Favorite Folktales from Around the World

Favorite Folktales from Around the World
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804152861

From 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 Library

Imagining Women

Imagining Women
Author: Karen Gernant
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Contains 37 stories which provide a rare look at the everyday lives of common people, especially women, in the villages of China.

Snake Prince and Other Stories

Snake Prince and Other Stories
Author: Edna Ledgard
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1999-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

collected and retold by Edna Ledgard The people of Burma/Myanmar call it Shwe Pyidaw, the Golden Land, their fertile valley cradled in a horseshoe of mountains. When squabbling Western nations vied for control of the newly-mapped country a century ago, the local population had already lived in the mountainous land for over a millenium. Throughout those centuries, the legends and tales rooted in animist religions created a rich tapestry of spirits that underlie the later arrival of Buddhism. "Nat" spirits, dragons, winged lion-dogs, ogres, mythical galon birds, sorceresses and many more populated the land. This volume brings together 25 of the most-loved of these folk tales.

Tales of the Seal People

Tales of the Seal People
Author: Duncan Williamson
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Tales
ISBN: 9780940793996

A collection of 14 selkie (half-seal half-human creatures) tales from the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip of Scotland which embrace the fantasy, romance and unusual perspective of the Scottish travellers.

Hildur, Queen of the Elves and Other Stories

Hildur, Queen of the Elves and Other Stories
Author: J.M. Bedell
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Out of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild. On the one hand, these stories come out of the great wellspring of Scandinavian tales that have so influenced the Western imagination: Here are elves and trolls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters; drama and mystery and moral. But Iceland’s particular geography, its long nights and savage weather, also led to the development of a unique oral tradition, from which grew the famous Icelandic family sagas and stories.

The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon

The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon
Author: James Riordan
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781623718817

Siberia. From this strange and beautiful land comes an oral tradition that has altered little in two thousand years. Here is a true spiritual democracy and purity of folk art rarely found in traditional tales.

The Demon Slayers and Other Stories

The Demon Slayers and Other Stories
Author: Sayantani DasGupta
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1995
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

A collection of Bengali folk tales. Among the stories of princes, devata (deities) and bloodthirsty rashash (demons), stories of women's lives and images emerge. Women and their goddeses bring to life not only the nurturing Bengali motherland itself, but demons as well.

Folk Tale Plays from Around the World That Kids Will Love

Folk Tale Plays from Around the World That Kids Will Love
Author: Marci Appelbaum
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439222570

"Eight short read-aloud plays with engaging activities that build reading skills, add spark to social studies lessons, and explore diverse cultures"--Cover

Tales of the Golden Corpse

Tales of the Golden Corpse
Author: Sandra Benson
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Tales of the Golden Corpse is the first complete English version of the famous Tibetan folktales told to a young boy who has killed seven sorcerers in the defense of his Master. The boy must redeem himself by carrying a talking corpse full of wondrous tales on a long journey, without himself speaking a word. These 25 tales of intrigue and magic provide the reader with a window through which to view ancient Tibetan culture. Within them, you will encounter heroes and villains, fearsome witches, murderous demons, and clever tricksters with a uniquely Tibetan humor. Songs, riddles, jokes, and sayings make the stories come alive as they unfold against the background of everyday Tibet—its farmers and nomads, kings and magical beings.