DEAD
THE MYSTERIOUS HOI TREE
TA-HONG

Giles. Pu's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

Today's free book is Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Songling Pu, translated by Herbert A. Giles. This is a literary work with many supernatural elements, along with some sexual themes that the 19th-century translator, Herbert Giles, was not comfortable with; for some comments about that, see Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The Giles translation was published in two volumes, but the Gutenberg online edition combines both volumes into one, and the table of contents below is from that online edition.

In addition to the Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox with stories from the first volume.

Volume 1

Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel
Talking Pupils
Painted Wall
Planting a Pear-tree
Taoist Priest of Lao-shan
Buddhist Priest of Ch‘ang-ch‘ing
Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter
Miss Chiao-no
Magical Arts
Joining the Immortals
Fighting Quails
Painted Skin
Trader’s Son
Judge Lu
Miss Ying-ning; or Laughing Girl
Magic Sword
Shui-mang Plant
Little Chu
Miss Quarta Hu
Considerate Husband
Magnanimous Girl
Boon Companion
Miss Lien-hsiang Fox-girl
Perseverance Rewarded
Jen Hsiu Gambler
Lost Brother
Three Genii
Singing Frogs
Performing Mice
Tiger of Chao-ch‘êng
Dwarf
Hsiang-ju’s Misfortunes
Chang’s Transformation
Taoist Priest
Fight with the Foxes
King
Engaged to a Nun
Young Lady of the Tung-t‘ing Lake
Man who was changed into a Crow
Flower-nymphs
Ta-nan in Search of his Father
Wonderful Stone
Quarrelsome Brothers
Young Gentleman who couldn’t spell
Tiger Guest
Sisters
Foreign Priests
Self-punished Murderer
Master-thief
Flood
Death by Laughing
Playing at Hanging
Rat Wife
Man who was thrown down a Well
Virtuous Daughter-in-law
Dr. Tsêng’s Dream
Country of the Cave Men
Foot-ball on the Tung-t‘ing Lake
Thunder God
Gambler’s Talisman
Husband Punished
Marriage Lottery

Volume 2

Lo-ch‘a Country and the Sea Market
Fighting Cricket
Taking Revenge
Tipsy Turtle
Magic Path
Faithless Widow
Princess of the Tung-t‘ing Lake
Princess Lily
Donkey’s Revenge
Wolf Dream
Unjust Sentence
Rip van Winkle Chinese
Three States of Existence
Infernal Regions, In the
Singular case of Ophthalmia
Chou K‘o-ch‘ang and his Ghost
Spirits of the Po-yang Lake
Stream of Cash
Injustice of Heaven
Sea-serpent
Magic Mirror
Courage Tested
Disembodied Friend
Cloth Merchant
Strange Companion
Spiritualistic Séances
Mysterious Head
Spirit of the Hills
Ingratitude Punished
Smelling Essays
His Father’s Ghost
Boat-girl Bride
Two Brides
Supernatural Wife
Bribery and Corruption
Jonah Chinese
Chang Pu-liang
Dutch Carpet
Carrying a Corpse
Taoist Devotee
Justice for Rebels
Theft of the Peach
Killing a Serpent
Resuscitated Corpse
Fisherman and his Friend
Priest’s Warning
Metempsychosis
Forty Strings of Cash
Saving Life
Salt Smuggler
Collecting Subscriptions
Taoist Miracles
Buddhist Priestsrrival of
Stolen Eyes
Invisible Priest
Censor in Purgatory
Mr. Willow and the Locusts
Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded
Dead Priest
Flying Cow
“Mirror and Listen” Trick
Cattle Plague
Marriage of the Virgin Goddess
Wine Insect
Faithful Dog
Earthquaken
Making Animals
Cruelty Avenged
Wei-ch‘i Devil
Fortune-hunter Punished
Life Prolonged
Clay Image
Dishonesty Punished
Mad Priest
Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory
Picture Horse
Butterfly’s Revenge
Doctor
Snow in Summer
Planchette
Friendship with Foxes
Great Rat
Wolves
Singular Verdict
Grateful Dog
Great Test
Alchemist
Raising the Dead
Fêng-shui
Lingering Death
Dreaming Honours
She-wolf and the Herd-boys
Adulteration Punished
Solomon Chinese
Roc
Faithful Gander
Elephants and the Lion
Hidden Treasure
Boatmen of Lao-lung
Pious Surgeon
Solomonnother
Incorrupt Official

