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Best-loved Folktales OF THE WORLD

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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint their copyrighted material. Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the ownership of all copy righted stories included in this volume. Any errors which may have occurred are inadvertent and will be corrected in subsequent editions, provided noti- fication is sent to the publisher.

Kathleen Arnott. “The Rubber Man” from A frican Myths and Legends, retold by Kathleen Arnott, copyright © 1962 by Kathleen Arnott. Re- printed by permission of Oxford University Press. Nathan Ausubel. “Chelm Justice,” “It Could Always Be Worse,” “Saint on Horse,” and “When Hershel Eats” reprinted from A Treasury of Jewish Folklore by Nathan Ausubel. Copyright 1948, © 1976 by Crown Pub- lishers, Inc. By permission of Crown Publishers, Inc. Ellen C. Babbitt. “The Monkey and the Crocodile” from Jakata Tales: Animal Stories, copyright 1912, renewed 1940. Reprinted by permission of Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. “Younde Goes to Town” from West African Folktales by William H. Barker, 1917. Reprinted by permission of Harrap Limited. Genevieve Barlow. “The Search for the Magic Lake” reprinted from Latín American Tales by Genevieve Barlow, 1966. Reprinted by permission of the author. Ralph Steele Boggs and Mary Gould Davis. “Don Demonio’s Mother-in- Law” and “Toñino and the Fairies” from Three Golden Oranges and Other Spanish Folktales by Ralph Steele Boggs and Mary Gould Davis. Longmans, Green & Co. Copyright 1936, © 1964. Used by permission of Ralph Steele Boggs. Leslie Bonnett. “Simple Wang” from Chínese Folk and Fairy Tales. Copy- c o u te íits

Introduction Enjoying the World’s Folktales xvii West Europe 1. Cinderella (France) 3 2. Beauty and the Beast (France) 8 3. Puss in Boots (France) 24 4. Blue Beard (France) 28 5. The WhiteCat (France) 32 6. Drakestail (France) 45 7. The Doctor and His Pupil (France) 50 8. Snow-White (Germany) 53 9. The Brave LittleTailor (Germany) 61 10. Ashenputtel (Germany) 68 11. Rapunzel (Germany) 75 12. The Devil’s Three Gold Hairs (Germany) 78 13. Darling Roland (Germany) 84 14. The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany) 88 15. TheFrogPrince (Germany) 95 16. The Goosegirl (Germany) 98 17. Tom Thumb (Germany) 104 18. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Germany) 109 19. Little Red RidingHood (Germany) 112 20. The JuniperTree (Germany) 115 21. The Golden Goose (Germany) 122 22. Thousand-Furs (Germany) 126 23. Rumpelstiltskin (Germany) 131 24. Mother Hollé (Germany) 134 CONTE NTS XI

Sleeping Beauty (Germany) 137 The Queen Bee (Germany) 140 The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany) 142 Hansel and Gretel (Germany) 145 The Merman and the Farmer (Germany) 151 Crab (Italy) 152 Bastianelo (Italy) 154 The Cock and the Mouse (Italy) 157 TheThoughtless Abbot (Italy) 158 Don Demonio’s Mother-in-law (Spain) 160 Toñino and the Fairies (Spain) 166 I Ate the Loaf (Spain) 1 yo The Half-Chick (Spain) 171 ALegend of SaintNicholas (Holland) 174 The Haré and the Tortoise (Ancient Greece) 177 The Fox and the Grapes (Ancient Greece) 178 1. The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Ancient Greece) 178 2. The Man, the Boy and the Donkey (Ancient Greece) 179 3. Eros and Psyche (AncientGreece) 180 4. TheTwelve Months (Modern Greece) 186 ritish Isles (.5. Jack and the Beanstalk (England) 193 \6. Jack the Giant-Killer (England) 198 \y. Tom TitTot (England) 207 48. The Boggart (England) 2 11 49. Good and Bad News (England) 212 50. The Hand of Glory (England) 213 >1. Lazy Jack (England) 214 >2. Molly Whuppie (England) 216 53. Teeny-Tiny (England) 219 34. TheThree Wishes (England) 220 35. Dick Whittington and His Cat (England) 221 36. The Pied Piper (England) 228 37. Masterof All Masters (England) 231 X ll CONTENTS

