| Introduction: Enjoying the World's Folktales | p. xvii |
| West Europe | |
| Cinderella (France) | p. 3 |
| Beauty and the Beast (France) | p. 8 |
| Puss in Boots (France) | p. 24 |
| Blue Beard (France) | p. 28 |
| The White Cat (France) | p. 32 |
| Drakestail (France) | p. 45 |
| The Doctor and His Pupil (France) | p. 50 |
| Snow-White (Germany) | p. 53 |
| The Brave Little Tailor (Germany) | p. 61 |
| Ashenputtel (Germany) | p. 68 |
| Rapunzel (Germany) | p. 75 |
| The Devil's Three Gold Hairs (Germany) | p. 78 |
| Darling Roland (Germany) | p. 84 |
| The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany) | p. 88 |
| The Frog Prince (Germany) | p. 95 |
| The Goosegirl (Germany) | p. 98 |
| Tom Thumb (Germany) | p. 104 |
| The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Germany) | p. 109 |
| Little Red Riding Hood (Germany) | p. 112 |
| The Juniper Tree (Germany) | p. 115 |
| The Golden Goose (Germany) | p. 122 |
| Thousand-Furs (Germany) | p. 126 |
| Rumpelstiltskin (Germany) | p. 131 |
| Mother Holle (Germany) | p. 134 |
| Sleeping Beauty (Germany) | p. 137 |
| The Queen Bee (Germany) | p. 140 |
| The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany) | p. 142 |
| Hansel and Gretel (Germany) | p. 145 |
| The Merman and the Farmer (Germany) | p. 151 |
| Crab (Italy) | p. 152 |
| Bastianelo (Italy) | p. 154 |
| The Cock and the Mouse (Italy) | p. 157 |
| The Thoughtless Abbot (Italy) | p. 158 |
| Don Demonio's Mother-in-law (Spain) | p. 160 |
| Tonino and the Fairies (Spain) | p. 166 |
| I Ate the Loaf (Spain) | p. 170 |
| The Half-Chick (Spain) | p. 171 |
| A Legend of Saint Nicholas (Holland) | p. 174 |
| The Hare and the Tortoise (Ancient Greece) | p. 177 |
| The Fox and the Grapes (Ancient Greece) | p. 178 |
| The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Ancient Greece) | p. 178 |
| The Man, the Boy and the Donkey (Ancient Greece) | p. 179 |
| Eros and Psyche (Ancient Greece) | p. 180 |
| The Twelve Months (Modern Greece) | p. 186 |
| British Isles | |
| Jack and the Beanstalk (England) | p. 193 |
| Jack the Giant-Killer (England) | p. 198 |
| Tom Tit Tot (England) | p. 207 |
| The Boggart (England) | p. 211 |
| Good and Bad News (England) | p. 212 |
| The Hand of Glory (England) | p. 213 |
| Lazy Jack (England) | p. 214 |
| Molly Whuppie (England) | p. 216 |
| Teeny-Tiny (England) | p. 219 |
| The Three Wishes (England) | p. 220 |
| Dick Whittington and His Cat (England) | p. 221 |
| The Pied Piper (England) | p. 228 |
| Master of All Masters (England) | p. 231 |
| Munachar and Manachar (Ireland) | p. 232 |
| The Field of Boliauns (Ireland) | p. 235 |
| The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks (Ireland) | p. 237 |
| The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin (Ireland) | p. 247 |
| The Birth of Fin MacCoul (Ireland) | p. 256 |
| Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh (Ireland) | p. 264 |
| Black, Brown, and Gray (Ireland) | p. 270 |
| The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland) | p. 275 |
| The Midwife (Scotland) | p. 280 |
| The Wee, Wee Mannie (Scotland) | p. 281 |
| The Cow on the Roof (Wales) | p. 283 |
| Scandinavia and Northern Europe | |
| East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norway) | p. 287 |
| Boots and the Troll (Norway) | p. 296 |
| Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man Does Is Always Right (Norway) | p. 300 |
| The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norway) | p. 304 |
| The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Norway) | p. 310 |
| The Master Thief (Norway) | p. 313 |
| The Three Billygoats Gruff (Norway) | p. 326 |
