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Showing posts with label Source: Sur La Lune. Show all posts

Barker-Sinclaire. West African Folktales

Today's free book is West African Folktales by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, with drawings by Cecilia Sinclair. You can find out more about this book in the West African Folktales unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

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

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Books, and Sur La Lune. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox.


I. Anansi, or Spider, Tales
How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"
How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race 
Anansi and Nothing 
Thunder and Anansi 
Why the Lizard Moves His Head Up and Down 
Tit For Tat 
Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property 
The Squirrel and the Spider 
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves 
Why Spiders Are Always Found in Corners of Ceilings 
Anansi and the Blind Fisherman 
Adzanumee and Her Mother 
The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour By Itself 
Morning Sunrise 
Why the Sea-turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast With Its Forelegs 
How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World 
Honourable Minu 
Why the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light From the Sun

II. Miscellaneous Tales
Ohia and the Thieving Deer 
How the Tortoise Got Its Shell 
The Hunter and the Tortoise 
Kwofi and the Gods 
The Lion and the Wolf 
Maku Mawu and Maku Fia 
The Robber and the Old Man 
The Leopard and the Ram 
Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey On Its Left Side
Quarcoo Bah-Boni 
King Chameleon and the Animals 
To Lose an Elephant For the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing To Do
The Ungrateful Man 
Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked 
The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles 
How Mushrooms First Grew 
Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

Ozaki. Japanese Fairy Tales

Today's free book is Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki, with illustrations by Japanese artists. You can find out more about this book in the Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

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

The book is available at the Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox, with an audio version at Lit2Go too. You can get a free Kindle eBook from Amazon, and there is also an edition at Sur La Lune Fairy Tales.



My Lord Bag of Rice
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad
The Farmer and the Badger
The Shinasha, or the South Pointing Carriage
The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy
The Story of Princess Hase
The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish To Die
The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child
The Mirror of Matsuyama
The Goblin of Adachigahara
The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar
The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher
The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees To Flower
The Jelly Fish and the Monkey
The Quarrel of Tee Monkey and the Crab
The White Hare and the Crocodiles
The Story of Prince Yamato Take
Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach
The Ogre of Rashomon
How an Old Man Lost His Wen
The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa

Consiglieri. Portuguese Folktales

Today's free book is Portuguese Folktales by Pedroso Consiglieri translated by Henriqueta Monteiro. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a nice presentation at Sur La Lune. The links below are to the Sur La Lune version.



Introduction by W. R. S. Ralston, MA.
Introductory
1: The Vain Queen
2: The Maid and the Negress
3: The Three Citrons of Love
4: The Daughter of the Witch
5: May you vanish like the Wind
6: Pedro and the Prince
7: The Rabbit
8: The Spell-bound Giant
9: The Enchanted Maiden
10: The Maiden and the Beast
11: The Tower of Ill Luck
12: The Step-Mother
13: Saint Peter's Goddaughter
14: The Two Children and the Witch
15: The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead
16: The Princess who would not marry her Father
17: The Baker's Idle Son
18: The Hearth-Cat
19: The Aunts
20: The Cabbage Stalk
21: The Seven Iron Slippers
22: The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself
23:The Three Princes and the Maiden
24: The Maiden and the Fish
25: The Slices of Fish
26: The Prince who had the head of a Horse
27: The Spider
28: The Little Tick
29: The Three Little Blue Stones
30: The Hind of the Golden Apple



Crane. Italian Popular Tales

Today's free book is Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane. You can find out more about this book in the Italian Popular Tales unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

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

The book is available at the Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Books, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle eBook from Amazon too. The links below are to the SurLaLune Fairy Tales edition.