58. Munacharand Manachar (Ireland) 232 59. TheField of Boliauns (Ireland) 235 60. The Fisherman’s Son and the Gruagach of Tricks (Ireland) 237 61. The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin (Ireland) 247 62. The Birth of Fin MacCoul (Ireland) 256 63. Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear DubI (Ireland) 264 64. Black, Brown, and Gray (Ireland) 270 65. The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland) 275 66. TheMidwife (Scotland) 280 67. The W ee, W eeM annie (Scotland) 281 68. The Cow on the Roof (W ales) 283 Scandinavia and Northern Europe 69. East of the Sun and W est of the Moon (Norway) 287 70. Boots and theTroll (Norway) 296 71. Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man Does Is Alway Right (Norway) 300 72. The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norway) 304 73. TheLad Who Went to the North Wind (Norway) 310 74. The M asterThief (Norway) 313 75. The Three Billygoats Gruff (Norway) 326 76. The Mastermaid (Norway) 327 77. Not a Pin to Choose Between Them (Norway) 340 78. Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway) 345 79. W hy the Bear IsStumpy-Tailed (Norway) 353 80. W hy the Sea Is Salt (Norway) 354 81. TheTinderbox (Denmark) 358 82. Peter Bull (Denmark) 364 83. Maid Lena (Denmark) 368 84. The Oíd Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth (Sweden) 377 85. Salt and Bread (Sweden) 381 86. The SeaPs Skin (Iceland) 383 87. The Pig-Headed W ife (Finland) 384 88. The Forest Bride (Finland) 387 CONTENTS X lll

89. God and the Devil Share the Harvest (Latvia) 394 90. The Bul-Bul Bird (Latvia) 395

East Europe 91. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Russia) 403 92. The Baba Yaga (Russia) 4 11 93. The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa (Russia) 414 94. The Story of King Frost (Russia) 422 95. Prince Hedgehog (Russia) 425 96. Salt (Russia) 428 97. The Treasure (Russia) 438 98. W oe (Russia) 441 99. CleverManka (Czechoslovakia) 447 100. Intelligenceand Luck (Czechoslovakia) 452 101. Czar Tro ja n’s Ears (Yugoslavia) 455 102. A Stroke of Luck (Hungary) 457 103. It Could Always Be Worse (Yiddish) 459 104. Chelm Justice (Yiddish) 460 105. SaintorHorse (Yiddish) 461 106. W hen Hershel Eats— (Yiddish) 462

Middle East 107. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian Nights) 467 108. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights) 478 109. The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights) 485 110. The Donkey Driver and the Thief (Arabia) 488 111. The Farmer and His Hired Help (Afghanistan) 490 112. Don’t Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours (Israel) 495 113. TheThree Hares (Turkey) 497

Asia 114. Momotaro or The Peach-Boy (Japan) 503 115. TheOld Woman WhoLostHerDumplings (Japan) 506 116. The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue (Japan) 509 117. TheTaleof theOki Islands (Japan) 512 XIV CONTENTS

118. The Stonecutter (Japan) 516 119. The Wife’s Portrait (Japan) 519 120. Urashima (Japan) 521 121. TheMagicKettle (Japan) 523 122. ATaoist Priest (China) 526 123. Simple Wang (China) 528 124. Faithful Even in Death (China) 531 125. The Young Head of the Family (China) 534 126. TheMostFrugalofMen (China) 537 127. The Magic Brocade (China) 539 128. Plantinga PearTree (China) 545 129. TheGroom’s Crimes (China) 546 130. AClever Judge (China) 547 13 1. Money Malees Cares (China) 548 132. DrinkingCompanions (China) 550 133. TheKing’s Favorite (China) 554 134. The CleverThief (Korea) 555 135. The Tiger’s Whisker (Korea) 558 136. Hats to Disappear with (Korea) 561 137. Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words (Thailand) 563 138. Mister Lazybones (Laos) 565 139. The Fisherman and the Gatekeeper (Burma) 567 140. The Little Lizard’s Sorrow (Vietnam) 569 141. TheFly (Vietnam) 572 142. The Valiant Chattee-Maker (India) 575 143. The Tiger, the Brahmán, and the Jackal (India) 581 144. How theRaja’sSon Won thePríncess Labam (India) 583 145. How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner (India) 146. The Monkey and the Crocodile (India) 593 147. TitforTat (India) 595 The Pacific 148. How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Island (Hawaii) 599 149. W hy There Are No Tigers in Borneo (Indonesia) 602 150. How Platypuses Carne to Australia (Australia) 605 CONTENTS XV

