Legends & Fairy Tales - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 4
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 03 - Anonymous
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 03 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been...
Maoriland Fairy Tales - Edith Howes
Maoriland Fairy Tales - Edith Howes
- Author: Edith Howes
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Most of the tales have some basis in history. It is an oral language so all histories have to be remembered and retold. To help with this memory retelling the carvings all have relative information and prompts, stories of Atua (sort of gods) and...
Stories of Old Greece and Rome - Emilie Kip BAKER
Stories of Old Greece and Rome - Emilie Kip BAKER
- Author: Emilie Kip BAKER
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Stories of Old Greece and Rome is an easy to read summary of all of the famous and not so famous Greek and Roman mythological stories. All of the famous Heroes are here: Theseus, Jason, Hercules, and all of the well known Deities. These stories...
Blackfeet Indian Stories - George Bird GRINNELL
Blackfeet Indian Stories - George Bird GRINNELL
- Author: George Bird GRINNELL
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skins, and lived in tents covered by hides. Dogs, their only tame animals, were used as beasts of burden to carry...
The Odyssey for Boys and Girls - Alfred John Church
The Odyssey for Boys and Girls - Alfred John Church
- Author: Alfred John Church
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A retelling of the adventures of Ulysses, including his adventures both the Cyclops and Circe, as he journeys home to his home of Ithaca. The story then continues to include his quest to rejoin his wife and family of whom he has been separated from...
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls - Various
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A charming collection of short stories for young girls, including The King's Daughter, The Old Brown House, A Story for School Girls, What One Lie Did, Two Ways of Reading the Bible, Courtesy to Strangers, Live for Something, and Jennie Browning....
Libussa - Johann Karl August MUSÄUS
Libussa - Johann Karl August MUSÄUS
- Author: Johann Karl August MUSÄUS
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is the Tale of Libussa, the mythical founder of the city of Prague. It chronicles the story of her parents and her birth, her elevation to the throne of Bohemia, and how she must fight for her true love. Musäus' famous version of the story is...
A House of Pomegranates (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
A House of Pomegranates (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A House of Pomegranates (1891) is the title of the second collection of Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde. This book contains four tales: 1. "The Young King"; which is about taking responsibility. 2. "The Birthday of the Infanta"; a commentary on the...
Gawayne and the Green Knight, version 2 - The Gawain Poet
Gawayne and the Green Knight, version 2 - The Gawain Poet
- Author: The Gawain Poet
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse romance following a young knight of the Round Table. During Christmas celebrations, a mysterious, entirely green...
Andersen's Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen's Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of eighteen fairy tales - some popular, some lesser known - by famous Danish author H.C. Andersen.(Summary by Gesine)...
The History of Reynard the Fox - Henry MORLEY
The History of Reynard the Fox - Henry MORLEY
- Author: Henry MORLEY
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of allegorical fables in French, Dutch, English, and German, first published around 1170. The fables are largely concerned with Reynard, an anthropomorphic red fox and trickster figure. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
Twenty Two Goblins - Anonymous
Twenty Two Goblins - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
These 22 stories are told by the Goblin to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each time Vikram tries to capture the vetala, it tells a story that ends with a riddle. If Vikram cannot answer...
Little Miss Joy-Sing - John Luther LONG
Little Miss Joy-Sing - John Luther LONG
- Author: John Luther LONG
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A pleasant kind of fantasy set in Japan concerning a woman and a prince. - Summary by KevinS...
The Enchanted Castle: Fairy Tales from Flowerland - Howard E. ALTEMUS
The Enchanted Castle: Fairy Tales from Flowerland - Howard E. ALTEMUS
- Author: Howard E. ALTEMUS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Every boy and girl—and for that matter every man and woman, too—rejoices when the winter snows have vanished and the earth once more puts on her beautiful dress of green, for then the flowers wake from their sleep and clothe the earth with beauty....
Polish Fairy Tales - A. J. GLINSKI
Polish Fairy Tales - A. J. GLINSKI
- Author: A. J. GLINSKI
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may even date from primitive times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 7) - L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 7) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to pleasure children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out. Summary by L. Frank Baum...
The Lost Princess of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Lost Princess of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Oh My Goodness !!! Princess Ozma is missing and no one can find her. The whole kingdom of OZ is upset and our heroes must set out to brave many dangers and adventures to search for their beloved girl ruler. When Princess Ozma mysteriously...
Japanese Fairy Tales - Yei Theodora OZAKI
Japanese Fairy Tales - Yei Theodora OZAKI
- Author: Yei Theodora OZAKI
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: "...in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to...
