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Tables of Contents for Best Loved Folktales of the World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction Enjoying the World's Folktales
xvii
West Europe
Cinderella (France)
3
5
Beauty and the Beast (France)
8
16
Puss in Boots (France)
24
4
Blue Beard (France)
28
4
The White Cat (France)
32
13
Drakestail (France)
45
5
The Doctor and His Pupil (France)
50
3
Snow-White (Germany)
53
8
The Brave Little Tailor (Germany)
61
7
Ashenputtle (Germany)
68
7
Rapunzel (Germany)
75
3
The Devil's Three Gold Hairs (Germany)
78
6
Darling Roland (Germany)
84
4
The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany)
88
7
The Frog Prince (Germany)
95
3
The Goosegirl (Germany)
98
6
Tom Thumb (Germany)
104
5
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Germany)
109
3
Little Red Riding Hood (Germany)
112
3
The Juniper Tree (Germany)
115
7
The Golden Goose (Germany)
122
4
Thousand-Furs (Germany)
126
5
Rumpelstiltskin (Germany)
131
3
Mother Holle (Germany)
134
3
Sleeping Beauty (Germany)
137
3
The Queen Bee (Germany)
140
2
The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany)
142
3
Hansel and Gretel (Germany)
145
6
The Merman and the Farmer (Germany)
151
1
Crab (Italy)
152
2
Bastianelo (Italy)
154
3
The Cock and the Mouse (Italy)
157
1
The Thoughtless Abbot (Italy)
158
2
Don Demonio's Mother-in-law (Spain)
160
6
Tonino and the Fairies (Spain)
166
4
I Ate the Loaf (Spain)
170
1
The Half-Chick (Spain)
171
3
A Legend of Saint Nicholas (Holland)
174
3
The Hare and the Tortoise (Ancient Greece)
177
1
The Fox and the Grapes (Ancient Greece)
178
1
The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Ancient Greece)
178
1
The Man, the Boy and the Donkey (Ancient Greece)
179
1
Eros and Psyche (Ancient Greece)
180
6
The Twelve Months (Modern Greece)
186
7
British Isles
Jack and the Beanstalk (England)
193
5
Jack the Giant-Killer (England)
198
9
Tom Tit Tot (England)
207
4
The Boggart (England)
211
1
Good and Bad News (England)
212
1
The Hand of Glory (England)
213
1
Lazy Jack (England)
214
2
Molly Whuppie (England)
216
3
Teeny-Tiny (England)
219
1
The Three Wishes (England)
220
1
Dick Whittington and His Cat (England)
221
7
The Pied Piper (England)
228
3
Master of All Masters (England)
231
1
Munachar and Manachar (Ireland)
232
3
The Field of Boliauns (Ireland)
235
2
The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks (Ireland)
237
10
The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin (Ireland)
247
9
The Birth of Fin MacCoul (Ireland)
256
8
Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh (Ireland)
264
6
Black, Brown, and Gray (Ireland)
270
5
The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland)
275
5
The Midwife (Scotland)
280
1
The Wee, Wee Mannie (Scotland)
281
2
The Cow on the Roof (Wales)
283
4
Scandinavia and Northen Europe
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norway)
287
9
Boots and the Troll (Norway)
296
4
Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man Does Is Always Right (Norway)
300
4
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norway)
304
6
The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Norway)
310
3
The Master Thief (Norway)
313
13
The Three Billygoats Gruff (Norway)
326
1
The Mastermaid (Norway)
327
13
Not a Pin to Choose Between Then (Norway)
340
5
Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway)
345
8
Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed (Norway)
353
1
Why the Sea Is Salt (Norway)
354
4
The Tinderbox (Denmark)
358
6
Peter Bull (Denmark)
364
4
Maid Lena (Denmark)
368
9
The Old Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth (Sweden)
377
4
Salt and Bread (Sweden)
381
2
The Seal's Skin (Iceland)
383
1
The Pig-Headed Wife (Finland)
384
3
The Forest Bride (Finland)
387
7
God and the Devil Share the Harvest (Latvia)
394
1
The Bul-Bul Bird (Latvia)
395
8
East Europe
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Russia)
403
8
The Baba Yaga (Russia)
411
3
The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa (Russia)
414
8
The Story of King Frost (Russia)
422
3
Prince Hedgehog (Russia)
425
3
Salt (Russia)
428
10
The Treasure (Russia)
438
3
Woe (Russia)
441
6
Clever Manka (Czechoslovakia)
447
5
Intelligence and Luck (Czechoslovakia)
452
3
Czar Trojan's Ears (Yugoslavia)
455
2
A Stroke of Luck (Hungary)
457
2
It Could Always Be Worse (Yiddish)
459
1
Chelm Justice (Yiddish)
460
1
Saint or Horse (Yiddish)
461
1
When Hershel Eats---(Yiddish)
462
5
Middle East
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian Nights)
467
11
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights)
478
7
The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights)
485
3
The Donkey Driver and the Thief (Arabia)