151. TheBunyip (Australia) 608 Africa 152. Talk (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 613 153. Anansi’s Hat-shaking Dance (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 615 154. AnansiandHis Visitor,Turtle (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 618 155. How Spider Obtained the Sky-God’s Stories (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 620 156. YoundeGoes toTown (West Africa) 623 157. How Frog Lost His Tail (Africa—Sukuma Tribe) 626 158. The Rubber Man (Africa—Hausa Tribe) 627 159. TheOriginof Death (Africa—Akamba Tribe) 631 160. Man Chooses Death (Africa—Madagascar) 632 161. The Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree (Africa— Masai Tribe) 633 162. The WiseDog (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 634 163. The Hunter and His Magic Flute (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 638 164. The Funeral of the Hyena’s Mother (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 642 165. Oni and the Great Bird (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 644 166. The Wooden Spoon and the Whip (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 649 167. Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise’s Shell (Africa—Baila Tribe) 652 168. The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia) 653 169. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (Africa—Efik-Ibibio) 657 170. A Tug-of-War (Africa—Fan Tribe) 658 North America 171. People Who Could Fly (Black American) 663 172. Babyin theCrib (Black American) 665 173. The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Unele Remus) 666 174. Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk (Western United States) 668 175. The Two Oíd Women’s Bet (Southern United States) 671 176. Jack in the Giants’ Newground (Southern United States) 674 177. Señor Coyote and the Dogs (México) 686 178. TheTalkingCat (French Cañada) 688 ■ — = ^ ^ 9 9 HI

xvi CONTE NTS 179. The Indian Cinderella (Canadian Indian) 694 180. The Deserted Children (American Indian—Gros Ventre Tribe oí Montana) 697 181. The Girl Who Married a Ghost (American Indian—The Nisqualli Tribe of Southern Washington) 699 182. TheLostWoman (American Indian—Blackfeet Tribe) 704 183. The Theft of Fire (American Indian—Chippewa Tribe) 712 184. Manabozho and HisToe (American Indian) 718 185. The Raven Brings Light (Alaskan Indian) 719 186. The Sedna Legend (Eskimo) 721 Caribbean and West Indies 187. The Magic Orange Tree (Haití) 727 188. Greedy Mariani (Haití) 731 189. Unele Bouqui and Little Malice (Haití) 734 190. Bouki Rents a Horse (Haití) 738 191. Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Got Burned (Jamaica) 741 192. How El Bizarrón Fooled the Devil (Cuba) 745 193. The Story of the Smart Parrot (Puerto Rico) 748 Central and South America 194. How the Devil Constructed a Church (Honduras) 753 195. ThreeMagicOranges (Costa Rica) 756 196. The LuckyTable (Costa Rica) 760 197. BrerRabbit, Businessman (Costa Rica) 763 198. The Search for the Magic Lake (Ecuador) 767 199. The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House (Brazil) 774 200. The Five Brothers (Chile) 776

