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the japanese fairy book
- Author: Ozaki Yei Theodora
- Genre: Folklore & Mythology
The Japanese Fairy Book represents a collection if twenty-two Japanese legends and fairy tales about peasants and kings, good and evil sides of life, princesses and princes, love and hate, animals, the sea, and the sky and the nature. The book will be loved by everyone including not only children but also adults interested in Asian and Japanese literature as it is a deserving representative of this literature. One of the stories, for example, is called The Farmer and The Badger and it narrates about an old farmer and his life who lived high in the mountains far away from the town. They did not have any neighbors except a bad badger who used to come to the farmer's field every night and damage the plants to which the farmer devoted a lot of time. The father tolerated this for a long time as he had a kind heart but this could not last forever and he decided to stop it. The farmer waited for a badger with a large club for a long time but could not catch. Then he tried making traps for the animal and eventually the badger got into one of the holes dug by the farmer. The farmer was very happy about it and he took the badger to his house and asked his wife to look after the badger and not to let it to escape while the farmer was working in his field. The badger realized that he might become a soup in the evening and started to think of the ways out...
niels lyhne
- Author: j p jens peter jacobsen
- Genre: Folklore & Mythology
A psychological novel about the upbringing of the soul’s firmness, resulting in inner triumph of the hero. By Jens Peter Jacobsen, a nineteenth century Danish novelist, poet, and scientist; published in 1880. This biographical novel follows the life of a Danish intellectual, the author’s contemporary. The plot is filled with vivid details of life and episodes, which played an important role in creating the hero’s character. In this last work Jacobsen opposes religion, and as a result, the novel was regarded as “atheist bible”. It takes an outstanding position both in Danish and European literature of the second half of the nineteenth century.
fairy legends and traditions of the south of ireland
- Author: Croker Thomas Crofton
- Genre: Folklore & Mythology
Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland is a nice and positive book containing legends and fairy tales of the Southern region of Ireland. The myths and legends were collected and edited by Thomas Crofton Croker. The book is intended for children and readers interested in the topic and wanting to get carried away with wonderful fairy tales.
Thirty Indian Legends
- Author: Bemister Margaret
- Genre: Folklore & Mythology
Margaret Bemister (1877-? ) was the Canadian author of: Stories From Prairie and Mountain (1909), Thirty Indian Legends (1912), Indian Legends: Stories of America Before Columbus (1914) and Golden Caravel (? ). "For the most part the legends here told are drawn from original sources. Many of the stories are printed for the first time; others have been adapted from well-known authorities. The author wishes to acknowledge in this latter connection help received from the collection, "The Indian in his Wigwam. " Thanks are also due to Mr. G. H. Dunn, St. Andrew's Locks, Manitoba, for the "Sleep Fairies"; to Mr. C. Linklater, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, for the "Adventures of Wesakchak"; to Mr. J. S. Logie, Summerland, British Columbia, for "The Chief's Bride"; to the Okanagan chief, Antowyne, for the other Okanagan legends; and to a paper read before the Royal Society of Canada by Mr. G. M. Dawson, for "The Old Stump. ""
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
- Author: Sleeman William
- Genre: Folklore & Mythology
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan
- Author: Laughead W.B.
- Genre: Folklore & Mythology
Who doesn't love a tall tale? And the taller the better. Paul Bunyan is the first and only true American myth. The stories of Paul and his ox Babe have been told for generations. The stories began in the lumber camps of the far north. The author of this printed version has added names for the characters and animals. The original stories told around campfires used no names except for Paul and Babe. The stories have been passed down through oral retellings. From the introduction, "The best authorities never recounted Paul Bunyan's exploits in narrative form. They made their statements more impressive by dropping them casually, in an off hand way, as if in reference. to actual events of common knowledge. To overawe the greenhorn in the bunkshanty, or the paper-collar stiffs and home guards in the saloons, a group of lumberjacks would remember meeting each other in the camps of Paul Bunyan. With painful accuracy they established the exact time and place, "on the Big Onion the winter of the blue snow" or "at Shot Gunderson's camp on the Tadpole the year of the sourdough drive." They elaborated on the old themes and new stories were born in lying contests where the heights of extemporaneous invention were reached."