The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book - Constance Cary HARRISON
The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book - Constance Cary HARRISON
- Author: Constance Cary HARRISON
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"And now, mamma, until your tea is ready, we know what you must do," said the children, in a breath. "Tell us a story—a 'real, truly' fairy tale, about a giant and a dwarf, lots and lots of fairies, a prince and a beautiful princess with hair to her...
The Golden Maiden and Other Folk Tales and Fairy Stories Told in Armenia - A. G. SEKLEMIAN
The Golden Maiden and Other Folk Tales and Fairy Stories Told in Armenia - A. G. SEKLEMIAN
- Author: A. G. SEKLEMIAN
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Armenians trace their history back to before the time of the Babylonians and earliest recorded history - in fact, to Togarmah, a grandson of Japhet, Noah's son, who settled in Armenia after the Ark came to rest on mount Ararat. Armenia was also the...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 3, 1848 to 1853 - Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 3, 1848 to 1853 - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short works
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristingj)...
The Ballad of the White Horse (Version 3) - G. K. Chesterton
The Ballad of the White Horse (Version 3) - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Epics / Christian Fiction
This epic poem is about Alfred the Great's defense of Christian England against the pagan Viking invaders. The decisive battle is fought in sight of a white horse mark made on a hill, after which the poem is named. As the white horse mark must be...
The Myths of the New World - Daniel Garrison BRINTON
The Myths of the New World - Daniel Garrison BRINTON
- Author: Daniel Garrison BRINTON
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Myths of the New World's full title describes it as.. " a treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America", an attempt to analyse and correlate scientifically, the mythology of the American Indians. Note: Brinton advocated...
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 04 - Anonymous
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 04 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been...
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains - Katharine Berry Judson
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains - Katharine Berry Judson
- Author: Katharine Berry Judson
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short stories, and also quite a few songs and poems. Each tale is tagged with what culture it is from - (Summary by...
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Andrew Lang
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Single Author Collections
The Arabian Nights is a collection of Perso-Arabic folk tales and other stories. The collection, or at least certain stories drawn from it (or purporting to be drawn from it), became widely known in the West from the 18th century, after it was...
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune - Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune - Howard R. Garis
- Author: Howard R. Garis
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily story every day (except Sundays) for more than...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
The Emperor's New Clothes - Hans Christian Andersen
The Emperor's New Clothes - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an adult. The Emperor's New Clothes was funny from my earliest years because even then I could see that it poked...
The Brethren - H. Rider Haggard
The Brethren - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Historical Fiction
Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtful man, and Wulf is the blue eyed warrior. They are both knights of England and they are both in love with...
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories - Beatrix Potter
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories - Beatrix Potter
- Author: Beatrix Potter
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
What can we say about the delightful Beatrix Potter stories? Starting with the naughty Peter Rabbit and his mis-adventures, progressing through The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle whose funny name is just the start of the interesting things about her,...
The Gold of Fairnilee - Andrew Lang
The Gold of Fairnilee - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. This is Lang's second fairy tale after Princess Nobody - an enchanting story with occasional Scottish dialect. Randal Ker, son of a Scottish...
Grimm Tales Made Gay - Guy Wetmore Carryl
Grimm Tales Made Gay - Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Author: Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Humorous Fiction / Poetry
A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tales themselves make another verse.(Summary by Annise)...
Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out Of Some Of The Less-Known Apocryphal Books Of The Old Testament - M. R. JAMES
Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out Of Some Of The Less-Known Apocryphal Books Of The Old Testament - M. R. JAMES
- Author: M. R. JAMES
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Religious Fiction
M R James was a well regarded English scholar who studied the medieval period (he also wrote great ghost stories!). Apocryphal books are ancient literatures about biblical events and characters but these books are not included in the Bible. (Some...
Coppertop - Harold GAZE
Coppertop - Harold GAZE
- Author: Harold GAZE
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The story is about a little girl who meets all manner of strange gnomes, fairies and creatures after she goes to sleep at night. She also has two invisible brothers whom she created so as to not be alone while her parents travel for the Crown. The...
The Lilac Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
The Lilac Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
The Giant Crab And Other Tales From Old India - W. H. D. Rouse
The Giant Crab And Other Tales From Old India - W. H. D. Rouse
- Author: W. H. D. Rouse
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is the first collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. There is a second entitled The Talking Thrush (LibriVox audio here ). Parents or those in loco parentis should be aware that as in all folk literature, in addition to...
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables - Aesop
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Single Author Collections
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of...
