Legends & Fairy Tales
Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades
Despite the title's bland sounding name, this book is a charming collection of 16 plays for children. These little plays—well-known stories …
Stories from the Arabian Nights
Scheherazadè, the heroine of the Thousand and one Nights, ranks among the great story-tellers of the world but the great quantity of …
The Angels of Mons
The Angels of Mons is a popular legend about a group of angels who supposedly protected members of the British army in the Battle of Mons at…
The Wanderings of Oisin
This narrative poem is composed in three parts, and consists of a dialogue between the aged Irish hero Oisín and St. Patrick. Oison r…
Gawayne and the Green Knight
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse roma…
Jataka Tales
Jataka Tales form a part of the collective Indian Fairy tales with the only distinction that most of Jataka Tales have a moral. These are fa…
Märchen
Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts begannen die Brüder Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, traditionelle, bisher vor allem mündlich weitergegebene E…
The Girl Who Sat by the Ashes
"Because she used to herd Goats in the high places and the rocky places, she went by the name of Girl-go-with-the-Goats. But that was n…
Das Rübezahlbuch
Viele wollen ihn gesehen haben, aber wirklich gesehen hat ihn noch keiner - Rübezahl. Neun Abenteuer des geheimnisvollen Berggeists aus…
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The stories we have read and loved but retold in words of one syllable to make it easier for young readers or those where English is a secon…
Aesop's Fables
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Ramayan
The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …
Historia de un cascanueces
Alexandre Dumas también se ocupó de la narración infantil con esta versión del clásico cuento de Ernst Th…
Les Mille et une nuits
Afin de ne plus être déçu par les femmes, le sultan Schahriar décide d'épouser une jeune fille chaque jour…
Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion is a romance by Chrétien de Troyes. It was probably written in the 1170s simultaneously with Lancelot, …
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
The Arabian Nights Entertainments invites listeners into a mesmerizing world of ancient tales, where magic, adventure, and wisdom intertwine…
Los Nibelungos
En el Cantar de los nibelungos se narra la gesta de Sigfrido, un cazador de dragones de la corte de los burgundios, quien valiéndose …
El Libro de Las Mil Noches y Una Noche
Ningún libro tan conocido, y menos conocido que esta famosa colección de novelas, monumento literario del pueblo árabe.…
Norwegische Volksmährchen
Dies ist eine Sammlung norwegischer Märchen. Diese im deutschsprachigen Raum eher unbekannten Märchen nehmen uns mit in die skandi…
Welsh Fairy Tales
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Welsh folklore with this collection of fairy tales, meticulously gathered by P. H. Emerson durin…