philippines

abducted by aliens. the aliens in these legends aren't men from outer room but the underground folks: fairies,Tiffany Silver, trolls, elves, and the like. the recovered bride (ireland).
taken through the very good men and women (ireland). 20 many years together with the great folks (ireland).
ethna the bride (ireland). jamie freel along with the young woman (ireland).
ned the jockey (wales).
the previous man and the fairies (wales). a go to to fairyland (wales). four years in faery (isle of guy).
the lost spouse of ballaleece (isle of man).
on fairies (england).
the lost youngster (england). the fairies' hill (scotland).
the stolen woman (scotland).
touching the factors (shetland islands).
the aged bride (denmark). a smith rescues a captured girl from a troll (denmark).
the sea nymph (sweden).
aesop.
aesop's fables. joseph jacobs' classic retelling of 82 fables and incorporated in the harvard classics, vol. 17, component one.
this website is part of wonderful guides on the web: bartleby.com.
aesop's fables, edited by john r. long. previous individuals in aesop's fables.
aging and demise in folklore.
an essay by d. l. ashliman, with supporting texts from proverbs,
folktales, and myths from throughout the world.
air castles. tales
of kind 1430 about daydreams of wealth and fame. the broken pot (india, the panchatantra).
the bad gentleman and the flask of oil (india, bidpai).
the daydreamer (india, cecil henry bompas).
the barber's tale of his fifth brother (1001 nights).
a sensible lesson; or, the dervish and also the honey jar (jewish).
the milkmaid and her pail (aesop).
lazy heinz (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
lean lisa (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the lad along with the fox (sweden, gabriel djurklou).
the peasant and the cucumbers (russia, leo tolstoy). the milkmaid and her bucket (usa, ambrose bierce). bibliography of added sort 1430 tales (english and german).

ali baba as well as the forty thieves from the 1001 nights. the traditional "open sesame" tale (kind 676).
amleth, prince of denmark, in the gesta
danorum of saxo grammaticus. this account, published about 1185 but
determined by older oral tradition, describes exactly the same players and occasions that
have been immortalized by william shakespeare in his the tragedy of hamlet,
prince of denmark, published about 1602.
andersen, hans christian (1805-1875).
hans christian andersen:
fairy tales and stories. a fantastic house page featuring denmark's
most famous author. provided listed here are a chronological
listing of andersen's folk-like fairy tales, electronic texts of most
stories, and back links to further information.
the
h. c. andersen residence web page. back links to andersen's operates in danish. this
website is sponsored by the danish royal library.
h. c. andersen-centret, a treasure trove of info (in danish and in english) through the h. c. andersen center in odense, denmark.
androcles and the lion. tales of kind 156,
by which a man pulls a thorn from a lion's paw, therefore gaining the beast's
eternal gratitude and loyalty. androcles (aesop).
the slave as well as the lion (aesop). androcles along with the lion (joseph jacobs).
the lion as well as the saint [saint jerome] (andrew lang). from the remembrance of positive aspects (gesta romanorum). the lion along with the thorn (ambrose bierce).
animal brides.
folktales of sort 402. chonguita the monkey spouse (philippines).
the frog maiden (burma).
the canine bride (india).
the cat who became a queen (india).
the mouse maiden (sri lanka).
the prince and the tortoise (1001 nights).
the frog's skin (georgia).
the tsarevna frog (russia).
the frog (austria/italy).
the frog's bridegroom (germany).
doll i' the grass (norway).
the she-wolf (croatia).
backlinks to additional tales of form 402.
animal brides
and animal bridegrooms: tales advised by north american indians. the bear who married a woman (tsimshian).
the woman who married the crow (thompson [ntlakyapamuk]).
the female who became a horse (thompson [ntlakyapamuk]).
the female who grew to become a horse (skidi pawnee).
the bear girl (okanagon).
the fish gentleman (salish).
the gentleman who married a bear (nez percé).
the woman who married a bear (pueblo). in the girl who loved a serpent who lived in a lake (passamaquoddy).
animals in exile. folktales of type 130, about aging animals who make a new existence for themselves. the bremen town musicians (germany).
the choristers of st. gudule (flanders).
the robbers as well as the farm animals (switzerland).
the story of the white pet (scotland).
the bull, the tup, the cock, and the steg (england).
jack and his comrades (ireland).
how jack went to seek his fortune, version one (usa).
how jack went to seek his fortune, version 2
(usa).
the puppy, the cat, the ass, and also the cock (usa).
the world's reward (south africa).

anti-semitic legends. a collection of legends reflecting
anti-jewish sentiment among european christians. these tales, like their
witchcraft analogs, illustrate
an unfortunate chapter in human history. the jews' stone (austria).
the lady who was killed by jews (germany).
pfefferkorn the jew at halle (germany).
the expulsion with the jews from prussia (germany).
the bloody children of the jews (germany).
the imprisoned jew at magdeburg
(germany).
the chapel in the holy body
at magdeburg (germany).
the lost jew (germany).
the story of judas (italy).
malchus at the column (italy).
buttadeu (sicily).
the eternal jew about the matterhorn (switzerland).
the jew in the thorns (germany).
arthur, legendary king of britain: excerpts from his daily life story. arthur's conception and birth. arthur is chosen king. arthur gets the sword excalibur through the lady from the lake. arthur marries guinevere. arthur kills a giant at mont-saint-michel. mordred's treachery. arthur's death.

asbjørnsen, peter christen (1812-1885) and moe,
jørgen (1813-1882).
norske folkeeventyr. the traditional collection of norwegian folktales, here in
the norwegian language.
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bald stories: folktales
about hairless guys. the guy and his two wives (aesop).
the middle-aged gentleman as well as the two widows (jean de la fontaine).
the bald aged guy (korea).
the mix-up (from the seventeenth-century german chapbook).
how saint peter lost his hair (germany).
why the vulture is bald (burma).
the bald man (tibet).
balder's
death, as recorded while in the prose edda of snorri
sturluson.

the bear trainer and his cat. folktales of
aarne-thompson-uther kind 1161 (also categorized as
migratory legends of christiansen form 6015) during which a troll or other
sinister creature mistakes a bear for a cat (or other domestic animal), then quickly learns that bears do not make good pets. the cat around the dovrefjell (norway).
the cat of norrhult (sweden).
the troll and also the bear (denmark).
the water nix inside the oil mill near frauendorf (germany).
the water-man (moravia).