Pitman. Chinese Fairy Stories

Today's free book is Chinese Fairy Stories by Norman Hinsdale Pitman. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Yow-To's First Lesson
The Boy who Slept
The Boy and the Porridge
The Gods Know
Lo-Sun, The Blind Boy
Sing Li's Fortune
Fairy Old Boy and the Tiger
Yu-Kong and the Demon
The Boy who Became Emperor
The Ashes of Deceit
The Bride of the Dragon King

Reider. Japanese Demon Lore

Today's free book is Japanese Demon Lore: Oni, From Ancient Times to the Present by Noriko T. Reider. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book was published very recently (2010), and thanks to the author's generosity, you can read it for free at Hathi Trust; instead of the usual copyright, the book has a Creative Commons license. Thank you to the author and Utah State University Press for making that possible!

An Overview: What are Oni? 

Origins, Etymology and Formation of Oni 

The Japanese Line 

The Chinese Line 

The Buddhist Line 

The Onmyodo Line 

Characteristics of Oni 

Cannibalism 

Transformation Power 

The Other: The Oppressed, Alienated, and Isolated 

Lightning 

Prosperity 

Shuten Doji (Drunken Demon): A Medieval Story of the Carnivalesque and the Rise of Warriors and Fall of Oni 

Legends of Shuten Doji

From Simple to Complex: Troubling the Demon  

Texts of Shuten Doji

The Shuten Doji Story 

Carnivalesque Festivities  

Shuten Doji as Other  

Origins of Shuten Doji  

The Rise of the Warrior Class and Fall of Oni  

Women Spurned, Revenge of Oni Women: Gender and Space  

Uji no hashihime (Woman at Uji Bridge)  

The Stories of Uji no hashihime  

Uji no hashihime vs. Shuten Doji

Sociopolitical Space for Gendered Oni   

Noh Kanawa: Lingering Affection of a Spurned Woman  

Yamauba, the Mountain Ogress: Old Hag to Voluptuous Mother  

Cannibalism  

Yamauba as Great Mother and Nurturer  

Image of Yamauba in the Medieval Period  

Yamauba in the Early Modern Period: Mother of Sakata

no Kintoki  

Chikamatsu's Komochi Yamauba (Mountain Ogress with a Child)  

The Alluring Yamauba  

Oni in Urban Culture: De-demonization of the Oni  

The Edoites' Belief System  

De-demonized Oni  

Commercialization and Urban Culture: Oni as an

Example of Yokai  

Demonic People in Popular Culture of the Early Modern Period  

Koto no Oni (Oni of a Solitary Island): Demonic People in the Erotic-Grotesque-Nonsense Culture  

Oni and Japanese Identity: Enemies of the Japanese Empire in and out of the Imperial Army  

Reconfiguration of the Supernatural in Modern Japan  

Oni as Foreign Enemy in the Second World War  

Teito Monogatari (Tale of the Imperial Capital)  

Sex, Violence, and Victimization: Modern Oni and Lonely Japanese

Nakagami Kenji's "Oni no hanashi" ("A Tale of a Demon")  

Yumemakura Baku's Onmydji (The Yin-Yang Master)  

Oni in Manga, Anime, and Film  

Apocalyptic and Elegiac Oni  

Nagai G6's Oni  

Debiruman (Devilman)  

Shuten Doji (A Child Handed from Heaven)  

Akira Kurosawa's "The Weeping Demon"  

Modern Female Oni: Powerful, yet Compromised  

Urusei Yatsura: The Cute Sexy Oni  

Bigheaded Yamauba in Spirited Away  

Yokai and Oni Variants  

Yasha and Dog in InuYasha  

Tsuchigumo (Earth Spider) in InuYasha  

Tsuchigumo in Spirited Away  

Oni without Negatives: Selfless and Surrealistic Oni  

Kind and Thoughtful Oni: Naita Akaoni (Red Oni Who Cried)  

Oni Go to Heaven: Inoue Yasushi's Surrealistic "Oni

no hanashi" (A Story of Oni)  

Conclusion  

Appendix A: Translation of Shibukawa's Version of Shuten Doji  

Appendix B: Japanese and Chinese Names and Terms 

Griffis. Fairy Tales of Old Japan

Today's free book is The Fire-Fly's Lovers, and Other Fairy Tales of Old Japan by William E. Griffis. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust.

