Myths
The Ingoldsby Legends
The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Mano…
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn’t much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty chil…
The Meadow Sprite
Gertrude Schottenfels has collected and arranged eleven original tales from Germany in this volume. Ms Schottenfels alternates between stori…
Lucian's Dialogues
The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek…
Das Rübezahlbuch
Viele wollen ihn gesehen haben, aber wirklich gesehen hat ihn noch keiner - Rübezahl. Neun Abenteuer des geheimnisvollen Berggeists aus…
Rumpty-Dudget's Tower
Julian Hawthorne spins a charming fairy tale featuring the mischievous dwarf Rumpty-Dudget', Princess Hilda, Prince Frank and the Queen. Ad…
Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills
In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of th…
Minutes To Midnight
Mythics... Creatures and beings of legend, possessing extraordinary abilities. Once thought of as merely stories, they've learned to blend i…
Venus and Adonis
Both Ovid and Spenser also treat this ancient myth, but Spenser alters the ending, converting the tale into an archetype of fulfilled love, …
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages invites listeners to explore the fascinating and often bizarre beliefs that shaped medieval thought. In thi…
El Libro de Las Mil Noches y Una Noche
Ningún libro tan conocido, y menos conocido que esta famosa colección de novelas, monumento literario del pueblo árabe.…
The Ingoldsby Legends
The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Mano…
The King of the Snakes
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are s…
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded continues the adventures of the many characters in the previous volume Sylvie and Bruno. The fairy-children Sylvi…
Faust I
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…
Folk-lore and Legends
The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist is not troubled to discover material, but to select only that which it is best worth his while …
Cocoa Break Collection
Following in the vein of my Coffee-Break collections, this is a collection of short (all under 15 minutes) stories for kids. Focus is on fab…
Deutsche Hausmärchen
Johann Wilhelm Wolf war Germanist und Schriftsteller, sein Schwager Wilhelm von Ploennies war Leutnant, Militärschriftsteller und Ü…
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands
High as the clouds are the mountains boldThat tower in the glorious Land of Gold,And cañons dusky with twilight deepWhere a thousand …
A Tale Of Cader Idris
Our narrator, Bob, knows George Bowring from school days. Their lives, dreams and misfortunes are parallel until George marries the woman Bo…