bearskin and other tales of kind 361, by which a man gains a fortune and a
beautiful bride by entering into a pact with all the devil. bearskin (hans jakob christoffel von grimmelshausen, germany).
bearskin (jacob and wilhelm grimm, germany).
the devil as partner (switzerland).
never-wash (russia). don giovanni de la fortuna (sicily).
the reward of kindness (philippines)
beauty as well as the beast.
folktales of type 425c. beauty and also the beast (reconstructed from various european sources by joseph jacobs). beauty as well as the beast (france,Tiffany.Co.Uk, jeanne-marie leprince de beaumont). the story of beauty and also the beast (france, gabrielle-suzanne barbot de villeneuve). beauty along with the beast (france, gabrielle-suzanne barbot de villeneuve [abridged and retold by andrew lang]). beauty and the beast (basque, wentworth webster). the summer and winter garden (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm). the singing, springing lark (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm). the clinking clanking lowesleaf (germany, carl and theodor colshorn). the tiny nut twig (germany, ludwig bechstein). minor broomstick (germany, ludwig bechstein). the enchanted frog (germany, carl and theodor colshorn). beauty along with the horse (denmark, j. christian bay). the singing rose (austria, ignaz and joseph zingerle). the bear prince (switzerland, otto sutermeister). zelinda as well as the monster (italy, thomas frederick crane). the small-tooth dog (england, sidney oldall addy). the enchanted tsarévich (russia, alexander afanasyev).
the bell of justice.
folktales of kind 207c, through which an abandoned outdated horse gains justice by
tugging on a bell rope. of a bell that was ordered in king john's days (italy, il
novellino).
the bell of atri (henry wadsworth longfellow, tales of a wayside
inn).
beowulf: a summary in english prose.
big peter and little peter, a classic
trickster tale of type 1535 from norway.
the bird's three precepts. fables of
type 150, by which a captured bird gains its freedom by giving its captor three pieces of advice. three precepts (jewish).
of hearing excellent counsel (gesta romanorum).
the three proverbs (poland).

the black school.
migratory legends of
kind 3000, during which a wizard in training escapes from his satanic teacher,
albeit with the loss of his shadow. the black school (iceland).
black airt (scotland).
the blue light by jacob and wilhelm grimm: a comparison with the versions of 1815 and 1857.

the blue light. folktales of sort 462. the blue light (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the iron man (germany, august ey).
the three dogs (germany, georg schambach and wilhelm müller).
the tinderbox (denmark, hans christian andersen).
lars, my lad! (sweden, g. djurklo).
sir buzz (india, flora annie steel).

bluebeard. folktales of types 312 and 312a
about females whose brothers rescue them from their ruthless husbands or
abductors. bluebeard (france, charles perrault).
king bluebeard (germany).
don firriulieddu (italy).
the minor boy and his dogs (african-american, joel chandler harris).
blue-beard (north carolina, usa).
the chosen suitor (antigua, british west indies). the brahman girl that married a tiger (india).
the blue belt. a folktale from norway, collected inside the mid nineteenth century by peter christen asbjørnsen and jørgen moe. the magic belt in this tale is reminiscent with the norse god thor's belt of strength as described inside the prose edda of snorri sturluson.
boccaccio, giovanni (1313-1375). the decameron world wide web. sponsored through the italian studies department at brown university.
the boy who had never seen a lady. tales
of type 1678.
the enchanted pear tree. tales of form
1423. the three-ring parable.
tales of sort 972.
griselda (kind 887).
boniface and also the oak of donar
[thor]. a christian missionary cuts down a tree sacred to the german
heathens.

the boy who had never seen a woman. tales
of types 1678 and 1459. filippo balducci and his son (abstracted from your decameron by
giovanni
boccaccio).
a youthful monk wanted to have a goose (germany).
how a king had a son of his brought up in a dark place (italy, il
novellino). an inexperienced youth (italy, the facetiæ of poggio).
the children of satan (jewish).
breaking wind: legendary farts. the historic fart (1001 nights).
the father of farts (1001
nights.).
how till eulenspiegel became a furrier's apprentice (germany).
till eulenspiegel and the innkeeper at cologne (germany).
deceiving the devil (germany).
general pumpkin (korea).

bride tests. folktales about housekeeping
tests utilized for choosing a bride. the hurds (sort 1451, germany).
choosing a bride (type 1452, germany).
the cheese test (sort 1452, switzerland).
the storehouse key within the distaff (type 1453, norway).
the suitor (types 1450, 1453, and 1457; denmark).
brothers.
the blood brothers, a european folktale of form 303.

bulfinch's
mythology. bob fisher's exemplary digital edition of
the age of fable; or, stories of gods and heroes by thomas bulfinch.
bump while in the night. scottish prayer.
when the whole earth was overrun with ghosts (england).
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cain
and abel. scriptures and folktales. cain and abel (genesis).
the story in the two sons of adam (the koran).
kabil and habil (palestine).
cain and abel (turkey).
cain and abel (turkey [armenian]). abel and cain (italy).
the first grave (poland).
cannibalism.
the place where there had been no graves.
folktales about eating dead folks. the place where there have been no graves (egypt).
the country where demise is not (sudan).
cat and mouse. fables about cats and mice. cat and mouse in partnership (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm), form
15.
mouse and mouser (england), kind 111.
belling the cat (aesop), kind 110.
the cat and the mice (aesop), type 113*.
the hypocritical cat (tibet), form 113b.
the cat as well as the mice (tibet), kind 113b.
the cat as holy gentleman (palestine), type 113b.
the town mouse as well as the field mouse (romania), types 112 and
113b.
the puppy, the cat, and also the mouse (romania), kind 200.
the cat along with the mouse (england), form 2034.
cat and mouse (germany), kind 2034. why the cat kills rats (nigeria).
cattarinetta, a
folktale from italy of form 333a
about a careless lady who is eaten up by a witch.
censorship in folklore: an essay by d. l. ashliman.

chain tales (also known as cumulative tales).

form 2015: nanny who wouldn't go home to supper (norway).

type 2022: mourning the demise of a partner. little louse and minor flea (germany). titty mouse and tatty mouse (england). the cock who fell into the brewing vat (norway). the cat as well as the mouse (italy). the demise and burial of poor hen-sparrow (pakistan).

type 2025: the runaway pancake. the pancake (norway).
the runaway pancake (germany).
the thick, fat pancake (germany).
dathera dad (england).
the fantastic cake (ireland).
the wee bunnock (scotland [ayrshire]).
the wee bannock (scotland [dumfriesshire]).
the wee bannock (scotland [selkirkshire]).
the fox and also the tiny bonnach (scotland).
the gingerbread boy (usa). the johnny-cake (usa).
the small cakeen (usa).
the devil in the dough-pan (russia).
type 2030. the old girl and her pig (england). moorachug and meenachug (scotland). the wife and her bush of berries (scotland). the wifie an her kidie (scotland). nanny who wouldn't go residence to supper (norway).
type 2031c: the mouse who was to marry the sun. the transformed mouse seeks a bridegroom (india). the rats and their daughter (japan). a bridegroom for miss mole (korea). the story of the rat and her journey to god (romania). the most powerful husband inside the globe (france or french north africa).
type 2032. the cock and also the mouse (italy).
the ######ton's nose (italy).
type 20c (formerly sort 2033): the end with the planet (the sky is falling in). the timid hare and also the flight with the beasts (india). the flight in the beasts (tibet). plop! (tibet). the story of chicken-licken (england). the end with the planet (ireland)
henny-penny and her fellow travelers (scotland). the cock as well as the hen that went to dovrefjell (norway). the small chicken kluk and his companions (denmark). the end from the globe (flanders). brother rabbit takes some exercise (african-american).
type 2034d. the grain of corn (india).
the tiny blackbird (india).
type 2035: the property that jack built.
type 2043: what have you got there? (children's games with chain-tale narratives.
tikki tikki tembo. a
chain tale from china about a boy with an enormously lengthy name.

