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| Introduction | ||
| Old Man, Young Mistress (Aesop) | ||
| The Seventh Father of the House (Norway) | ||
| The Old Man and his Grandson (German) | ||
| Mountain of Abandoned Old People (Japan) | ||
| The Bell of Atri (Italy) | ||
| The Old Man and Death (Aesop) | ||
| Iron Logic (Jewish) | ||
| One More Gift (Japan) | ||
| The Two Friends who Set Off to Travel Round the World (Eskimo) | ||
| The Span of Man's Life (Israel) | ||
| The Mortal Lord (China) | ||
| "Now I Become Myself" | ||
| An Old Man and a Boy (Africa: Kambaland) | 3 | |
| Empty-Cup Mind (Japan) | 3 | |
| The Old Woman of the Spring (Native American/Cheyenne) | 4 | |
| The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland) | 8 | |
| The Wise Woman (Algeria) | 15 | |
| An Old Man who Saved Some Ungrateful People (Zimbabwe) | 17 | |
| An Old Man's Wisdom (India) | 23 | |
| Hide Anger Until Tomorrow (Suriname) | 25 | |
| The Three Counsels (Mexico) | 26 | |
| The Truth (Syria) | 28 | |
| The Old Man and the Grain of Wheat (Russia) | 29 | |
| Elijah and the Poor Man's Wish (Jewish) | 31 | |
| The Wise Man and the Apprentice (Iran/Afghanistan) | 34 | |
| The Poppet Caught a Thief (United States) | 38 | |
| The Clever Old Man (India) | 43 | |
| How Grandpa Mowed the Lord's Meadow (Russia) | 49 | |
| Kitta Gray (Sweden) | 50 | |
| The Devil and the Gipsy (Russia) | 52 | |
| The Old Woman and the Giant (Philippines) | 56 | |
| John Fraser the Cook (Scotland) | 57 | |
| The Seven Leavenings (Palestinian Arab) | 58 | |
| The Fortune-Teller (Russia) | 66 | |
| The Old Woman and the Physician (Aesop) | 71 | |
| Two Women Overcome Nez Perce Man (Native American/Coeur d'Alene) | 72 | |
| The Silver Swindle (China) | 72 | |
| The Straw Ox (Russian Cossack) | 75 | |
| The Two Old Women's Bet (United States) | 80 | |
| The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights) | 83 | |
| The Five Wolves (Native American/Salishan) | 88 | |
| The Crafty Woman (Lithuania) | 89 | |
| The Talking Turkeys (Syria) | 91 | |
| The Old Woman and the Fox (India) | 92 | |
| Bucca Dhu and Bucca Gwidden (England) | 96 | |
| Verlioka (Russia) | 103 | |
| The Lord of Death (India) | 108 | |
| The Man who Lodged with Serpents (Hungary) | 111 | |
| Kwatee and the Monster in Lake Quinault (Native American/Quinault) | 115 | |
| Lump Off, Lump on (Japan) | 116 | |
| Siksruk, the Witch-Doctor (Eskimo) | 120 | |
| Old Roaney (United States) | 123 | |
| The Old Woman and the Rice Cakes (Japan) | 130 | |
| The Poor Countryman and the Greedy Hag (Poland) | 135 | |
| St. David's Flood (England) | 139 | |
| The Staff of Elijah (Jewish/Moldavia) | 140 | |
| The Magical Words (Finland) | 143 | |
| Kalapana (Hawaii) | 152 | |
| The Great Jaguar (Guatemala/Maya) | 157 | |
| The Hunted Hare (England) | 159 | |
| The Apparition of Arran (Scotland) | 162 | |
| The Valiant Fish Trapper (Hungary) | 164 | |
| Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire (Native American/Choctaw) | 166 | |
| The Monster of Loch Garten (Scotland) | 170 | |
| The Woman in the Moon (Hawaii) | 171 | |
| The Hedley Kow (England) | 173 | |
| The Search for Luck (Greece) | 177 | |
| Baucis and Philemon (Greece) | 185 | |
| How Much You Remind Me of My Husband! (El Salvador) | 188 | |
| A Clever Old Bride (Korea) | 190 | |
| My Jon's Soul (Iceland) | 191 | |
| A Tale of Two Old Women (Eskimo) | 194 | |
| The Old Man in the Moon (Burma) | 198 | |
| The Blind Old Woman (African-American) | 199 | |
| The Cure (Syria) | 200 | |
| Notes for Stories | 203 | |
| Bibliography | 217 | |
| Acknowledgments | 228 | |
| Index of Titles | 231 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Yamid Gongora
reviewed Gray heroes on June 18, 2012
Gray heroes
This was not my favorite of Jane Yolen's folktale collections, but I still enjoyed it. One thing that struck me was how much I missed the sense of background information about how old people are understood in the various places these stories came from. I didn't care for the language variations she used when writing stories from the United States. Nevertheless, it was a good thing to read as a break from my more academic reading on age.
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Add Gray heroes, We think of folktales as stories for the young, but around the world many tales are told of wily, resourceful, and courageous older people. Award-winning folklorist and storyteller Jane Yolen—described in Newsweek as the Hans Christian Andersen of, Gray heroes to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Gray heroes, We think of folktales as stories for the young, but around the world many tales are told of wily, resourceful, and courageous older people. Award-winning folklorist and storyteller Jane Yolen—described in Newsweek as the Hans Christian Andersen of, Gray heroes to your collection on WonderClub |