| The Mastermaid (Norway) | p. 327 |
| Not a Pin to Choose Between Them (Norway) | p. 340 |
| Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway) | p. 345 |
| Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed (Norway) | p. 353 |
| Why the Sea Is Salt (Norway) | p. 354 |
| The Tinderbox (Denmark) | p. 358 |
| Peter Bull (Denmark) | p. 364 |
| Maid Lena (Denmark) | p. 368 |
| The Old Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth (Sweden) | p. 377 |
| Salt and Bread (Sweden) | p. 381 |
| The Seal's Skin (Iceland) | p. 383 |
| The Pig-Headed Wife (Finland) | p. 384 |
| The Forest Bride (Finland) | p. 387 |
| God and the Devil Share the Harvest (Latvia) | p. 394 |
| The Bul-Bul Bird (Latvia) | p. 395 |
| East Europe | |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Russia) | p. 403 |
| The Baba Yaga (Russia) | p. 411 |
| The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa (Russia) | p. 414 |
| The Story of King Frost (Russia) | p. 422 |
| Prince Hedgehog (Russia) | p. 425 |
| Salt (Russia) | p. 428 |
| The Treasure (Russia) | p. 438 |
| Woe (Russia) | p. 441 |
| Clever Manka (Czechoslovakia) | p. 447 |
| Intelligence and Luck (Czechoslovakia) | p. 452 |
| Czar Trojan's Ears (Yugoslavia) | p. 455 |
| A Stroke of Luck (Hungary) | p. 457 |
| It Could Always Be Worse (Yiddish) | p. 459 |
| Chelm Justice (Yiddish) | p. 460 |
| Saint or Horse (Yiddish) | p. 461 |
| When Hershel Eats- (Yiddish) | p. 462 |
| Middle East | |
| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian Nights) | p. 467 |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights) | p. 478 |
| The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights) | p. 485 |
| The Donkey Driver and the Thief (Arabia) | p. 488 |
| The Farmer and His Hired Help (Afghanistan) | p. 490 |
| Don't Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours (Israel) | p. 495 |
| The Three Hares (Turkey) | p. 497 |
| Asia | |
| Momotaro or The Peach-Boy (Japan) | p. 503 |
| The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings (Japan) | p. 506 |
| The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue (Japan) | p. 509 |
| The Tale of the Oki Islands (Japan) | p. 512 |
| The Stonecutter (Japan) | p. 516 |
| The Wife's Portrait (Japan) | p. 519 |
| Urashima (Japan) | p. 521 |
| The Magic Kettle (Japan) | p. 523 |
| A Taoist Priest (China) | p. 526 |
| Simple Wang (China) | p. 528 |
| Faithful Even in Death (China) | p. 531 |
| The Young Head of the Family (China) | p. 534 |
| The Most Frugal of Men (China) | p. 537 |
| The Magic Brocade (China) | p. 539 |
| Planting a Pear Tree (China) | p. 545 |
| The Groom's Crimes (China) | p. 546 |
| A Clever Judge (China) | p. 547 |
| Money Makes Cares (China) | p. 548 |
| Drinking Companions (China) | p. 550 |
| The King's Favorite (China) | p. 554 |
| The Clever Thief (Korea) | p. 555 |
| The Tiger's Whisker (Korea) | p. 558 |
| Hats to Disappear with (Korea) | p. 561 |
| Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words (Thailand) | p. 563 |
| Mister Lazybones (Laos) | p. 565 |
| The Fisherman and the Gatekeeper (Burma) | p. 567 |
| The Little Lizard's Sorrow (Vietnam) | p. 569 |
| The Fly (Vietnam) | p. 572 |
| The Valiant Chattee-Maker (India) | p. 575 |
| The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (India) | p. 581 |
| How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam (India) | p. 583 |
| How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner (India) | p. 592 |
| The Monkey and the Crocodile (India) | p. 593 |
| Tit for Tat (India) | p. 595 |
| The Pacific | |
| How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Island (Hawaii) | p. 599 |
| Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo (Indonesia) | p. 602 |
| How Platypuses Came to Australia (Australia) | p. 605 |
| The Bunyip (Australia) | p. 608 |
| Africa | |
| Talk (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | p. 613 |
| Anansi's Hat-shaking Dance (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | p. 615 |
| Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | p. 618 |
| How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Stories (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | p. 620 |
| Younde Goes to Town (West Africa) | p. 623 |
| How Frog Lost His Tail (Africa-Sukuma Tribe) | p. 626 |
| The Rubber Man (Africa-Hausa Tribe) | p. 627 |
| The Origin of Death (Africa-Akamba Tribe) | p. 631 |
| Man Chooses Death (Africa-Madagascar) | p. 632 |
| The Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree (Africa-Masai Tribe) | p. 633 |
| The Wise Dog (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | p. 634 |
| The Hunter and His Magic Flute (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | p. 638 |
| The Funeral of the Hyena's Mother (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | p. 642 |
| Oni and the Great Bird (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | p. 644 |
| The Wooden Spoon and the Whip (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | p. 649 |
| Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell (Africa-Baila Tribe) | p. 652 |
| The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia) | p. 653 |
| Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (Africa-Efik-Ibibio) | p. 657 |
| A Tug-of-War (Africa-Fan Tribe) | p. 658 |
| North America | |
| People Who Could Fly (Black American) | p. 663 |
| Baby in the Crib (Black American) | p. 665 |
| The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Uncle Remus) | p. 666 |
| Paul Bunyan's Cornstalk (Western United States) | p. 668 |
| The Two Old Women's Bet (Southern United States) | p. 671 |
| Jack in the Giants' Newground (Southern United States) | p. 674 |
| Senor Coyote and the Dogs (Mexico) | p. 686 |
| The Talking Cat (French Canada) | p. 688 |
| The Indian Cinderella (Canadian Indian) | p. 694 |
| The Deserted Children (American Indian-Gros Ventre Tribe of Montana) | p. 697 |
| The Girl Who Married a Ghost (American Indian-The Nisqualli Tribe of Southern Washington) | p. 699 |
| The Lost Woman (American Indian-Blackfeet Tribe) | p. 704 |
| The Theft of Fire (American Indian-Chippewa Tribe) | p. 712 |
| Manabozho and His Toe (American Indian) | p. 718 |
| The Raven Brings Light (Alaskan Indian) | p. 719 |
| The Sedna Legend (Eskimo) | p. 721 |
| Caribbean and West Indies | |
| The Magic Orange Tree (Haiti) | p. 727 |
| Greedy Mariani (Haiti) | p. 731 |
| Uncle Bouqui and Little Malice (Haiti) | p. 734 |
| Bouki Rents a Horse (Haiti) | p. 738 |
| Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get Burned (Jamaica) | p. 741 |
| How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil (Cuba) | p. 745 |
| The Story of the Smart Parrot (Puerto Rico) | p. 748 |
| Central and South America | |
| How the Devil Constructed a Church (Honduras) | p. 753 |
| Three Magic Oranges (Costa Rica) | p. 756 |
| The Lucky Table (Costa Rica) | p. 760 |
| Brer Rabbit, Businessman (Costa Rica) | p. 763 |
| The Search for the Magic Lake (Ecuador) | p. 767 |
| The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House (Brazil) | p. 774 |
| The Five Brothers (Chile) | p. 776 |
| Index of Categories of Tales | p. 781 |
| Index of Titles | p. 789 |
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