changeling legends.
fairies, trolls, elves, and devils kidnap
human children, leaving their own demonic offspring in their place. changelings: an
essay by d. l. ashliman.
the changeling. a
poem by james russell lowell.
the changeling. a ballad by john greenleaf whittier.
changeling legends from your british isles. stories from england, wales, the isle
of gentleman, scotland, and ireland.
german changeling
legends. stories from german-speaking countries.
scandinavian changeling legends.
stories from denmark, iceland, norway, and sweden.

charms against sprains. charms recorded inside the orkney and shetland islands in the course of
the nineteenth century that bear a close similarity to the renowned pre-christian merseburg incantation (merseburger zauberspruch) number 2 from germany.
chaucer,Tiffany And Co, geoffrey (ca. 1340-1400). the enchanted pear tree. tales of sort
1423.
the
canturbury tales. a middle english edition through the electronic text
center, university of virginia
library.
child custody. tales
of sort 926 by which a sensible judge decides a disputed child custody case. solomon as well as the two ladies (bible, first book of kings).
the future buddha as judge (the jataka tales).
king alfonso, the slave woman, and her master (italy).

china.
folktales from china. the gold colt as well as the fire dragon shirt.
the story from the three genjias.
aniz the shepherd.
the wooden horse.
the magic moneybag.
the golden reed pipe.
seeking her husband at the great wall.
the tiger king's skin cloak.
the frog who became an emperor.
tikki tikki tembo.

a chinese creation and flood myth from your miao folks.

cinderella. aarne-thompson-uther folktale kind 510a and related stories of persecuted
heroines. the cinder maid (reconstructed from various european sources by joseph
jacobs).
cinderella; or, the little glass slipper (france).
cinderella (germany).
katie woodencloak (norway).
the broken pitcher (england).
ashey pelt (ireland). fair, brown, and trembling (ireland).
the sharp grey sheep (scotland). rashin-coatie (scotland). the hearth-cat (portugal).
cinderella (italy).
tiny saddleslut (greece).
conkiajgharuna, the little rag woman (georgia).
pepelyouga (serbia).
the amazing birch (russia).
the baba yaga (russia).
the wicked stepmother (kashmir).
the turkey herd (native american, zuni).
the indian cinderella (native american).
link to the green knight (denmark).
link to the story of tam and cam (vietnam).
link to tam and cam
(vietnam). another version with the above tale.
link to the
father who wanted to marry his daughter. folktales of sort 510b.
clothes make the man. folktales of sort 1558. the brahman's clothes (india).
nasreddin hodja at a bridal festival (turkey). eat, my clothes! (italy).
heroes they seemed when once they have been clothed (iceland).
a corpse claims its home. ghost stories of sort 366. white cap (iceland).
the shroud (russia).
the stolen liver (poland).
ahlemann (germany). the gentleman from your gallows (germany). the burial dress (germany). the audacious girl (germany).
the golden leg (germany).
saddaedda (italy). the golden arm (england).
the golden cup (england). teeny-tiny (england).
give me my teeth (england).
the aged guy at the white house (england). a ghost story (african-american).
creation and origin myths.
blackfoot creation and origin myths. the making with the earth. languages confused on a mountain. order of life and death. why folks die forever. the first marriage. aged gentleman leads a migration. outdated man as well as the fantastic spirit.
a chinese creation and flood myth from your miao folks.
creation myths from your philippines. how the entire world was made. the creation (igorot). how the moon and also the stars came to be (bukidnon). origin (bagobo). the story with the creation (bilaan). in the beginning (bilaan). the children of the limokon (mandaya). the creation story (tagalog).
the creation of the earth and also the wonderful flood in accordance to greek and roman mythology,
abstracted through the metamorphoses of ovid.
kabyl creation and origin myths. the kabyl people belong to the berbers of north africa. they are native to the djurdjura mountains of algeria. the first human beings. the beginning of agriculture.
the raelian creation of existence on earth. in what might be called the most recent of all creation myths, the raelians outline right here their belief that "scientists from another planet designed all existence on earth employing dna."

how the planet began: a seneca creation myth.
in the beginning god designed the heaven and the earth. the creation in accordance to the first book of moses, called genesis.
legendary origins. the origin from the wrekin (england). bomere pool (england). the origin of tis lake (denmark). gefion creates the island of zealand (denmark, in the prose edda of snorri sturluson). gefion creates the island of zealand (denmark, through the ynglinga saga of snorri sturluson). the origin from the island hiddensee (germany).
the origin of underground folks. legends about elves and other hidden creatures. origin from the hidden folks (iceland). when satan was cast out of heaven (sweden). origin from the underground folks in amrum (germany). origin with the elemental spirits in bohemia (bohemia).
origin of the fairies (wales).
paiute creation and origin legends.

crop division between man and ogre. folktales of sort 1030. the farmer along with the devil on island from the popefigs (france, françois rabelais). the troll outwitted (denmark). the bear as well as the fox go into partnership (norway). the fox along with the wolf plant oats and potatoes (scotland). the farmer and the boggart (england). the bogie along with the farmer (england).
jack o' kent and also the devil: the tops and the butts (england). th' guy an' th' boggard (england).
above the ground and under the ground (usa). the peasant as well as the devil (germany). saint john and the devil (italy/austria). mercury along with the traveler (aesop).

cupid and psyche, as recorded from the roman
author lucius apuleius.
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folktales about excessive mourning the parable of the mustard seed (india).
the burial shirt (jacob and wilhelm grimm).
let the dead rest (germany).
grieving mothers (germany). the sad little angel (germany). excessive grief for the dead (england).

death of an underground person, or in the king in the cats. migratory legends of form 6070b and tales of aarne-thompson-uther sort 113a. torke's little one is dead / kilian's youngster is dead (germany). hübel and habel (germany).
prilling and pralling is dead (germany).
pingel is dead! (germany). the unknown girl (germany).
king pippe is dead! (denmark). the troll turned cat (denmark).
the cat in the carman's stage (ireland).
the king with the cats (ireland). the king with the cats (scotland).
the king o' the cats (england).
dildrum, king in the cats (england). mally dixon (england).

death in the seven dwarfs, a folks legend from switzerland with an ending quite
different from that in the familiar fairy tale "snow-white and also the seven dwarfs" through the grimm brothers.
devil.
how the devil married three sisters and other form 311 tales. how the devil married three sisters (italy).
the cobbler and his three daughters (basque). your hen is in the mountain (norway).
fitcher's bird (germany).
the hare's bride (germany).
the three chests: the story from the wicked outdated gentleman of the sea (finland).
the widow and her daughters (scotland). peerifool (scotland).
the secret place (usa). zerendac (palestine).
the tiger's bride (india).

the devil (or ogre) and the gun. folktales of form 1157 during which a stupid ogre is tricked into shooting himself. how the devil played the flute (germany). the origin of the jack-o'-lantern (wales).

devil's bridge legends. folktales of form 1191, in which the devil builds a bridge, but is
then cheated out of the human soul he expected as payment. the sachsenhäuser bridge at frankfurt (germany).
the bamberg cathedral and bridge (germany).
the devil's bridge in lake galenbeck (germany).
the devil's bridge (austria). the devil's bridge (switzerland).
the devil's bridge (switzerland/france).
the devil's bridge in cardiganshire (wales). the devil's bridge (wales).
the devil's bridge at kirkby (england). the bridge at kentchurch (england).
the devil's bridge (england).
kilgrim bridge (england).