Index of Categories of Tales 781 Index ofTitles 789 IODEH Of CRTEGORIES OF TOLES

H Especially Good for Munachar and Manachar (58) Young Children Oíd Woman and the Tramp, The (84) Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle Oíd Woman Who Lost Her (i54) Dumplings, The (115 ) Bastianelo (31) Puss in Boots (3) Brave Little Tailor, The (9) Queen Bee, The (26) Bremen Town Musicians, The (27) Rumpelstiltskin (23) Cock and the Mouse, The (32) Teeny-Tiny (53) Devil’s Three Gold Hairs, The (12) Three Billygoats Gruíf, The (75) Dick Whittington and His Cat (55) Three Wishes, The (54) Drakestail (6) Tiger, the Brahmán, and the Fisherman and His Wife, The (14) Jackal, The (143) Fox and the Grapes, The (40) Tit for Tat (147) Golden Goose, The (21) Tom Thumb (17) Goose with the Golden Eggs, The Tom Tit Tot (47) (41) Tug-of-War, A (170) Gudbrand on the Hillside (71) Valiant Chattee-Maker, The (142) Hansel and Gretel (28) Wee, Wee Mannie, The (67) Haré and the Tortoise, The (39) Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed [t Could Always Be Worse (103) (79) fack and the Beanstalk (45) Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise’s Lad Who Went to the North Shell (167) Wind7 The (73) Why There Are No Tigers in _azy Jack (51) Borneo (149) -ittle Red Riding Hood (19) Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, _,ucky Table, The (196) The (18) dagic Kettle, The (12 1) Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, The dan, the Boy and the Donkey, The (*73) (42) daster of All Masters (57) lolly Whuppie (52) ■ W onderful for Reading Aloud lomotaro (114 ) lonkey and the Crocodile, The Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (146) (107) (Numbers in parentheses refer to tale numbers in text.) 78 2 INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Two Oíd Women's Bet, The (175) Valiant Chattee-Maker, The (142) (lo8) Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get Wee, Wee Mannie, The (67) Burned (19 1) Why the Parrot Repeats Man’s Anansi’s Hat-Shaking Dance (153) Words (137) Blue Beard (4) Chelm Justice (104) Clever Manka (99) ■ Humorous Tales Devil’s Three Gold Hairs, The (12) Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle Donkey Driver and the Thief, The (*54) (n o ) Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get Field of Boliauns, The (59) Burned (19 1) Fisherman and the Gatekeeper, The Anansi’s Hat-Shaking Dance (153) (1 3 9 ) Baby in the Crib (172) Fly, The (141) Bastianelo (31) Girl Who Married a Ghost, The Bouki Rents a Horse (190) (181) Chelm Justice (104) God and the Devil Share the Cock and the Mouse, The (32) Harvest (89) Cow on the Roof, The (68) Good and Bad News (49) Crab (30) Hand of Glory, The (50) Donkey Driver and the Thief, The I Ate the Loaf (36) (110 ) It Could Always Be Worse (103) Drakestail (6) Juniper Tree, The (20) Good and Bad News (49) Magic Orange Tree, The (187) Gudbrand on the Hillside (71) Manabozho and His Toe (184) I Ate the Loaf (36) Master of All Masters (57) It Could Always Be Worse (103) Molly Whuppie (52) Lazy Jack (51) Monkey and the Crocodile, The Lucky Table, The (196) (146) Manabozho and His Toe (184) Munachar and Manachar (58) Master of All Masters (57) Oíd Woman and the Tramp, The Master Thief, The (74) (84) Most Frugal of Men, The (126) People Who Could Fly (17 1) Munachar and Manachar (58) Rubber Man, The (158) Not a Pin to Choose Between Señor Coyote and the Dogs (177) Them (77) Sleeping Beauty (25) Oíd Woman and the Tramp, The Snow-White (8) (84) Story of the Smart Parrot, The Pig-Headed Wife, The (87) (193) Puss in Boots (3) Stroke of Luck, A (102) Rubber Man, The (158) Talk (152) Simple Wang (123) Talking Cat, The (178) Story of the Smart Parrot, The Teeny-Tiny (53) (i93) Tiger, the Brahmán, and the Jackal, Stroke of Luck, A (102) The (143) Talk (152) Tiger’s Whisker, The (135) Teeny-Tiny (53) Tom Tit Tot (47) Three Wishes, The (54) INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES 783 3 Oíd Women’s Bet, The (175) Origin of Death, The (159) j-of-War, A (170) Rubber Man, The (158) de Bouqui and Little Malice Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed 189) (79) iant Chattee-Maker, The (142) Why the Parrot Repeats Man’s ten Hershel Eats— (106) Words (137) >nderful Tar-Baby Story, The Why the Sea Is Salt (80) 173) Why the Sun and the Moon Live in mde Goes to Town (156) the Sky (169) Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell (167) ables and Tales with a Moral Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo (149) dm Justice (104) ver Thief, The (134) í’t Throw Stones from ■ Legends and Supposedly íot-Yours to Yours (112 ) mer and his Hired Help, The True Stones “ 0 Brownie of Blednock, The (65) i on the Mountain, The (168) Dick Whittington and His Cat (55) lerman and His Wife, The (14) Legend of Saint Nicholas, A (38) and the Grapes, The (40) Merman and the Farmer, The (29) )se with the Golden Eggs, The Midwife, The (66) 4 1) Pied Piper, The (56) e and the Tortoise, The (39) Sedna Legend, The (186) v Frog Lost His Tail (157) Tale of the Oki Islands, The (117 ) 1, the Boy and the Donkey, The 42) ney Makes Cares (13 1) ■ W omen and Girls ther Hollé (24) íecutter, The (118 ) Ashenputtel (10) dve Months, The (44) Baba ifaga, The (92) Beauty and the Beast (2) Cinderella (1) ales That Explain Natural Clever Manka (99) ienomena (“Pourquoi” Tales) Darling Roland (13) East of the Sun and West of the nsi’s Hat-Shaking Dance (153) Moon (69) r and the Jaguar Share a House, Eros and Psyche (43) lie (199) Girl Who Married a Ghost, The eral of the Hyena’s Mother, The (18 1) 164) Goosegirl, The (16) f-Chick, The (37) Greedy Mariani (188) v Frog Lost His Tail (157) Hand of Glory, The (50) v Platypuses Carne to Australia Little Red Riding Hood (19) 150) Magic Orange Tree, The (187) v Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Mastermaid, The (76) )ut to Dinner (145) Midwife, The (66) n Chooses Death (160) Molly Whuppie (52) 784 INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES

Mother Hollé (24) Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh Oíd Woman and the Tramp, The (63) (84) Firebird, the Florse of Power and Oíd Woman Who Lost Iler the Princess Vasilissa, The (93) Dumplings, The (115 ) Fisherman and the Genie, The Rapunzel (11) (109) Rumpelstiltskin (23) Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach Salt and Bread (85) of Tricks, The (60) Seal’s Skin, The (86) Five Brothers, The (200) Search for the Magic Lake, The Fool of the World and the Flying (í98) Ship, The (91) Sedna Legend, The (186) Forest Bride, The (88) Sleeping Beauty (25) Giant Who Had No Heart in His Snow-White (8) Body, The (72) Story of King Frost, The (94) Golden Goose, The (21) Tale of the Oki Islands, TTie (117 ) Fíats to Disappear with (136) Talking Cat, The (178) How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Teeny-Tiny (53) Island (148) Thousand-Furs (22) How the Raja’s Son Won the Tom Tit Tot (47) Princess Labam (144) Twelve Months, The (44) Flunter and His Magic Flute, The Woman and the Children of the (l63) Sycamore Tree, The (16 1) Intelligence and Luck (100) Young Head of the Family, The Jack and the Beanstalk (45) (125) Jack in the Giants’ Newground (í76) Jack the Giant-Killer (46) ■ M en and Boys Juniper Tree, The (20) Lad Who Went to the North A Taoist Priest (122) Wind, The (73) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Lazy Jack (51) (107) Maid Lena (83) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Mastermaid, The (76) (1Q8) Master Thief, The (74) Birth of Fin MacCoul, The (62) Mister Lazybones (138) Black, Brown, and Gray (64) Momotaro (114 ) Boots and the Troll (70) Oni and the Great Bird (165) Brave Little Tailor, The (9) Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk (174) Bul-Bul Bird, The (90) Prince Hedgehog (95) Crab (30) Princess on the Glass Hill (78) Devil’s Three Gold Hairs, The (12) Puss in Boots (3) Dick Whittington and His Cat (55) Queen Bee, The (26) Doctor and His Pupil, The (7) Salt (96) Donkey Driver and the Thief, The Stonecutter, The (118 ) (110) Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin, Farmer and His Hired Help, The The (61) ( 1 1 1 ) Three Magic Oranges (195) Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Tinderbox, The (81) INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES 785 rom Thumb (17) MWitches, Ogresses, and foñino and the Fairies (35) Female Monsters [reasure, The (97) Jrashima (120) Baba Yaga, The (92) ^aliant Chattee-Maker, The (142) Birth of Fin MacCoul, The (62) Vhite Cat, The (5) Black, Brown, and Gray (64) Vhy the Sea Is Salt (8o) Bunyip, The (15 1) Voe (98) Darling Roland (13) ounde Goes to Town (156) Hansel and Gretel (28) Fíunter and His Magic Flute, The (l63) 'Giants, Ogres, and Rapunzel ( 11) Snow-White (8) Male Monsters oots and the Troll (70) rave Little Tailor, The (9) MFools and Noodleheads isherman and the Genie, The Bastianelo (31) (109) Bouki Rents a Horse (190) isherman’s Son and the Gruagach Chelm Justice (104) of Tricks, The (60) Golden Goose, The (21) iant Who Had No Heart in His Gudbrand on the Hillside (71) Body, The (72) It Could Always Be Worse (103) ck and the Beanstalk (45) Lazy Jack (51) ck in the Giants’ Newground Lucky Table, The (196) (176) Most Frugal of Men, The (126) ck the Giant-Killer (46) Not a Pin to Choose Between astermaid, The (76) Them (77) erman and the Farmer, The (29) Peter Bull (82) olly Whuppie (52) Pig-Headed Wife, The (87) omotaro (114 ) Simple Wang (123) d Woman Who Lost Her Stroke of Luck, A (102) Dumplings, The (115 ) Two Oíd Women’s Bet, The (175) It (96) Unele Bouqui and Little Malice iirteenth Son of the King of Erin, (í89) The (61) Younde Goes to Town (156) iree Billygoats Gruff, The (75)

UTrickster-Heroes and Fhe Devil Clever People vil’s Three Gold Hairs, The (12) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in Demonio’s Mother-in-law (34) (108) »d and the Devil Share the Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle Harvest (89) (1 5 4 ) >w El Bizarrón Fooled the Devil Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get (192) Bumed (191) >w the Devil Constructed a Anansi’s Hat-Shaking Dance (153) 3 hurch (194) Baby in the Crib (172) 78 6 INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES

