Folklore Books

Wonder Tales from Tibet

Eleanore Myers Jewett

The Siddhi-kur is a strange and mysterious creature! He is so old that we cannot even guess at his age, and he has traveled so many leagues from the land that originally produced him. Some Europe..

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes

W. D. Westervelt

Some such story as this outlines the tremendous events, explosions, whirlwinds, avalanches, lava flows, earthquakes, and fiery blasts which composed the narrative of the domain of Pele before man appe..

Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa

F. G. Speck

It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that the scenes of the trickster-transformer’s adventures always lay in well known localities within the territory of the band among which ..

The magic of jewels and charms

George Frederick Kunz

Jewels, gems, stones, superstitions and astrological lore are all so interwoven in history that to treat of either of them alone would mean to break the chain of association linking them one with the ..

The Boy's King Arthur

Thomas Malory

Therewithal they went unto the archbishop, and told him how the sword was achieved, and by whom. And upon the twelfth day all the barons came thither for to assay to take the sword. But there afore th..

The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories

George Bird Grinnell

In transcribing stories such as these, care must be used to take down just what the narrator says. The stories must be reproduced as they are told; otherwise they lose that primitive flavor which is o..

The Sampo - A Wonder Tale of the Old North

James Baldwin

This is a tale which the runolainen of the far North used to sing in hovel and hall, and which the heroes of primeval times learned by heart and taught to their children. He has combined various parts..

Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources

Anton Von Schiefner

Towards the end of the ninth century, continues Schlagintweit, Buddhism was strongly opposed by a ruler who “commanded all temples and monasteries to be demolished, the images to be destroyed, and the..