disappearance of the
tiny individuals. legends from germany explaining the disappearance of
dwarfs, elves, and other underground individuals, translated and edited by e.
dale wenger.

doctor know-all and
other folktales of
form 1641 about being in the right place at the right time. harisarman (india).
the stolen treasure (india).
crab (italy).
doctor know-all (germany).
doctor and detective (denmark).
the charcoal burner (norway). black robin (wales).

dragon slayers: an index web page.

dream.
dream bread. tales of sort 1626.
the three dreams (petrus alphonsi). the three travelers (the masnavi). jesus, peter, and judas (the toledot yeshu). from the deceits with the devil (gesta romanorum). comical history of three dreamers. (spain). the "dream-bread" story once more (usa). the three travelers along with the load (w. a. clouston).
the gentleman who became rich
via a dream and other tales of form 1645 in which dreamers seek
treasure abroad but find it at property.
the ruined guy who grew to become rich again by means of a dream (the 1001 nights). a gentleman of baghdad (persia). numan's dream (turkey).
how the junkman traveled to find treasure in his own yard (turkey). the peddler of swaffham (england). the swaffham legend (england). a cobbler in somersetshire (england).
upsall castle (england).
dundonald castle (scotland). themselves (isle of gentleman). dreaming tim jarvis (ireland).
the dream of treasure under the bridge at limerick (ireland). the dream of the treasure about the bridge (germany).
the dream of treasure (austria). the dream from the zirl bridge (austria).
the church at erritsø (denmark).
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of the moon. a classic animal bridegroom tale in the norwegian
collection of asbjørnsen and moe.
eat me when i'm fatter. fables of sort 122f. the sheep, the lamb,Tiffany Jewelry, the wolf, and also the hare (tibet). the lambikin (india).
the fisher along with the minor fish (aesop).
the puppy as well as the wolf (bohemia).
mr. hawk and brother rabbit (african-america).

edenhall, the luck of. the luck of edenhall (one). a fairy legend from cumberland, england. the luck of eden hall (2). another version from the above tale.
das glück von edenhall. a german ballad by ludwig uhland. the luck of edenhall. an english translation of uhland's ballad by henry wadsworth longfellow.

the emperor's new clothes and
other tales of form 1620. the emperor's new clothes (denmark, hans christian andersen).
the invisible silk robe (sri lanka).
the king's new turban (turkey).
the king and also the clever girl (india).
the miller together with the golden thumb (england).
end from the planet.
folktales sort 20c,through which storytellers from around the world
make light of paranoia and mass hysteria. the timid hare and also the flight in the beasts (india, the jataka
tales).
the flight with the beasts (tibet, anton schiefner). plop! (tibet).
the story of chicken-licken (england, james orchard halliwell-phillipps).
henny-penny and her fellow travelers (scotland, robert chambers).
the end in the planet (ireland, patrick kennedy). the cock along with the hen that went to dovrefjell (norway, peter christen
asbjørnsen and jørgen moe).
the little chicken kluk and his companions (denmark, benjamin thorpe). the end with the planet (flanders, jean de bosschère). brother rabbit takes some exercise (african-american, joel chandler
harris).
england
folklore, folktales, and fairy tales from england, a library of publications digitized by guides.google.com and others.
ertha, the germanic
earth goddess. the account, composed by tacitus while in the year 98, of a
north german deity variously named ertha,Silver Tiffany Necklace, hertha,Tiffany Juwelier, nerthus, or mother
earth.
she may be related to the folkloric figures identified as bertha or frau holle.
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f fairies' hope for christian salvation. migratory legends of form 5050. a redeemer for the elves? (sweden). salvation for the neck (sweden). the water nymph (sweden).
the prospects from the huldre-folk for salvation (norway). the trolls desire to be saved (denmark). the clergyman and the dwarfs (denmark). when we cease to exist.... (an excerpt from "the little mermaid" by hans christian andersen). a ross-shire narrative (scotland). the priest's supper (ireland). the belated priest (ireland).
the fairy as well as the priest (ireland).

fairy cup legends. migratory legends of form 6045 and other stories of drinking vessels stolen from or abandoned by fairies. the oldenburg horn (germany, hermann hamelmann). the oldenburg horn (germany, adalbert kuhn and wilhelm schwartz). the osenberg dwarfs (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm). the stolen cup (germany, karl müllenhoff). church cups (germany/denmark, karl müllenhoff). the altar cup in aagerup [ågerup] (denmark, thomas keightley). svend fælling as well as the elle-maid (denmark, j. m. thiele). the öiestad [øyestad] horn (norway, benjamin thorpe). the trolls celebrate christmas (sweden, benjamin thorpe). origin of the noble name of trolle (sweden, benjamin thorpe). the fairy banquet (england, william of newburgh). the fairy horn (england, gervase of tilbury). the rillaton gold cup (england, sabine baring-gould). the luck of edenhall [eden hall] (england). the fairy cup of kirk malew (isle of gentleman, george waldron). the silver cup (isle of man, sophia morrison). the trowie pig (scotland, john nicolson).

the fairy flag of dunraven castle. legends in the scottish isle of sky about a gift from a fairy lover.

fairy gifts.
stories of type 503 from around the planet about mortals who are blessed or
cursed by
the "hidden folks." the fairies and the hump-back (scotland).
the legend of knockgrafton (ireland).
the palace while in the rath (ireland).
billy beg, tom beg, as well as the fairies (isle of guy). the fairies along with the two hunchbacks: a story of picardy (france)
the tailor around the brocken (germany). the gifts from the mountain spirits (germany). the gifts from the little folks (germany).
the two humpbacks (italy).
the elves as well as the envious neighbor (japan).
how an outdated gentleman misplaced his wen (japan).
the story of hok lee and also the dwarfs (china).
the gentleman with the goiter (tibet).

fairy theft. legends about thieving fairies. of the subterranean inhabitants (scotland).
fairy theft (scotland).
fairy control over crops (ireland). fairies on may day (ireland). the sidhe (ireland). the silver cup (isle of guy).
the three cows (england). a "verry volk" fest (wales and brittany). riechert the smith (germany).

the faithful spouse. folktales of form 888. of chastity (gesta romanorum).
the man hitched to a plow (france/germany).
conrad von tannenberg (germany).
the lute player (russia).
a story informed by a hindu (india). link to andreas grein of purbach, a related
legend about turkish slavery from burgenland, austria.
link to the weathercock on saint stephen's
cathedral, another austrian legend about a prisoner's miraculous
escape.