Bouki Rents a Horse (190) Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, The Brer Rabbit, Businessman (197) (*73) Clever Judge, A (130) Young Head of the Family, The Clever Manka (99) ( i 2 5 ) Clever Thief, The (134) Crab (30) Donkey Driver and the Thief, The ■ W ise M en and Judges (rio) A Clever Judge (130) Farmer and His Hired Help, The A Taoist Priest (122) í 1 1 1 ) Don’t Throw Stones from Fire on the Mountain, The (168) Not-Yours to Yours (112) Fisherman and the Gatekeeper, The Fire on the Mountain, The (168) (1 3 9 ) Fly, The (141) Fisherman and the Genie, The Groom’s Crimes, The (129) (109) It Could Always Be Worse (103) Fly, The (141) Little Lizard’s Sorrow, The (140) God and the Devil Share the Planting a Pear Tree (128) Harvest (89) Saint or Horse (105) FIow El Bizarrón Fooled the Devil Stroke of Luck, A (102) (192) Tiger’s Whisker, The (135) How Spider Obtained the Sky-God s Stories (155) I Ate the Loaf (36) UEnchanted or Animal Intelligence and Luck (100) Sweethearts and Spouses Master Thief, The (74) Monkey and the Crocodile, The Beauty and the Beast (2) (146) East of the Sun and West of the Oíd Woman and the Tramp, Tire Moon (69) (84) Eros and Psyche (43) Peter Bull (82) Forest Bride, The (88) Raven Brings Light, The (185) Frog Prince, The (15) Rubber Man, The (158) Prince Hedgehog (95) Stroke of Luck, A (102) SeaPs Skin, The (86) Talking Cat, The (178) Three Magic Oranges (195) Theft of Fire, The (183) White Cat, The (5) Thoughtless Abbot, The (33) Tiger, the Brahmán, and the Jackal, The (143) ■ M arried Couples Tit for Tat (147) Bastianelo (31) Tom Thumb (17) Clever Manka (99) Tug-of-War, A (170) Cow on the Roof, The (68) Unele Bouqui and Little Malice Fisherman and His Wife, The (14) (189) Gudbrand on the Hillside (71) When Hershel Eats— (106) Lost Woman, The (182) Why There Are No Tigers in Not a Pin to Choose Between Borneo (149) Them (77) Wife’s Portrait, The (119 ) Pig-Headed Wife, The (87) INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES 78 7 il’s Skin, The (86) Lost Woman, The (182) iple Wang (123) Magic Brocade, The (127) ree Wishes, The (54) Maid Lena (83) 'O Oíd Women’s Bet, The (175) Mastermaid, TÍie (76) ife’s Portrait, The (119 ) Molly Whuppie (52) Momotaro (114 ) Oíd Woman Who Lost Her }uests, Tasks, and Victories Dumplings, The (115 ) Oni and the Great Bird (165) iddin and the Wonderful Lamp Princess on the Glass Hill (78) (107) Puss in Boots (3) xenputtel (10) Queen Bee, The (26) ba Yaga, The (92) Raven Brings Light, The (185) th of Fin MacCoul, The (62) Rumpelstiltskin (23) ick, Brown, and Gray (64) Salt (96) ots and the Troll (70) Search for the Magic Lake, The ive Little Tailor, The (9) (r98) UBul Bird, The (90) Tale of the Oki Islands, The (1x7) iver Manka (99) Theft of Fire, The (183) vil's Three Gold Hairs, The (12) Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin, >t of the Sun and West of the The (61) VIoon (69) Thoughtless Abbot, The (33) )s and Psyche (43) Three Magic Oranges (195) 1 MacCoul and the Fenians of Tinderbox, The (81) irin in the Castle of Fear Dubh Tom Tit Tot (47) ^ 3) Twelve Months, The (44) ebird, the Horse of Power and Urashima (120) he Princess Vasilissa, The (93) White Cat, The (5) herman’s Son and the Gruagach )f Tricks, The (60) e Brothers, The (200) MMagical Helpers or )1 of the World and the Flying Animal Helpers >hip, The (91) :est Bride, The (88) Ashenputtel (10) int Who Had No Heart in His Baba Yaga, The (92) 3ody, The (72) Bul-Bul Bird, The (90) w Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Cinderella (1) [sland (148) East of the Sun and West of the 'W the Raja’s Son Won the Moon (69) Princess Labam (144) Eros and Psyche (43) ínter and His Magic Flute, The Firebird, the Horse of Power and >63) the Princess Vasilissa, The (93) k and the Beanstalk (45) Fisherman and His Wife, The (14) :k in the Giants’ Newground Fool of the World and the Flying (176) Ship, The (91) :k the Giant-Killer (46) Forest Bride, The (88) d Who Went to the North Giant Who Had No Heart in His Wind, The (73) Body, The (72) 788 INDEX OF CATEGORIES OF TALES

