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All Folktales


Chinese folklore tales

Chinese Folk-lore Tales
Features 11 Chinese folktales

Author: Rev. J. Macgowan, D.D.
Published: 1910
Publisher: Macmillan And Co., Limited, London

1.The widow Ho - Chinese folktale

2.Kwang-Jui And The God Of The River - Chinese folktale

3.The Beautiful Daughter Of Liu-Kung - Chinese folktale

4.The Fairy Bonze - Chinese folktale

5.The Mysterious Buddhist Robe - Chinese folktale

6.The Vengence Of The Goddess - Chinese folktale

7.The Wonderful Man - Chinese folktale

8.The God Of The City - Chinese folktale

9.The Tragedy Of The Yin Family - Chinese folktale

10.Sam-Chung And The Water Demon - Chinese folktale

11.The Reward Of A Benevolent Life - Chinese folktale

Chinese folklore tales

Momotaro or Little Peachling - A Japanese folktale.

Author: Anonymous
Published: 1910
Publisher: T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo, Japan

1.Momotaro or Little Peachling

Chinese folklore tales

Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories - This book features seven Japanese folktales.

Author: Mrs. M. Chaplin Ayrton
Editor: William Elliot Griffis
Published: 1901
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co., Boston, USA

1.First Month

2.The Chrysanthemum Show

3.Fishsave

4.The Filial Girl

5.The Parsley Queen

6.The Two Daughters

7.Second Sight

 


 

 

South American folktales

1.The Rabbit and The Coyote - Mayan folktale

2.The Rabbit Throws Out His Sandal - Mayan folktale

3.The Jaguar and the Little Skunk - Mayan folktale

4.The Disobedient Son - Mayan folktale

Fairy tales from Brazil

Fairy tales from Brazil
How and why tales from Brazilian folk-lore

Author: Elsie Spicer Eells
Published: 1917
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., Chicago

1.How Night Came

2. How the Rabbit Lost His Tail

3.How the Toad Got His Bruises

4.How the Tiger Got His Stripes

5.Why the Lamb Is Meek

6.Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other

7.How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles

8.How the Monkey Became a Trickster

9.How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations

10.How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty

11.How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry

12.Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey

13.How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten

14.Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail

15.How Black Became White

16.How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird

17.Why the Sea Moans

18.How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats

Fairy tales from Brazil

Tales of Giants from Brazil

Author: Elsie Spicer Eells
Published: 1918
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., New York

1.The Princess of the Springs

2.The Fountain of Giant Land

3.The Boy and the Violin

4.The Most Beautiful Princess

5.The Little Sister of the Giants

6.The Forest Lad and the Wicked Giant

7.How the Giantess Guimara Became Small

8.The Adventures of a Fisherman’s Son

9.The Beast Slayer

10.The Quest of Cleverness

11.The Giant’s Pupil

12.Domingo’s Cat

 

 

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