father-daughter incest.
the father who wanted to marry his
daughter. folktales of sort 510b. doralice (italy, giovanni francesco straparola).
the she-bear (italy, giambattista basile). donkey skin (france, charles perrault). ass-skin (basque, wentworth webster). all-kinds-of-fur, also known as "allerleirauh" (germany, jacob and
wilhelm grimm, version of 1812, with a link to the version of 1857).
cinder blower (germany, karl bartsch).
kaiser heinrich in sudemer mountain (germany, a. kuhn and w. schwartz). broomthrow, brushthrow, combthrow (austria,
theodor vernaleken).
the emperor's daughter within the pig stall (romania, arthur and albert schott). fair maria wood (italy, thomas frederick crane).
gold teeth (italy, estella canziani). all-kinds-of-fur (greece, j. g. von hahn). the princess who would not marry her father (portugal, consiglieri pedroso).
the king who wished to marry his daughter (scotland, j. f. campbell). morag a chota bhain -- margery white coats (scotland, j. f. campbell). the princess and the golden cow (england, isabella barclay). the story of catskin (england, james orchard halliwell).
the princess while in the cat-skins (ireland, patrick kennedy). the beautiful princess (lithuania, august schleicher). pigskin (russia, alexander afanasyev). kniaz danila govorila (russia, alexander afanasyev). notes and bibliography. sort 510b folktales inside the english language.
form 510b folktales inside the german language.
faust legends. stories about mortals who enter into
contracts using the demonic powers. doctor johann faustus (germany, abstracted from the faust chapbook of
1587).
dr. faust at boxberg castle (germany, bernhard
baader).
faust's book of hell's charms (germany, hermann harrys).
dr. faust's hell-master (germany,Tiffany And Co, joh. aug. ernst köhler).
dr. faust in erfurt (germany, j. g. th.
grässe).
dr. faust and melanchton in wittenberg (germany, j. g. th.
grässe).
dr. faust in anhalt (germany, ludwig bechstein). a scholar assigns himself to the devil (denmark).
doctor faustus was a very good man (one) (a nursery rhyme from england).
doctor faustus was a good man (2) (a nursery rhyme from england).
devil compacts (scotland).
dafydd hiraddug along with the crow barn (wales, elias owen).
selected literary works based on the faust legend.
selected musical works based on the faust legend.

the fisherman and his spouse and other
tales of dissatisfaction and greed. the fisherman and his spouse (germany).
hanns dudeldee (germany).
the stonecutter (japan).
the stonemason who was never satisfied (china).
the bullock's balls (india).

flood myths in the philippines. the flood story (igorot). the flood story (bukidnon).

the foolish friend
and other tales of sort 1586,
during which a fool kills an insect resting on someone's head,
with catastrophic consequences. the mosquito along with the carpenter (the jataka tales).
the foolish friend (the panchatantra).
the gardner and also the bear (bidpai).
the hare along with the merchant (tibet).
the stupid boy (sri lanka). the seven smart males of buneyr (pakistan).
the bald guy as well as the fly (aesop).
the bear and also the amateur of gardening (jean de la fontaine).
fortunio (giovanni francesco straparola).
giufà as well as the judge (italy).
the tiny omelet (italy).
permission granted, but probably regreted (switzerland).
foolish hans (austria-hungary).
the blockhead and the judge (england).
the tale from the butter tub (iceland).
the seven crazy fellows (philippines).
the monkeys and the dragonflies (philippines).

foolish wishes. tales of type 750a and other stories about the foolish use of magic wishes. the two-headed weaver (the panchatantra). the three wishes (1001 nights).
the ridiculous wishes (france, charles perrault). the sausage (sweden, gabriel djurklou).
loppi and lappi (estonia, friedrich kreutzwald). the wishes (hungary, w. henry jones and lewis l. kropf). the woodman's three wishes (england, thomas sternberg). the three wishes (england, joseph jacobs). the monkey's paw (england, w. w. jacobs).
a fool does not count the animal he is riding. folktales of form 1288a. johha fails to count the donkey he is riding (palestine). a single cow more (vietnam).
the fool whose wishes all came true. folktales of type 675. hans dumb (germany). stupid michel (germany). lazy lars, who won the princess (denmark). emelyan the fool (russia). halfman (greece). juvadi and the princess (italy). peter the fool (giovanni francesco straparola, the facetious nights). peruonto (giambattista basile, the pentamerone).
fools cannot count themselves. folktales
of sort 1287. the hodja and his eight donkeys (turkey). the twelve adult males of gotham (england).
the five traveling journeymen (germany).
the seven sensible men of buneyr (pakistan).
the misplaced peasant (kashmir).
how the kadambawa guys counted themselves (sri lanka).
forgiveness and redemption. legends of type 755 and 756. the flourishing staff (jewish).
tannhäuser (germany).
the girl who had no shadow (scandinavia).
the fox and also the cat and other fables of kind 105 about the dangers of being too clever. the fish that had been too clever (india, the panchatantra). the crow and the swan (india, the mahabharata). the fox along with the cat (aesop). the cat and also the fox (france, jean de la fontaine). the fox and the cat (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm). the seven-witted fox along with the one-witted owl (romania). the fox and his bagful of wits as well as the one-witted hedgehog (romania). the fox along with the hedgehog (south slavonic). the fox as well as the hedgehog (greece). the bear as judge (finland).
the tiger finds a teacher (china). two losses (georgia). can you swim? (england).

the fox along with the crow. fables of kind 57. the fox and the crow (aesop, 4 versions). le corbeau et le renard (la fontaine).
the crow along with the fox (la fontaine).
jambu-khādaka-jātaka. (india).
anta-jātaka (india). auac and lamiran (philippines).
the fox and the raven (china).

the fox (or jackal) as well as the fleas. fables
of form 63. the fox and the flees (scotland).
the jackal as well as the flees (india).
the fox steals the butter. fables of form 15. reynard and bruin (europe).
the fox cheats the bear out of his yule feast (norway).
fox and wolf (netherlands).
the keg of butter (scotland).
cat and mouse in partnership (germany).
mister rabbit nibbles up the butter (african-american).
the fox, the wolf, along with the horse and
other fables of type 47e. the fox, the wolf, and the horse (france, jean de la fontaine).
right here it is informed in the fox and also the mule (italy).
two foxes and a horse (scotland).

frau holle by jacob and wilhelm grimm. a comparison with the versions of 1812 and 1857.
fridleif the dragon slayer. an account of a danish hero from your gesta danorum by saxo grammaticus.

frog kings. folktales of sort 440 about slimy suitors. the frog king; or, iron heinrich (germany,Tiffany Deutschland, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the frog prince (the first english translation [with an altered title
and a revised ending] in the above tale).
the frog prince (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the amazing frog (hungary, w. henry jones and lewis l. kropf). the enchanted frog (germany, carl and theodor colshorn).
the queen who sought a drink from a certain effectively
(scotland, j. f. campbell).
the paddo (scotland, robert chambers). the nicely with the world's end (scotland, joseph jacobs). the maiden as well as the frog (england, james orchard halliwell-phillipps).
the sort stepdaughter and also the frog (england, w. henry jones and lewis l. kropf). the frog prince (sri lanka [ceylon], h. parker).
a frog for a husband (korea, william elliot griffis). the toad bridegroom (korea, zong in-sob).
the frog who became an emperor (china).
the frog king by the brothers grimm. a
comparison in the versions of 1812 and 1857.
der froschkönig von den brüdern grimm.
a comparison, within the orignal german, of the versions of 1812 and 1857. a
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gambara along with the
longbeards (langobards). a clever woman, together with the help with the goddess
frea (frigg), tricks wodan (odin) into blessing her tribe with victory.