The King of Love
Zelinda and the Monster
King Bean
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird
The Fair Angiola
The Cloud
The Cistern
The Griffin
Cinderella
Fair Maria Wood
The Curse of the Seven Children
Oraggio and Bianchinetta
The Fair Fiorita
Bierde
Snow-White-Fire-Red
How the Devil Married Three Sisters
In Love with a Statue
Thirteenth
The Cobbler
Sir Fiorante, Magician
The Crystal Casket
The Stepmother
Water and Salt
The Love of the Three Oranges
The King Who Wanted a Beautiful Wife
The Bucket
The Two Humpbacks
The Story of Catherine and Her Fate
The Crumb in the Beard
The Fairy Orlanda
The Shepherd Who Made the King's Daughter Laugh
The Ass That Lays Money
Don Joseph Pear
Puss In Boots
Fair Brow
Lionbruno
The Peasant and the Master
The Ingrates
The Treasure

The Shepherd
The Three Admonitions
Vineyard I Was and Vineyard I Am
The Language of the Animals
The Mason and His Son
The Parrot: First Version
The Parrot: Second Version
The Parrot Which Tells Three Stories: Third Version
Truthful Joseph
The Man, the Serpent, and the Fox
The Lord, St. Peter, and the Apostles
The Lord, St. Peter, and the Blacksmith
In This World One Weeps and Another Laughs
The Ass
St. Peter and His Sisters
Pilate
The Story of Judas
Desperate Malchus
Malchus at the Column
The Story of Buttadeu
The Story of Crivoliu
The Story of St. James of Galicia
The Baker's Apprentice
Occasion
Brother Giovannone
Godfather Misery
Beppo Pipetta
The Just Man
Of a Godfather and a Godmother of
St. John Who Made Love

The Groomsman
The Parrish Priest of San Marcuola
The Gentleman Who Kicked a Skull
The Gossips of St. John
Saddaedda
Mr. Attentive
The Story of the Barber
Don Firriulieddu
Little Chick-Pea
Pitidda
The Sexton's Nose
The Cock and the Mouse
Godmother Fox
The Cat and the Mouse
A Feast Day
The Three Brothers
Buchettino
The Three Goslings
The Cock
The Cock and That Wished to Become Pope
The Goat and the Fox
The Ant and the Mouse
The Cook
The Thoughtless Abbot
Bastianelo
Christmas
The Wager
Scissors They Were
The Doctor's Apprentice
Firrazzanu's Wife and the Queen
Giufa and the Plaster Statue
Giufa and the Judge
The Little Omelet
Eat, My Clothes!
Giufa's Exploits
The Fool
Uncle Capriano
Peter Fullone and the Egg
The Clever Peasant
The Clever Girl
Crab
Pepper-Corn

Hunt. Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Today's free book is Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt. You can find out more about this book in the Brothers Grimm (Hunt) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

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

The book is available at Project Gutenberg and Hathi Books. You can get a free Kindle eBook from Amazon too! The links below are to the Sur La Lune edition.