488
2
The Farmer and His Hired Help (Afghanistan)
490
5
Don't Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours (Israel)
495
2
The Three Hares (Turkey)
497
6
Asia
Momotaro or The Peach-Boy (Japan)
503
3
The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings (Japan)
506
3
The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue (Japan)
509
3
The Tale of the Oki Islands (Japan)
512
4
The Stonecutter (Japan)
516
3
The Wife's Portrait (Japan)
519
2
Urashima (Japan)
521
2
The Magic Kettle (Japan)
523
3
A Taoist Priest (China)
526
2
Simple Wang (China)
528
3
Faithful Even in Death (China)
531
3
The Young Head of the Family (China)
534
3
The Most Frugal of Men (China)
537
2
The Magic Brocade (China)
539
6
Planting a Pear Tree (China)
545
1
The Groom's Crimes (China)
546
1
A Clever Judge (China)
547
1
Money Makes Cares (China)
548
2
Drinking Companions (China)
550
4
The King's Favorit (China)
554
1
The Clever Thief (Korea)
555
3
The Tiger's Whisker (Korea)
558
3
Hats to Disappear with (Korea)
561
2
Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words (Thailand)
563
2
Mister Lazybones (Laos)
565
2
The Fisherman and the Gatekeeper (Burma)
567
2
The Little Lizard's Sorrow (Vietnam)
569
3
The Fly (Vietnam)
572
3
The Valiant Chattee-Maker (India)
575
6
The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (India)
581
2
How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam (India)
583
9
How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner (India)
592
1
The Monkey and the Crocodile (India)
593
2
Tit for Tat (India)
595
4
The Pacific
How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Island (Hawaii)
599
3
Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo (Indonesia)
602
3
How Platypuses Came to Australia (Australia)
605
3
The Bunyip (Australia)
608
5
Africa
Talk (Africa---Ashanti Trible)
613
2
Anansi's Hat-shaking Dance (Africa---Ashanti Tribe)
615
3
Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle (Africa---Ashanti Tribe)
618
2
How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Stories (Africa---Ashanti Tribe)
620
3
Younde Goes to Town (West Africa)
623
3
How Frog Lost His Tail (Africa---Sukuma Tribe)
626
1
The Rubber Man (Africa---Hausa Tribe)
627
4
The Origin of Death (Africa---Akamba Tribe)
631
1
Man Chooses Death (Africa---Madagascar)
632
1
The Woman and the Childre of the Sycamore Tree (Africa---Masai Tribe)
633
1
The Wise Dog (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
634
4
The Hunter and His Magic Flute (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
638
4
The Funeral of the Hyena's Mother (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
642
2
Oni and the Great Bird (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
644
5
The Wooden Spoon and the Whip (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
649
3
Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell (Africa---Baila Tribe)
652
1
The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia)
653
4
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (Africa---Efik- Ibibio)
657
1
A Tug-of-War (Africa---Fan Tribe)
658
5
North America
People Who Could Fly (Black America)
663
2
Baby in the Crib (Black American)
665
1
The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Uncle Remus)
666
2
Paul Bunyan's Cornstalk (Western United States)
668
3
The Two Old Women's Bet (Southern United States)
671
3
Jack in the Giants' Newground (Southern United States)
674
12
Senor Coyote and the Dogs (Mexico)
686
2
The Talking Cat (French Canada)
688
6
The Indian Cinderella (Canadian Indian)
694
3
The Deserted Children (American Indian---Gros Ventre Tribe of Montana)
697
2
The Girl Who Married a Ghost (American Indian---The Nisqualli Tribe of Southern Washington)
699
5
The Lost Woman (American Indian---Blackfeet Tribe)
704
8
The Theft of Fire (American Indian---Chippewa Tribe)
712
6
Manabozho and His Toe (American Indian)
718
1
The Raven Brings Light (Alaskan Indian)
719
2
The Sedna Legend (Eskimo)
721
6
Caribbean and West Indies
The Magic Orange Tree (Haiti)
727
4
Greedy Mariani (Haiti)
731
3
Uncle Bouqui and Little Malice (Haiti)
734
4
Bouki Rents a Horse (Haiti)
738
3
Anasi Play with Fire, Anasi Get Burned (Jamaica)
741
4
How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil (Cuba)
745
3
The Story of the Smart Parrot (Puerto Rico)
748
5
Central and South America
How the Devil Constructed a Church (Hondurs)
753
3
Three Magic Oranges (Costa Rica)
756
4
The Lucky Table (Costa Rica)
760
3
Brer Rabbit, Businessman (Costa Rica)
763
4
The Search for the Magic Lake (Ecuador)
767
7
The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House (Brazil)
774
2
The Five Brothers (Chile)
776
5
Index of Categories of Tales
781
8
Index of Titles
789