gawain.
sir gawain and also the green knight.
the center english text, according to a printed book edited by j. r. r. tolkien and e. v. gordon.
gefion's home
web page.
this web site contains two accounts, both created by
snorri sturlason, the 13th-century icelandic writer, describing how the
æsir goddess gefion (also spelled gefjon) designed the danish island
of sjælland (zealand) by plowing out an enormous field through the
kingdom of sweden.
the girl with white hands. a zobell family legend about kirstine andersdatter, also known as christine andersen.

the god gióng. a legend from vietnam about the miraculous conception
and birth of a younger giant, and his subsequent defeat in the foreign
invaders threatening his homeland.

godfather death. tales of sort 332. godfather demise (germany). dr. urssenbeck, physician of miracles and death (austria).
the boy using the ale keg (norway).
the just man (italy).

godiva. the legend of woman godiva (godgifu) from coventry in warwickshire, england. woman godiva (roger of wendover).
godiva (alfred, lord tennyson).

golden fowls. the goose that laid the golden eggs (aesop).
the goose as well as the golden eggs (aesop). the golden mallard (from your jataka; or, stories with the buddha's
former births).
the lucky-bird humá (kashmir).
the duck that laid golden eggs (russia).

the golden key. the
grimm brothers' final tale, an enigmatic story with no ending, suggesting
perhaps that there is no final word in folktale interpretation.

the golem: a jewish legend. the golem was a
man-and-magic-made monster created to protect jews against the false
accusations of ritual murder. this legend may have prompted mary shelley
to write her renowned novel about dr. frankenstein and his artificial
monster.

the grateful dead. folktales of kind 505. andersen, hans christian. reisekammeraten (denmark).
andersen, hans christian. the travelling companion (denmark).
asbjørnsen, peter christen. the companion (norway).
campbell, j. f. the barra widow's son (scotland).
crane, thomas frederick. fair brow (italy).
curtin, jeremiah. shaking head (ireland).
gale, james s. the grateful ghost (korea).
gerould, gordon hall. the grateful dead: the history of a people story.
groome, francis hindes. the dead man's gratitude (turkish-gypsy).
grundtvig, svend. de tre mark (denmark).
grundtvig, svend. the three pennies (denmark).
kennedy, patrick. jack the master and jack the servant (ireland).
lorimer, d. l. r. and e. o. the story of the grateful corpse (iran).
macmanus, seumas. the snow, the crow, and also the blood (ireland).
rappoport, angelo s. the story with the grateful dead (jewish).
spence, lewis. the guy of honour (brittany).
steele, robert. sila tsarevich and ivashka together with the white smock (russia). straparola, giovanni francesco (or gianfrancesco). night 11, fable 2 with the facetious nights (italy).
wolf, johann wilhelm. des todten dank (germany).
wratislaw, albert henry. the spirit of a buried gentleman (poland).

greed. folktales of form 68a during which an individual places himself at risk by trying to hold too much. the boy as well as the filberts (aesop). capturing monkeys (india). the greedy monkey (pakistan). the monkey and also the nuts (usa, ambrose bierce).

grettir's saga.
the
saga of grettir the strong (grettir's saga)
grimm brothers -- jacob(1785-1863) and wilhelm (1786-1859).

grimm brothers' home page.
grimms' children's and household tales
. also known as the grimms' fairy
tales, this is the most influential of all folklore
collections and 1 from the most beloved books of all time. at this site
are outlined every one of the stories' titles, in english and in german, plus their
aarne-thompson-uther sort classification numbers. this internet site also includes links to texts of the grimms' tales, both in the
original german and in english translation. new texts are being additional
regularly, so check out back if you did not find the tale you have been
seeking.

märchen
der
gebrüder grimm. these german-language texts are component of the bibliothek der
märchen, a library of folk and fairy tales, sponsored by projekt
gutenberg-de, die digitale bibliothek.
deutsche sagen, herausgegeben von den brüdern grimm. these
german-language texts are portion
with the sagensammlung, a
library of legends, sponsored by projekt
gutenberg-de, die digitale bibliothek.

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h hand through the grave. legends from germany and switzerland about wayward children
whose hands, following their death and burial, refuse to stay buried. the willful little one (jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the hand within the grave (j. d. h. temme).
the parent murderer of salzwedel (j. d. h. temme).
the hand in mellenthin (a. kuhn and w. schwartz).
a hand grows from the grave (a. kuhn and w. schwartz).
a hand grows through the grave (three legends, karl bartsch).
the withered hand within the church at bergen (a. haas).
the cursed hand (karl haupt).
a hand grows from the grave (bernhard baader).
the hand that grew through the grave (j. g. th. grässe).
a child's hand that wrongly attacked a mother grows out of the grave
(friederich wagenfeld). a mother disciplines her deceased little one (switzerland, franz
niderberger).

hand of glory.
legends about magic lights made from human hands. the hand of glory (england, thomas and katharine macquoid). the hand of glory (three legends from england, edwin sidney hartland).
thieves' lights (germany, ernst moritz arndt).
thieves' lights (two legends from germany, karl bartsch).

hanging game.
folktales of sort 1066, in which boys, playing that they are executioners,
end up killing a single of their comrades. the hanging game (england).
boys try beheading (germany/poland).

hansel and gretel by jacob and wilhelm
grimm: a comparison with the versions of 1812 and 1857.

hansel and gretel, and other type 327 folktales about abandoned children. hansel and gretel (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
ninnillo and nennella (italy, giambattista basile).
minor thumb (france, charles perrault). molly whuppie (england). jan and hanna (poland). previous grule (moravia). the minor boy as well as the wicked stepmother (romania).
juan and maria (philippines).

haunted through the ghost of a murdered kid.
migratory legends of type 4025. mother mine, within the fold, fold (iceland). the kid phantom (sweden).
the crying little one (poland).

hávamál: the words of odin the high one. proverbs and wisdom from your elder or poetic edda.

the heathen temple at uppsala by adam of bremen. a description, written between 1072 and
1076, from the norse temple dedicated to the gods thor, wotan (odin), and
frey.

heimskringla; or, the chronicle from the kings of norway by
snorri sturluson. this monumental work is a collection of sagas
concerning the rulers of
norway, between about 850 and 1177. it includes: ynglinga saga;
halfdan the black saga harald harfager's saga hakon the good's saga saga of king harald grafeld and of earl hakon son of sigurd king olaf trygvason's saga saga of olaf haraldson (st. olaf) saga of magnus the good saga of harald hardrade saga of olaf kyrre magnus barefoot's saga saga of sigurd the crusader and his brothers eystein and olaf saga of magnus the blind and of harald gille saga of sigurd, inge, and eystein, the sons of harald saga of hakon herdebreid ("hakon the broad-shouldered") magnus erlingson's saga

hello, house! folktales of sort 66a. the hare along with the lion (zanzibar). the alligator and also the jackal (india). heyo, house! (african-american).

hertha lake, a legend about the heathen deity hertha. this may be the earth goddess mentioned by tacitus in his germania, created inside the year 98.

hildebrandslied. a heroic epic from
eight-century germany.

hodja. see nasreddin hodja: tales in the turkish trickster.

hog bridegrooms. tales of type 441, in
which a beautiful maiden is forced to marry a hog or a hedgehog. king pig (italy, geovanni francesco straparola).
hans-my-hedgehog, version of 1814 (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the wild pig (germany, j. w. wolf).
the hedgehog, the merchant, the king, as well as the bad gentleman (hungary, jeremiah curtin).
the enchanted pig (romania).
the story with the pig (romania, ion creanga).