Golden Goose, The (21) Fox and the Grapes, The (40) Goosegirl, The (16) Frog Prince, The (15) How the Raja’s Son Won the Funeral of the PIyena’s Mother, The Princess Labam (144) ( 1 64) Magic Kettle, The (12 1) Goosegirl, The (15) Magic Orange Tree, The (187) Half-Chick, The (37) Momotaro (114 ) Haré and the Tortoise, The (39) Princess on the Glass Hill (78) How Frog Lost His Tail (157) Puss in Boots (3) How Platypuses Carne to Australia Queen Bee, The (26) ( 15°) . Rumpelstiltskin (23) How Spider Obtained the Sky-God s Salt (96) Stories (155) Search for the Magic Lake, The Little Red Riding Hood (19) (198) Monkey and the Crocodile, The Tom Tit Tot (47) (146) White Cat, The (5) Puss in Boots (3) Rubber Man, The (158) Señor Coyote and the Dogs (177) MFairies, Elves, and Other Talking Cat, The (178) “ W ee Folk” Three Hares, The (113 ) Boggart, The (48) Tiger, the Brahmán, and the Jackal, Brownie of Blednock, The (65) The (143) Cinderella (1) Tit for Tat (147) Field of Boliauns, The (59) Tug-of-War, A (170) Hats to Disappear with (136) White Cat, The (5) Magic Brocade, The (127) Why the Parrot Repeats Man’s Maid Lena (83) Words (137) Midwife, The (66) Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise’s Sleeping Beauty (25) Shell (167) Toñino and the Fairies (35) W hy There Are No Tigers in Borneo (149) Wise Dog, 'ITie (162) WTálking Animáis Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, The (18) Anansi and Ilis Visitor, Turtle Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, The (154) (173) Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get Bumed (19 1) Anansi’s Hat-Shaking Dance (153) ■ Ghosts and the Supernatural Bremen Town Musicians, The (27) Brer Rabbit, Businessman (197) Drinking Companions (132) Cock and the Mouse, The (32) Girl Who Married a Ghost, The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House, (181) The (199) Hand of Glory, The (50) Drakestail (6) Teeny-Tiny (53) n Of TULES

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Crab, 152 467 Czar Trojan's Ears, 455 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Darling Roland, 84 478 Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle, Deer and the Jaguar Share a 618 House, The, 774 Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Deserted Children, The, 697 Get Bumed, 741 DeviFs Three Gold Hairs, The, Anansi’s Hat-Shaking Dance, 615 78 Ashenputtel, 68 Dick Whittington and His Cat, 221 Baba Yaga, The, 4 11 Doctor and His Pupil, The, 50 Baby in the Crib, 665 Don Demonio’s Mother-in-law, Bastianelo, 154 160 Beauty and the Beast, 8 Donkey Driver and the Thief, Birth of Fin MacCoul, The, 256 The, 488 Black, Brown, and Gray, 270 Don’t Throw Stones from Not- Blue Beard, 28 Yours to Yours, 495 Boggart, The, 2 11 Drakestail, 45 Boots and the Troll, 296 Drinking Companions, 550 Bouki Rents a Horse, 738 Brave Little Tailor, The, 61 East of the Sun and West of the Bremen Town Musicians, The, 142 Moon, 287 Brer Rabbit, Businessman, 763 Eros and Psyche, 180 Brownie of Blednock, The, 275 Bul-Bul Bird, The, 395 Faithful Even in Death, 531 Bunyip, The, 608 Farmer and His Hired Help, The, 490 Chelm Justice, 460 Field of Boliauns, The, 235 Cinderella, 3 Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Clever Judge, A, 547 Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh, Clever Manka, 447 264 Clever Thief, The, 555 Fire on the Mountain, The, 653 Cock and the Mouse, The, 157 Firebird, the Horse of Power and Cow on the Roof, The, 283 the Princess Vasilissa, The, 414 790 INDEX 0 F TITLES