Preface
Introduction by Andrew Lang

Stories
1 The Frog King, or Iron Henry
2 Cat and Mouse in Partnership
3 Our Lady's Child
4 The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
5 The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
6 Faithful John
7 The Good Bargain
8 The Wonderful Musician
9 The Twelve Brothers
10 The Pack of Ragamuffins
11 Little Brother and Little Sister
12 Rapunzel
13 The Three Little Men in the Forest
14 The Three Spinning Women
15 Hansel and Grethel
16 The Three Snake-Leaves
17 The White Snake
18 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
19 The Fisherman and His Wife
20 The Valiant Little Tailor
21 Cinderella
22 The Riddle
23 The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
24 Mother Holle
25 The Seven Ravens
26 Little Red-Cap
27 The Bremen Town Musicians
28 The Singing Bone
29 The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
30 The Louse and the Flea
31 The Girl Without Hands
32 Clever Hans
33 The Three Languages
34 Clever Elsie
35 The Tailor in Heaven
36 The Wishing-table, the Gold-ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
37 Thumbling
38 The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
39 The Elves
40 The Robber Bridegroom
41 Herr Korbes
42 The Godfather
43 Frau Trude
44 Godfather Death
45 Thumbling as Journeyman
46 Fitcher's Bird
47 The Juniper-Tree
48 Old Sultan
49 The Six Swans
50 Little Briar-Rose
51 Foundling-Bird
52 King Thrushbeard
53 Little Snow-White
54 The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn
55 Rumpelstiltskin
56 Sweetheart Roland
57 The Golden Bird
58 The Dog and the Sparrow
59 Frederick and Catherine
60 The Two Brothers
61 The Little Peasant
62 The Queen Bee
63 The Three Feathers
64 The Golden Goose
65 Allerleirauh
66 The Hare's Bride
67 The Twelve Huntsmen
68 The Thief and His Master
69 Jorinde and Joringel
70 The Three Children of Fortune
71 How Six Men Got On in the World
72 The Wolf and the Man
73 The Wolf and the Fox
74 Gossip Wolf and the Fox
75 The Fox and the Cat
76 The Pink
77 Clever Grethel
78 The Old Man and His Grandson
79 The Water-Nix
80 The Death of the Little Hen
81 Brother Lustig
82 Gambling Hansel
83 Hans in Luck
84 Hans Married
85 The Gold-Children
86 The Fox and the Geese
87 The Poor Man and the Rich Man
88 The Singing, Springing Lark
89 The Goose-Girl
90 The Young Giant
91 The Gnome
92 The King of the Golden Mountain
93 The Raven
94 The Peasant's Clever Daughter
95 Old Hildebrand
96 The Three Little Birds
97 The Water of Life
98 Dr. Know-All
99 The Spirit in the Bottle
100 The Devil's Sooty Brother
101 Bearskin
102 The Willow-Wren and the Bear
103 Sweet Porridge
104 Wise Folks
105 Stories about Snakes
106 The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat
107 The Two Travellers
108 Hans the Hedgehog
109 The Shroud
110 The Jew Among Thorns
111 The Skilful Huntsman
112 The Flail from Heaven
113 The Two Kings' Children
114 The Cunning Little Tailor
115 The Bright Sun Brings It to Light
116 The Blue Light
117 The Wilful Child
118 The Three Army Surgeons
119 The Seven Swabians
120 The Three Apprentices
121 The King's Son Who Feared Nothing
122 Donkey Cabbages
123 The Old Woman in the Wood
124 The Three Brothers
125 The Devil and His Grandmother
126 Ferdinand the Faithful
127 The Iron Stove
128 The Lazy Spinner
129 The Four Skilful Brothers
130 One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
131 Fair Katrinelje and Pif Paf Poltrie
132 The Fox and the Horse
133 The Shoes that Were Danced to Pieces
134 The Six Servants
135 The White Bride and the Black One
136 Iron John
137 The Three Black Princesses
138 Knoist and His Three Sons
139 The Maid of Brakel
140 Domestic Servants
141 The Lambkin and the Little Fish
142 Simeli Mountain
143 Going A-Travelling
144 The Donkey
145 The Ungrateful Son
146 The Turnip
147 The Old Man Made Young Again
148 The Lord's Animals and the Devil's
149 The Beam
150 The Old Beggar-Woman
151 The Three Sluggards
151 (A) The Twelve Idle Servants
152 The Shepherd Boy
153 The Star-Money
154 The Stolen Farthings
155 Brides on Their Trial
156 Odds and Ends
157 The Sparrow and His Four Children
158 The Story of Schlauraffen Land
159 The Ditmarsh Tale of Wonders
160 A Riddling Tale
161 Snow-White and Rose-Red
162 The Wise Servant
163 The Glass Coffin
164 Lazy Harry
165 The Griffin
166 Strong Hans
167 The Peasant in Heaven
168 Lean Lisa
169 The Hut in the Forest
170 Sharing Joy and Sorrow
171 The Willow-Wren
172 The Sole
173 The Bittern and Hoopoe
174 The Owl
175 The Moon
176 The Duration of Life
177 Death's Messengers
178 Master Pfriem
179 The Goose-Girl at the Well
180 Eve's Various Children
181 The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
182 The Little Folks' Presents
183 The Giant and the Tailor
184 The Nail
185 The Poor Boy in the Grave
186 The True Sweetheart
187 The Hare and the Hedgehog
188 The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle
189 The Peasant and the Devil
190 The Crumbs on the Table
191 The Sea-Hare
192 The Master Thief
193 The Drummer
194 The Ear of Corn
195 The Grave Mound
196 Old Rinkrank
197 The Crystal Ball
198 Maid Maleen
199 The Boot of Buffalo Leather
200 The Golden Key

