Legends & Fairy Tales

The King of the Golden River

by John Ruskin Read by Xenutia 4
When three brothers mortally offend Mr. Southwest Wind, Esquire, their farm is laid waste and their riches lost. Desperate for money, the br…

The Counterpane Fairy

by Katharine Pyle Read by Lee Elliott 4.8
A little boy, recuperating from a lengthy illness, is entertained by visits from the Counterpane Fairy, who treats him to stories associated…

The Book of Nature Myths

by Florence Holbrook Read by Raybrite 4.6
The Book of Nature Myths invites listeners into a world where the natural elements come alive through the rich storytelling traditions of No…

Prince Silverwings

by Edith Ogden Harrison Read by Steven Fellows 4.7
Edith Ogden Harrison's first published work, Prince Silverwings, is a collection of seven fairy tales for young readers. It is perhaps best …

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Tales of Mother Goose

by Charles Perrault Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
These stories were the original ones collected by Charles Perrault and published in French in 1696. You may have heard of some of them and …

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Wilde's collection of fairy tales has delighted both children and adults since it was first published in 1888. It contains five stories, &qu…

Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table

by Andrew Lang Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history o…

The Fall of the Nibelungs

by Unknowntranslated Bymargaret Armour, Translated Bymargaret Armour and Unknowntranslated By Margaret Armour Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"The Fall of the Nibelungs" is Margaret Armour's plain prose translation from the middle high German of the "Nibelungenlied&q…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

A Selection from the Norse Tales

by Sir George Webbe Dasent Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is a collection of Norse folktales selected as being appropriate for children. They range from short pieces such as, "How One Wen…

Young Folks' Treasury

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is the second book in a twelve volume series, and highlights myths and legendary heroes from around the world, from Ancient Greece to S…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages

by Wilhelm Wägner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This volume contains the principal hero-lays of the six great epic cycles of the Teutonic Middle Ages: The Langobardian Legends, the Amelung…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Children's Short Works

by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Discover a delightful assortment of enchanting tales in Children's Short Works by the beloved Brothers Grimm. This collection features 15 ca…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

An Arthurian Miscellany

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A collection of works that explore the rich and evocative legend of King Arthur. The exploits of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table …

The Celtic Twilight

by William Butler Yeats Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy…

Folk-Tales From Tibet

by William Frederick Travers O'Connor Read by Kyle Stadelhofer 4.9
The author accumulated these short stories of Tibetan folklore during his time in Tibet. He selected the stories that best represented Tibe…

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