horse.
catching a horse by its tail. folktales of
type 47a during which a trickster cons his victim into thinking he can catch a
horse by tying himself to its tail. the fox and the horse (germany).
reynard wants to tast horseflesh (norway).
fox and wolf (netherlands).
brother fox catches mr. horse (african america).
the fox, the monkey, the hare, as well as the horse (china).
hot and cold using the very same breath. folktales of type 1342. the gentleman and the satyr (aesop). the satyr along with the traveler (jean de la fontaine).
the peasant and also the satyrs (flanders).
the husband who was to mind the property
(norway). a folktale of sort 1408 by which a man and a woman exchange jobs for the day.

human sacrifice in
legends and myths. human sacrifice among the gauls (france).
aun sacrifices nine sons to odin (sweden).
the heathen temple at uppsala (sweden).
buried alive (sweden). from the pestilence in jutland (denmark).
the höxter ghost (germany).
entombment (germany).
the entombed kid (germany).
the ghost at spyker (germany).
sacrificing virgins to lakes (germany).
the outdated church at kohlstädt (germany).
the name greene (germany).
an infant speaks (germany).
the secured foundation stone (germany).
plesse castle (germany). merlin the magician rescues king vortigern (wales).
sacrifice, human (england).
london bridge has fallen down (england).
the magdeburg bridge -- die magdeburger brücke (germany). story in the bridge (turkey -- gypsy).
rumors of foundation sacrifice (india). mbila (a kabyl legend). how the cannibals drove the folks from insofan mountain to the cross river (nigeria).
jephthah and his daughter (book of judges).
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i iceland accepts christianity. the history with the first christian mission in iceland, abstracted from your
medieval epic njal's saga.
incest in indo-european
folktales. an essay, with folklore texts, by d. l. ashliman.

ingratitude is the world's reward. folktales of form 155. a type person rescues a trapped
animal, who in turn threatens to eat his benefactor. inside the end the animal
is tricked back again into the trap. the crocodile, the brahman, and also the fox (india, the southern
panchatantra).
the camel driver as well as the adder (bidpai).
the brahman, the tiger, and also the six judges (india). the tiger, the brahman, and the jackal (india).
the farmer, the crocodile, and the jackal (pakistan).
the youthful man as well as the snake (pakistan).
the jackal's judgment (sri lanka).
the unmannerly tiger (korea).
the ungrateful tiger (korea).
within again (europe).
of nature along with the returns of ingratitude (gesta romanorum).
the reward of good deeds (denmark).
the reward of kindness (finland). the guy, the serpent, as well as the fox (greece).
the ingrates (italy).
the lion, the horse, along with the fox (italy).
ingratitude is the world's reward (moravia).
the peasant, the snake, and king solomon (romania).
brother wolf still in trouble (african-american).
ireland
folklore, folktales, and fairy tales from ireland, a library of textbooks digitized by textbooks.google.com and others.

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j jack and also the beanstalk. eight versions in the english folktale (kind 328).

the jackal and also the farmer and other tales of form 154. the jackal and the farmer (north africa, kabyl).
properly done and ill paid (norway).

japanese folktales. the two frogs
the mirror of matsuyama
visu the woodsman and also the previous priest
minor peachling (momotaro)
the tongue-cut sparrow
a woman and the bell of miidera
the stonecutter
danzayémon, chief with the etas
japanese legends
about supernatural sweethearts. the robe of feathers.
the snow bride.
willow wife.
the white butterfly.
the vampire cat.
the firefly.
the princess peony.
jataka tales. stories about the different incarnations in the future buddha. the future buddha as judge. the mosquito and the carpenter. the golden mallard. the tortoise that refused to leave home. how a parrot told tales of his mistress and had his neck wrung. the monkey's heart. the talkative tortoise. the people who saw the judas tree. the timid hare along with the flight with the beasts. the language of animals. sulasa and sattuka. how an ungrateful son planned to murder his previous father.
jephthah and his daughter, a story of
human sacrifice through the aged testament.
justice like a joke. folktales of form
1534a. judgements of karakash (palestine).
chelm justice (jewish). a
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k kormak's saga.
the life
and
death of cormac the skald ("kormak's saga").
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l the lambton worm. a folks legend from england about a vicious serpent.
lang, andrew (1844-1912).
andrew lang's colored fairy textbooks. backlinks to original texts.
the language of animals.
folktales of type 670 about wife beating. the language of animals (through the jataka; or, stories with the
buddha's former births).
the king and his inquisitive queen (india).
the billy goat and the king (india).
ramai and the bonga (india). the king who learnt the speech of animals (sri lanka).
the bull, the donkey, along with the husbandman (in the 1001
nights).
the merchant who understood the language of animals (palestine).
the snake's gift: language of animals (serbia).
the language of animals (bulgaria).
the language of beasts (bulgaria). woman's curiosity (hungary).
the canine and the cock (denmark).
frederigo da pozzuolo is pressed by his wife to tell a secret (italy, giovanni francesco straparola).

lion the lion inside the water. fables of type 92. the lion and also the hare (india, the panchatantra). the lion as well as the hare (bidpai). singh rajah [lion king] and the cunning small jackals (india). the killing in the rakhas (india).
the tiger as well as the shadow (malaya). the tiger as well as the hare (pakistan). the tiger along with the fox (pakistan).
the hare and the lions (tibet). the rabbit's revenge (tibet). brother rabbit conquers brother lion (african-american, joel chandler harris). lion brooks no rival (african-american).

the sick lion. fables of kind 50 about lions and other powerful animals who are tricked into punishing a physically weaker (but extremely clever) animal's enemies. the lion, the wolf, as well as the fox (aesop).
the lion, wolf, and fox (jean de la fontaine).
the hyena outwitted (india).
the king of the tigers is sick (malaya).
llewellyn and his dog gellert and other folktales of type 178a. the brahman's spouse along with the mongoose
(india, the panchatantra).
the brahman's wife as well as the mongoose (india,
georgiana kingscote).
the faithful canine as well as the serpent (jewish, angelo s. rappoport).
folliculus and his greyhound (gesta romanorum).
the farmer and his dog (æsop).
beth gellert (wales).

longfellow, henry wadsworth (1807-1882). the bell of atri from
tales
of a wayside inn.
norse ballads of henry wadsworth
longfellow. the challenge of thor.
thangbrand the priest.
the skeleton in armor.
tegner's drapa [on the demise of balder the beautiful].
luther, martin (1483-1546).
doctor luther at the wartburg. the legend of
martin luther throwing an ink pot at the devil, right here recorded by jacob and wilhelm grimm.

luxembourg legends. sponsored through the luxembourg tourist office of london. melusina, the mermaid of luxembourg.
the "stierchesgeescht."
the "zidewitzen" at bourglinster.
dancing witches in koerich.
the werewolf of bettembourg.
lying tales. self-contradictory stories of type 1965 and similar playful lies. lying tale (england).
sir gammer vans (england).
1 dark night (usa).
knoist and his three sons (germany).
the three brothers (italy).
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m the magdeburg bridge -- die magdeburger brücke (a nursery rhyme from germany, similar to the english "london bridge is falling down").