Fisherman and His Wife, The, How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great 88 Island, 599 Fisherman and the Gatekeeper, How Platypuses Carne to Australia, The, 567 605 Fisherman and the Genie, The, How Spider Obtained the Sky- 485 God’s Stories, 620 Fisherman’s Son and the Gruagach How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went of Tricks, The, 237 Out to Dinner, 592 Five Brothers, The, 776 How the Devil Constructed a Fly, The, 572 Church, 753 Fool of the World and the Flying How the Raja’s Son Won the Ship, The, 403 Princess Labam, 583 Forest Bride, The, 387 Hunter and His Magic Flute, The, Fox and the Grapes, The, 178 638 Frog Prince, The, 95 Funeral of the Hyena’s Mother, I Ate the Loaf, 170 The, 642 Indian Cinderella, The, 694 Intelligence and Luck, 452 Giant Who Had No Heart in It Could Always Be Worse, 459 His Body, The, 304 Girl Who Married a Ghost, The, Jack and the Beanstalk, 193 699 Jack in the Giants’ Newground, 674 God and the Devil Share the Jack the Giant-Killer, 198 Harvest, 394 Juniper Tree, The, 115 Golden Goose, The, 122 Good and Bad News, 212 King’s Favorite, The, 554 Goose with the Golden Eggs, The, 178 Lad Who Went to the North Goosegirl, The, 98 Wind, The, 310 Greedy Mariani, 731 Lazy Jack, 214 Groom's Crimes, The, 546 Legend of Saint Nicholas, A, 174 Gudbrand on the Hillside or Little Lizard’s Sorrow, The, 569 What the Good Man Does Is Little Red Riding Hood, 112 Always Right, 300 Lost Woman, The, 704 Lucky Table, The, 760 Half-Chick, The, 171 Hand of Glory, The, 213 Magic Brocade, The, 539 Hansel and Gretel, 145 Magic Kettle, The, 523 Haré and the Tortoise, The, 177 Magic Orange Tree, The, 727 Hats To Disappear with, 561 Maid Lena, 368 How El Bizarrón Fooled the Devil, Man Chooses Death, 632 745 Man, the Boy and the Donkey, How Frog Lost His Tail, 626 The, 179 INDEX OF TITLES 791 /lanabozho and His Toe, 718 Salt, 428 áster of All Masters, 231 Salt and Bread, 381 laster Thief, The, 313 Seal’s Skin, The, 383 lastermaid, The, 327 Search for the Magic Lake, The, lerman and the Farmer, The, 15 1 767 lidwife, The, 280 Sedna Legend, The, 721 lister Lazybones, 565 Señor Coyote and the Dogs, 686 íolly Whuppie, 216 Simple Wang, 528 [omotaro, or The Peach-Boy, 503 Sleeping Beauty, 137 [oney Makes Cares, 548 Snow-White, 53 [onkey and the Crocodile, The, Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, 593 The, 509 ost Frugal of Men, The, 537 Stonecutter, The, 516 other Hollé, 134 Story of King Frost, The, 422 machar and Manachar, 232 Story of the Smart Parrot, The, 748 Stroke of Luck, A, 457 t a Pin to Choose Between rhem, 340 Tale of the Oki Islands, The, 512 Talk, 613 1 Woman and the Tramp or Talking Cat, The, 688 'íail Broth, The, 377 Taoist Priest, A, 526 1 Woman Who Lost Her Teeny-Tiny, 219 )umplings, The, 506 Theft of Fire, The, 712 i and the Great Bird, 644 Thirteenth Son of the King of gin of Death, The, 631 Erin, The, 247 Thoughtless Abbot, The, 158 1 Bunyan’s Cornstalk, 668 Thousand-Furs, 126 pie Who Could Fly, 663 ir Bull, 364 Three Billygoats Gruff, The, 326 1 Piper, The, 228 Three Hares, The, 497 Headed Wife, The, 384 Three Magic Oranges, 756 iting a Pear Tree, 545 Three Wishes, The, 220 ice Hedgehog, 425 Tiger, the Brahmán, and the cess on the Glass Hill, 345 Jackal, The, 581 ; in Boots, 24 Tiger’s Whisker, The, 558 Tinderbox, The, 358 en Bee, The, 140 Tit for Tat, 595 Tom Thumb, 104 unzel, 75 Tom Tit Tot, 207 ;n Brings Light, The, 719 Toñino and the Fairies, 166 ber Man, The, 627 Treasure, The, 438 ipelstiltskin, 13 1 Tug-of-War, A, 658 Twelve Months, The, 186 t or Horse, 461 Two Oíd Women’s Bet, The, 671 792 INDEX OF TITLES Unele Bouqui and Little Malice, Why There Are No Tigers in 734 Borneo, 602 Urashima, 521 W ife’s Portrait, The, 519 Wise Dog, The, 634 Valiant Chattee-Maker, The, 575 Woe, 441 Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, Wee, Wee Mannie, The, 281 The, 109 When Hershel Eats—, 462 Woman and the Children of the White Cat, The, 32 Sycamore Tree, The, 633 Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed, Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, The, 353 Why the Parrot Repeats Man’s 666 Words, 563 Wooden Spoon and the Whip, Why the Sea Is Salt, 354 The, 649 Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, 657 Younde Goes to Town, 623 Why There Are Cracks in Young Head of the Family, The, Tortoise’s Shell, 652 534