Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927 by Various

Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927 by Various
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by: Alan Mapstone, George Banfield, lcole5, KirksVoice, BobbyBreadshower, Gila Labinger Freeberg, Larry Wilson, laurakgibbs, brenda8mac in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - from the ancient Greek Odyssey: 'Ulysses and the Bag of Winds' retold by William H. Elson
00:05:21 - 02 - from the ancient Roman Aeneid: 'Wanderings of Aeneas' retold by H. L. Havell
00:14:01 - 03 - an Aesop's fable: 'Frogs Ask for a King' in Krylov's Fables, retold by Bernard Pares
00:20:19 - 04 - a Medieval European legend: 'Herod and the Bubbles' retold by F.J.H. Darton
00:24:41 - 05 - a legend from northern Italy: 'King Laurin's Rose Garden' retold by Karl Felix Wolff
00:28:47 - 06 - a legend from Ireland: 'Princess Fior Usga' retold by Thomas Crofton Croker
00:35:57 - 07 - a Paul Bunyan story from the USA: 'Growing Boy' retold by James Cloyd Bowman
00:49:50 - 08 - a Pueblo story: 'Coyote and Evening Star' retold by Ahlee James
00:59:17 - 09 - a Dakota story: 'Story of White Dawn' retold by Winona Blanche Allanson
01:04:41 - 10 - a Tlingit story: 'Beaver and Porcupine' retold by Elizabeth Bishop Johnson
01:09:21 - 11 - African-American stories: 'Rabbit Tales' collected by Arthur Huff Fauset
01:21:14 - 12 - a Lamba story from central Africa: 'Mr. Warthog and Mr. Lion' collected by Clement Doke
01:25:24 - 13 - a Hausa story from western Africa: 'Cayman, Man, and Jackal' retold by Blaise Cendrars
01:32:10 - 14 - a Swahili from eastern Africa: 'Man Befriended by Luck' collected by E. C. Baker
01:40:10 - 15 - a story from Morocco: 'Fatal House' retold by Edward Powys Mathers
01:46:52 - 16 - a Pashtun story from South Asia: 'How the Greedy Princess Was Tricked' collected by Lucas White King
01:52:19 - 17 - a Buddhist story from India: 'Grateful Animals' retold by Marguerite Aspinwall
02:07:48 - 18 - a Lepcha fairy tale from South Asia: 'A Fairy Disguised as a Puppy' collected by Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks
02:12:37 - 19 - a folktale from East Asia: 'Moko and the Twelve Little Earth Men' retold by Charles H. Meeker
02:25:18 - 20 - a folktale from Japan: 'Weaver of the Frost' retold by Ken Nakazawa
This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published in 1927, covering a range of European stories along with stories from the Americas, Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. Many, but not all, of the stories are for young readers.TABLE OF CONTENTS:Ancient Greece: 'Ulysses and the Bag of Winds' by William H. Elson published in The Elson Readers: Three. Ancient Rome: 'The Wanderings of Aeneas' by H. L. Havell published in Stories from the Aeneid. Ancient Rome: 'The Frogs Ask for a King' by Bernard Pares published in Krylov's Fables. Medieval Europe: 'Herod and the Bubbles' by F.J.H. Darton published in A Wonder Book of Old Romance. Ladin : 'King Laurin's Rose Garden' by Karl Felix Wolff published in The Pale Mountains: Folk Tales From the Dolomites.Ireland: 'Princess Fior Usga' by Thomas Crofton Croker published in A Book of Princess Stories. U.S.A.: 'The Growing Boy' by James Cloyd Bowman published in The Adventures of Paul Bunyan. Pueblo : 'Coyote and Evening Star' by Ahlee James published in Tewa Firelight Tales. Dakota : 'The Story of White Dawn' by Winona Blanche Allanson published in Indian Moons. Tlingit : 'Beaver and Porcupine' by Elizabeth Bishop Johnson published in Animal Stories the Indians Told. African-American : 'Rabbit Tales' by Arthur Huff Fauset published in 'Negro Tales from the South,' in Journal of American Folklore, v. 40. Lamba : 'Mr. Warthog and Mr. Lion' by Clement Doke published in Lamba Folk Lore. Hausa : 'Cayman, Man, and Jackal' by Blaise Cendrars published in The African Saga. Swahili : 'The Man Befriended by Luck' by E. C. Baker published in 'Swahili Tales,' in Folklore, v. 38. Morocco: 'The Fatal House' by Edward Powys Mathers published in Eastern Love: Tales of Fez. Pashtun : 'How the Greedy Princess Was Tricked' by Lucas White King published in 'Shirani Folktales,' in Folklore, v. 38. Buddhist : 'The Grateful Animals' by Marguerite Aspinwall published in Jataka Tales Out of Old India. Lepcha : 'A Fairy Disguised as a Puppy' by Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks published in Folklore and Customs of the Lap-chas of Sikhim. East Asia: 'Moko and the Twelve Little Earth Men' by Charles H. Meeker published in Folk Tales from the Far East. Japan: 'The Weaver of the Frost' by Ken Nakazawa published in The Weaver of the Frost. - Summary by Laura Gibbs
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