magic guides. legends from germany and scandinavia. the sixth and seventh books of moses (chemnitz). the sixth and seventh books of moses (rügen). the black book (rügen). faust's book of hell's charms (zellerfeld).
dr. faust's hell-master (erzgebirge). the book of cyprianus (denmark).
man and serpent.
fables of sort 285d. the man and also the serpent (aesop).
the gold-giving snake (the panchatantra).
of great advice (gesta romanorum).
the rattlesnake's vengeance (native american, cherokee).
the man, the boy, along with the donkey. fables of type 1215 about the futility of trying to please everyone. the guy, the boy, along with the donkey (aesop). the lady's nineteenth story (turkey). it is difficult to please everyone (turkey). from the olde guy and his sonne that brought his asse to the towne to sylle (england). an unusual ride (switzerland/germany). the miller, his son, as well as the ass (jean de la fontaine). le meunier, son fils et l'âne (jean de la fontaine).
man, isle of
folklore, folktales, and fairy tales through the isle of man, a library of books digitized by guides.google.com and others.

mastermaid (norway). a masterful telling of a form 313 folktale.
master builder legends. loki and the master builder (in the prose edda of snorri
sturluson.
king olaf as well as the giant (norway/sweden).
the giant finn and lund's cathedral (sweden).
esbern snare along with the kalundborg church (denmark).
the builder zi (denmark). who built the reynir church? (iceland).
the devil's church near dembe (poland).
why the north tower of saint stephen's cathedral remains unfinished
(austria).
the two master builders at wasserburg (germany).
the master builder in the würzburg cathedral (germany).
melusina. legends about mermaids, water sprites, and forest
nymphs and their sensuous relationships with mortal guys. melusina (france).
melusina (luxembourg).
melusina (germany).
herr peter dimringer von staufenberg (germany).
the water maid (germany).
brauhard's mermaid (germany).
melusina (germany).

merlin the magician rescues king vortigern: why the red dragon is the emblem of wales (wales, w. jenkyn thomas).

the mermaid spouse and other legends of form 4080. the mermaid wife (shetland islands). the silkie wife (shetland and orkney islands). herman perk along with the seal (shetland islands). the sealskin (iceland).
touched by iron (wales).
tom moore and also the seal (ireland).
the woman of gollerus (ireland).

the merseburg incantations (merseburger zaubersprüche). two
magic poems from pre-christian germany. the first poem describes the actions of
valkyrie-like sorceresses called "the idisi" who have the power to bind or
to free battling warriors. following the narrative are the words of a
brief
incantation or charm chanted to free captured warriors.
the second poem tells how a number of goddesses unsuccessfully attempt to cure the injured leg of balder's horse. wodan, with his
unfailing magic, knows the right charm, along with the horse is healed. the
narrative concludes using the actual words of an incantation utilized to heal
damaged limbs. this pre-christian incantation is similar to charms
against sprains recorded while in the orkney
and
shetland islands in the course of the nineteenth century.
midas, and other
folktales of form 782 about humans with animal ears or horns. midas (greece).
the goat's ears from the emperor trojan (serbia).
the king together with the horse's ears (ireland). march's ears (1) (wales). march's ears (2) (wales). the kid using the ears of an ox (india).
the presidente who had horns (philippines).

midwife (or godparent) for the elves. a human helps deliver an elf-woman's baby, or serves as the elf-child's
godparent. stories of this type are found during northern
europe, and are classified as migratory legend type 5070 or aarne-thompson-uther folktale sort 476*. the troll labor (sweden, peter rahm).
the clergyman's spouse (sweden).
the servant woman as well as the elves (germany, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the godmother (switzerland, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the female among the elves (germany, karl lyncker).
the dwarfs in schalk mountain (germany, carl and theodor colshorn).
an underground woman in labor (germany, karl bartsch).
midwife for a nixie (germany, adalbert kuhn and wilhelm schwartz). the midwife of hafoddydd (wales, john rhys).
the fairy nurse (ireland, w. r. wilde).
the fairy nurse (ireland, patrick kennedy).
the midwife of listowel (ireland, jeremiah curtin). fairy ointment (england, anna eliza bray). fairy ointment (england, joseph jacobs).

monkey bridegrooms. the monkey boy (india).
the monkey and the lady (india).
the monkey husband (india).
juan wearing a monkey's skin (philippines).
the enchanted prince (philippines).
mr. monkey, the bridegroom (french louisiana).
the monkey's heart. folktales of kind 91, in
which a captive animal rescues itself by claiming to have left its heart
(or other tasty organ) at residence. the monkey's heart (india, the jataka tales).
the foolish dragon (china).
the rabbit and the turtle (korea).
the monkey along with the crocodile (philippines). the monkey as well as the jellyfish (japan).
the heart of a monkey (africa, swahili).
brother rabbit as well as the gizzard-eater (african-american, joel chandler
harris).

the moon within the effectively, folktales of form 1335a about fools who attempt to rescue the moon's reflection from the pond or a well. nasreddin hodja rescues the moon (turkey). the monkeys and the moon (tibet). the moon within the mill-pond (african-american, joel chandler harris). the three sillies (england).

mother and child.
every mother thinks her kid is the most
beautiful, folktales of type 247. the crow and its ugly fledglings (romania).
why is there enmity between the crow and the hawk? (romania).
the eagle along with the owl (france).
everyone thinks his children are best (norway).
jupiter and also the monkey (aesop).
jupiter and the baby show (ambrose bierce).
mother killed me, father ate me, folktales of kind 720. the juniper tree (germany). the lady along with the boy (austria).
the crow's nest (hungary).
the rose-tree (england).
the satin frock (england). the milk-white doo [dove] (scotland).
the small boy and the wicked stepmother (romania).

mouse.
the mouse who was to marry the sun. fables of sort 2031c.
the transformed mouse seeks a bridegroom (india, the panchatantra). the rats and their daughter (japan). a bridegroom for miss mole (korea).
the story with the rat and her journey to god (romania). the most powerful husband inside the world (france or french north africa).
town mouse and country mouse. fables of form 112.
the town mouse along with the country mouse (aesop). the town mouse as well as the country mouse (horace).
the town rat along with the country rat (la fontaine).
the story of the town mouse along with the field mouse (romania).
the town mouse and also the country mouse (norway).

multiple births in
legend and folklore. multiple births have not always been considered
to be a blessing. indeed, because the following legends show, in times past
they were sometimes seen to be a sign from the mother's infidelity or other
sin, with potentially fatal consequences for the children. king aistulf (germany, jacob and wilhelm
grimm).
as many children as there are days in the year
(the netherlands, jacob and wilhelm grimm).
the girl with three hundred and sixty-six children (netherlands, william elliot griffis). the boy while in the fishpond (germany, jacob and
wilhelm grimm).
the origin from the welfs (germany, jacob and
wilhelm grimm).
wölpe (germany, a. kuhn and w.
schwarz). donkey meadow as well as the nine brunos
(germany, a. kuhn and w. schwarz).
nine children at one particular time (germany, ludwig bechstein).
the entombed noblewoman (austria, johann adolf heyl).
the dogs (germany, karl lyncker).
the nine children (germany, karl lyncker).
twelve children born at one particular time (scandinavia).
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