Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen

Description: Product infoThe Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library: Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen (1988, Trade Paperback, Reprint)Books > Fiction & LiteratureProduct InformationFrom Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore LibraryProduct IdentifiersPublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-100394751884ISBN-139780394751887eBay Product ID (ePID)167854Product Key FeaturesFormatTrade PaperbackPublication Year1988AuthorJane YolenLanguageEnglishDimensionsWeight25 OzWidth6in.Height1.3in.Length9.2in.Additional Product FeaturesDewey Edition19Table of ContentAcknowledgments / xiii Introduction / 1 TELLING TALES / 17 The Man Who Had No Story (Ireland) / 20 How Spider Obtained the Sky God''s Stories (Africa) / 24 Helping to Lie (Germany) / 27 The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say "You''re a Liar" (Norway) / 28 The Parson and the Sexton (Norway) / 29 The Tall Tales (Burma) / 30 Catherine, Sly Country Lass (Italy) / 33 The Wise Little Girl (Russia) / 38 Clever Answers (Russia) / 41 A Dispute in Sign Language (Israel) / 42 Leopard, Goat, and Yam (Africa) / 44 An Endless Story (Japan) / 45 THE VERY YOUNG AND THE VERY OLD / 47 Glooscap and the Baby (American Indian) / 49 The Brewery of Eggshells (Ireland) / 50 Father of Eighteen Elves (Iceland) / 53 The Fly (Vietnam) / 55 The Two Pickpockets (England) / 58 The Seventh Father of the House (Norway) / 59 The King''s Favorite (China) / 61 Wagging My Tail in the Mud (China) / 61 When One Man Has Two Wives (Syria) / 62 The Old Man and His Grandson (Germany) / 62 Half a Blanket (Ireland) / 63 TRUE LOVES AND FALSE / 65 How Men and Women Got Together (American Indian) / 68 The Little Old Woman with Five Cows (Siberia) / 72 The Prayer That Was Answered (Tibet) / 79 The Merchant''s Daughter and the Slanderer (Russia) / 82 What Happened to Hadji (Turkey) / 85 Mr. Fox (England) / 87 The Waiting Maid''s Parrot (China) / 90 The White Cat (France) / 95 Sedna (Eskimo) / 105 Urashima the Fisherman (Japan) / 107 The Sprit of the Can (Wales) / 110 The Toad-Bridegroom (Korea) / 112 Taken (Ireland) / 115 The Girl at the Shieling (Iceland) / 117 Deer Hunter and White Corn Maiden (American Indian) / 121 TRICKSTERS, ROGUES, AND CHEATS / 125 Tyll Ulenspiegel''s Merry Prank (Germany) / 128 The Hodja and the Cauldron (Turkey) / 129 Being Greedy Chokes Anansi (Jamaica) / 130 Quevedo and the King (Mexico) / 131 Why the Hare Runs Away (Africa) / 132 Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitch (American Indian) / 134 Crack and Crook (Italy) / 136 The Master Thief (Germany) / 138 Peik (Norway) / 144 The Monkey and the Crocodile (India) / 151 The Race Between Toad and Donkey (Jamaica) / 152 The King''s Son Goes Bear Hunting (Finland) / 155 John Brodison and the Policeman (Ireland) / 156 The Rabbi and the Inquisitor (Jewish) / 157 The Ugly Son (Japan) / 158 Dividing the Goose (Russia) / 160 The Men Who Wouldn''t Stay Dead (France) / 161 The Story of Campriano (Italy) / 163 THE FOOL: NUMBSKULLS AND NOODLEHEADS / 167 The Three Sillies (England) / 170 Nasr-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit (Turkey) / 173 Lazy Jack (England) / 174 Chelm Justice (Jewish) / 176 Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese (Italy) / 176 The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet (Mexico) / 177 The Old Man and Woman Who Switched Jobs (Sweden) / 178 The Two Old Women''s Bet (United States) / 181 A Stroke of Luck (Hungary) / 183 The Sausage (Sweden) / 185 Nail Soup (Sweden) / 187 Old Dry Frye (United States) / 191 "Bye-bye" (Haiti) / 194 The Barn is Burning (Afro-American) / 195 HEROES: LIKELY AND UNLIKELY / 199 The Birth of Finn MacCumhail (Ireland) / 202 Li Chi Slays the Serpent (China) / 210 The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs (Germany) / 212 The Longwitton Dragon (England) / 218 The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog (American Indian) / 220 Molly Whuppie (England) / 228 The Beginning of the Narran Lake (Australian Aboriginal) / 231 The Flying Head (American Indian) / 233 The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was (Germany) / 235 WONDER TALES, TALL TALES, AND BRAG / 243 Talk (Africa) / 246 The King of Ireland''s Son (Ireland) / 248 The Goose Girl (Germany) / 254 The Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway) / 260 The Promises of the Three Sisters (Egypt) / 268 The Magic Mirror of Rabbi Adam (Jewish) / 276 The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (England) / 283 The Magic Pear Tree (China) / 286 Faithful John (Germany) / 287 Four Hound-Dog Stories (Ireland and United States) / 294 SHAPE SHIFTERS / 297 The Doctor and His Pupil (France) / 300 The Swan-Maiden (Sweden) / 303 Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka (Russia) /IllustratedYesDewey Decimal398.2Age LevelTradeSeriesThe Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore LibraryNumber of Pages512 PagesVolume NumberVol.Edition DescriptionReprintLc Classification NumberPz8Reviews"Most of the great human themes, from story telling itself through love, wisdom, and death are covered in this dazzling collection of tales . . . A delight for all readers." - Library Journal "A splendid folklore series" - The Washington Post, "Most of the great human themes, from story telling itself through love, wisdom, and death are covered in this dazzling collection of tales . . . A delight for all readers." -- Library Journal "A splendid folklore series" -- The Washington PostLccn86-042644Close Please ask all questions before bidding. My home is Pet and Smoke Free. Thanks for Looking and Happy Bidding! REMEMBER TO LOOK AT MY OTHER GREAT ITEMS.

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