Best-Loved Folktales of the World Book

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