The Fire-Fly's Lovers

The Travels of the Two Frogs

The Child of the Thunder

The Tounge-Cut Sparrow

The Ape and the Crab

The Wonderful Tea-Kettle

Benkei and the Bell

Little Silver's Dream

The Magic Frog

How the Jelly-Fish Lost His Shell

Lord Cuttle-Fish's Concert

Raiko and His Guards

Raiko Slays the Demons

The Ambitious Carp

Lord Long-Leg's Procession

The Power of Love

The Tide-Jewels

The Grateful Crane

The Idol and the Whale

The Gift of Gold Lacquer

Chamberlain. Aino Folktales.

Today's free book is Aino Folktales by Basil Hall Chamberlain. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is also available at Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(Aino Bear Sacrifice)

Table of Contents

I.—TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.
i.—The Rat and the Owl.
ii.—The Loves of the Thunder-Gods.
iii.—Why Dogs cannot speak.
iv.—Why the Cock cannot fly.
v.—The Origin of the Hare.
vi.—The Position of the Private Parts.
vii.—The Reason for there being no Fixed Time for Human Beings to copulate.
viii.—The Owl and the Tortoise.
ix.—How a Man got the better of two Foxes.
x.—The Man who Married the Bear-Goddess.
xi.—The two Foxes, the Mole, and the Crows.
xii.—The Stolen Charm.
xiii.—The Fox, the Otter, and the Monkey.
xiv.—The Fox and the Tiger.
xv.—The Punishment of Curiosity.
xvi.—How it was settled who should rule the World.
xvii.—The Man who lost his Wife.
xviii.—The First Appearance of the Horse in Aino-land.
xix.—Sunrise.
xx.—The Sex of the Two Luminaries.

II.—MORAL TALES.
xxi.—The Kind Giver and the Grudging Giver.
xxii.—The Man who was changed into a Fox.
xxiii.—The Rat Boy.
xxiv.—Don't throw Useful Things away.
xxv.—The Wicked Wizard punished.
xxvi.—The Angry Crow.
xxvii.—Okikurumi, Samayunguru, and the Shark.

III.—TALES OF THE PANAUMBE AND PENAUMBE CYCLE.
xxviii.—Panaumbe, Penaumbe, and the Weeping Foxes.
xxix.—Panaumbe, Penaumbe, and the Insects.
xxx.—Panaumbe, Penaumbe, and the Sea-Lion.
xxxi.—Panaumbe, Penaumbe, and the Lord of Matomai.
xxxii.—Drinking the Sea dry.

IV.—MISCELLANEOUS TALES.
xxxiii.—The Island of Women.
xxxiv.—The Worship of the Salmon, the Divine Fish.
xxxv.—The Hunter in Hades.
xxxvi.—An Inquisitive Man's Experience of Hades.
xxxvii.—The Child of a God.
xxxviii.—Buying a Dream.
xxxix.—The Baby in the Box.
xl.—The Bride Bewitched.
xli.—The Wicked Stepmother.
xlii.—The Clever Deceiver.
xliii.—Yoshitsune.

V.—SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.
xliv.—The Good Old Times.
xlv.—The Old Man of the Sea.
xlvi.—The Cuckoo.
xlvii.—The [Horned] Owl.
xlviii.—The Peacock in the Sky.
xlix.—Trees turned into Bears.
l.—Coition.
li.—Birth and Naming.
lii.—The Pre-eminence of the Oak, Pine-tree, and Mugwort.
liii.—The Deer with the Golden Horn.
liv.—Dreams.