Folklore
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Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of IndiaTales of the Punjab: Folklore of IndiaMany of the tales in this collection appeared either in the Indian Antiquary, the Calcutta Review, or the Legends of the Punjab. They were then in the form of literal translations, in many cases uncouth or even unpresentable...
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The Pink Fairy BookThe Pink Fairy Book All people in the world tell nursery tales to their children. The Japanese tell them, the Chinese, the Red Indians by their camp fires, the Eskimo in their dark dirty winter huts. The Kaffirs of South Africa tell them, and...
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01To Divert the sultan from the execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a Lady every day, and have her cut off next morning, to avenge himself of the disloyalty of his first sultaness, &c....
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Rab and His FriendsRab and His Friends Four years ago, my uncle, the Rev. Dr. Smith of Biggar, asked me to give a lecture in my native village, the shrewd little capital of the Upper Ward. I never lectured before; I have no turn for it; but...
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The Book of Were-WolvesThe Book of Were-Wolves Barrenness of English Folk-loreDevonshire TraditionsDerivation of Were-wolfCannibalism in ScotlandThe Angus RobberThe Carle of PerthFrench SuperstitionsNorwegian TraditionsDanish Tales of Were-wolvesHolstein StoriesThe Werewolf in the NetherlandsAmong the Greeks; the Serbs; the White Russians; the Poles; the RussiansA Russian Receipt for becoming a...
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Mother Goose in ProseMother Goose in ProseWe hear the sweet, low voice of the mother, singing soft lullabies to her darling, and see the kindly, wrinkled face of the grandmother as she croons the old ditties to quiet our restless spirits. One generation is linked to another...
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Tales from the Arabic — CompleteTales from the Arabic — Complete 1901 1. Asleep and Awake a. Story of the Lackpenny and the Cook 2. The Khalif Omar Ben Abdulaziz and the Poets 3. El Hejjaj and the Three Young Men 4. Haroun Er Reshid and the Woman of...
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Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03 1901 16. Noureddin Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt El Milah 17. El Abbas and the King's Daughter of Baghdad 18. The Two Kings and the Vizier's Daughters 19. The Favourite and Her Lover 20. The...
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Tales from the Arabic — Volume 02Tales from the Arabic — Volume 02 1901 1. King Shah Bekht and His Vizier Er Rehwan (Continued) a. Story of the Pious Woman Accused of Lewdness b. Story of the Journeyman and the Girl c. Story of the Weaver Who Became a Physician...
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Tales from the Arabic — Volume 01Tales from the Arabic — Volume 01 1901 1. Asleep and Awake a. Story of the Lackpenny and the Cook 2. The Khalif Omar Ben Abdulaziz and the Poets 3. El Hejjaj and the Three Young Men 4. Haroun Er Reshid and the Woman...
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Alaeddin and the Enchanted LampAlaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp The readers of my translation of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night will remember that, in the terminal essay (1884) on the history and character of the collection, I expressed my conviction that the eleven (so-called)...
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Bulfinch's MythologyBulfinch's MythologyThose who have investigated the origin of the romantic fables relating to Charlemagne and his peers are of opinion that the deeds of Charles Martel, and perhaps of other Charleses, have been blended in popular tradition with those properly belonging to Charlemagne. It...
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Legends of CharlemagneLegends of Charlemagne No new edition of Bulfinch's classic work can be considered complete without some notice of the American scholar to whose wide erudition and painstaking care it stands as a perpetual monument. "The Age of Fable" has come to be ranked with...
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The Age of ChivalryThe Age of ChivalryIf no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends to make us happier...
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True Stories about Dogs and CatsTrue Stories about Dogs and Cats In a pretty, quiet village in New England lived Mary Chilton. She was a widow. She had two sons; and it was the occupation and the happiness of her life to do all she could to make her...
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Japanese Fairy TalesJapanese Fairy Tales This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations,...
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the PiccaninniesAustralian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies A neighbour of mine exclaimed, when I mentioned that I proposed making a small collection of the folk-lore legends of the tribe of blacks I knew so well living on this station,...
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The King of Ireland's SonThe King of Ireland's Son Connal was the name of the King who ruled over Ireland at that time. He had three sons, and, as the fir-trees grow, some crooked and some straight, one of them grew up so wild that in the end...
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Nederlandsche Sagen en LegendenNederlandsche Sagen en LegendenHet is niet de eerste maal, dat de Nederlandsche Sagen en Legenden in een bundel worden vereenigd. Maar wel is het de eerste maal, dat iemand in Nederland zich ten doel stelt, ook de ziel der folklore te ontdekken. Wetenschappelijk is...
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The Lilac Fairy BookThe Lilac Fairy Book What cases are you engaged in at present? Are you stopping many teeth just now? What people have you converted lately? Do ladies put these questions to the menlawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forthwho happen to sit next them at...
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