Children's Legends
Legend 1 St. Joseph in the Forest
Legend 2 The Twelve Apostles
Legend 3 The Rose
Legend 4 Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven
Legend 5 God's Food
Legend 6 The Three Green Twigs
Legend 7 Our Lady's Little Glass
Legend 8 The Aged Mother
Legend 9 The Heavenly Wedding
Legend 10 The Hazel Branch

Notes

d'Aulnoy. The Fairy Tales

Today's free book is The Fairy Tales by Catherine d'Aulnoy translated by Annie Macdonnell and Miss Lee with an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritche and illustrations by Clinton Peters. Madame D'Aulnoy (1650-1705) was the first professional woman writer in France; you can find out more at Wikipedia.

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

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a lovely presentation at Sur La Lune.


Gracieuse and Percinet
Fair Goldilocks
The Blue Bird
Prince Ariel
Princess Mayblossom
Princess Rosette
The Golden Branch
The Bee and the Orange Tree
The Good Little Mouse
The Ram
Finette Cendron
Fortunee
Babiole
The Yellow Dwarf
Green Serpent
Princess Carpillon
The Benevolent Frog
The Hind in the Wood
The White Cat
Belle-Belle
The Pigeon and the Dove
Princess Belle-Etoile
Prince Marcassin
The Dolphin

Cole. Philippine Folk Tales

Today's free book is Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole with illustrations from photographs by Fay-Cooper Cole. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image; the links there are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book online.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also an edition at Sur La Lune.


Tinguian
Introduction
Aponibolinayen and the Sun
Aponibolinayen
Gawigawen of Adasen
The Story of Gaygayoma who Lives up Above
The Story of Dumalawi
The Story of Kanag
The Story of the Tikgi
The Story of Sayen
The Sun and the Moon
How the Tinguian Learned to Plant
Magsawi
The Tree with the Agate Beads
The Striped Blanket
The Alan and the Hunters
Man and the Alan
Sogsogot
The Mistaken Gifts
The Boy who Became a Stone
The Turtle and the Lizard
The Man with the Cocoanuts
The Carabao and the Shell
The Alligator's Fruit

Igorot
Introduction
The Creation
The Flood Story
Lumawig on Earth
How the First Head was Taken
The Serpent Eagle
The Tattooed Men
Tilin, The Rice Bird

Mindanao
How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be
The Flood Story
Magbangal
How Children Became Monkeys
Bulanawan and Aguio
Origin
Lumabet
The Story of the Creation
In the Beginning
The Children of the Limokon
The Sun and the Moon
The Widow's Son

Moro
Introduction
Mythology of Mindanao
The Story of Bantugan

Christianized Tribes
Introduction
The Monkey and the Turtle
The Poor Fisherman and His Wife
The Presidente who had Horns
The Story of a Monkey
The White Squash
The Creation Story
The Story of Benito
The Adventures of Juan
Juan Gathers Guavas
The Sun and the Moon
The First Monkey
The Virtue of the Cocoanut
Mansumandig
Why Dogs Wag their Tails
The Hawk and the Hen
The Spider and the Fly
The Battle of the Crabs

Pronunciation of Philippine Names

Jacobs. Europa's Fairy Book

Today's free book is Europa's Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John Batten. You can find out more about this book in the Europa's Fairy Book unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

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

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Books. There is also an edition online at Sur La Lune.



Table of Contents

I. Cinder-Maid
II. All Change
III. The King of the Fishes
IV. Scissors
V. Beauty and the Beast
VI. Reynard and Bruin
VII. The Dancing Water, Singing Apple, and Speaking Bird
VIII. The Language of Animals
IX. The Three Soldiers
X. A Dozen at a Blow
XI. The Earl of Cattenborough
XII. The Swan Maidens
XIII. Androcles and the Lion
XIV. Day Dreaming
XV. Keep Cool
XVI. The Master Thief
XVII. The Unseen Bridegroom
XVIII. The Master-Maid
XIX. A Visitor from Paradise
XX. Inside Again
XXI. John the True
XXII. Johnnie and Grizzle
XXIII. The Clever Lass
XXIV. Thumbkin
XV. Snowwhite