Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY Legends Myths and Folktales Celebrate the stories that have moved the world for centuries CHICAGO LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS SEOUL SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO
Legends Myths and Folktales TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 MYTHS AND LEGENDS FOLKTALES AND FABLES Stories of Wonders and Everyday Life 6 Atlas The Bearer of the World 8 Dragons Beasts of Fire and Mist 10 An Asian Folktale Who Will Marry Mousie 12 Aesop’s Fables Animal Stories That Teach 14 EUROPE A European Folktale The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse 16 A Jewish Legend The Golem of Prague 18 A British Legend King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table 20 A Greek Legend Odysseus and the Cyclops 22 A Story from Ancient Greece The Trojan Horse 24 Thor The Thunder God 26 A Russian Folktale The Bear and the Old Man 28 ASIA A Chinese Cinderella Story Yeh-Shen 30 A Story from Japan The Stonecutter 32 A Korean Folktale The Tiger in the Trap 34 A South Asian Tale The Monkey and the String of Pearls 36 From the Kalilah wa Dimnah The Poor Man and the Flask of Oil 38 A Cambodian Myth Moni Mekhala and Ream Eyso 40 AUSTRALIA An Australian Tale How Kangaroo Got His Tail 42 AFRICA A Story from Ghana Ananse and the Wisdom Pot 44 A Nigerian Folktale The Monkey Court 46 A Zulu Story Jackal Gets Away 48 THE AMERICAS A Mayan Story Rabbit Throws Away His Sandal 50 Paul Bunyan The Tale of a Lumberjack 52 An Inuit Tale How Crow Brought Daylight to the World 54 A Native American Legend Coyote Brings Fire 56 A Cherokee Story Why Possum’s Tail Is Bare 58 A Fable of the Pacific Northwest Raven and Crow’s Potlatch 60 GLOSSARY 62 INDEX 63 Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY
