Fundevogel ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ ...

Fundevogel ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Audiobook



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  Fundevogel



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Scott Splavec



Librivox Recording



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Plot:

One day a forester brings home a foundling to raise along with his daughter, and names the child Fundevogel. When Fundevogel and his daughter, Lina, were older, Lina discovered that the cook was a witch and was planning to to eat Fundevogel. She convinced him to run away with her, and by transforming themselves into a variety of objects they are able to elude capture by the cook's assitants. Finally the cook herself seeks them out, and they are able to drown her and return home.



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The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Childr...

The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Audiobook



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Sherry Crowther



Librivox Recording



More Children's Stories here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_FVJ7kWYJDii52OgGrcwBLJeffeLmfx3



Plot:

A cock and hen go to eat nuts. They make a carriage of nutshells to come back in; the hen rides and the cock draws it. The duck attacks them for eating nuts, but the cock defeats him, and he lets himself be harnessed to the carriage instead. A pin and needle join them. They offer an innkeeper the hen's egg and the duck to let them stay, but in the morning, they eat the hen's egg, stick the needle in the innkeeper's chair and the pin in his towel. The duck also goes off. The innkeeper is pricked by both the needle and pin and the eggshell from the hen flies at his eyes. He resolves to never have such ragamuffins in his inn again.





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The Mirror of Maysuyama ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales ...

The Mirror of Maysuyama ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



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Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Mirror of Maysuyama



Author:  Yei Theodora Ozaki



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Clarke Bell



Librivox Recording



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 vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)



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IKTOMI AND THE FAWN ♦ By ZITKALA-SA ♦ American Indian Legends ♦ Audiobook

IKTOMI AND THE FAWN ♦ By ZITKALA-SA ♦ American Indian Legends ♦ Audiobook



Title: IKTOMI AND THE FAWN



Author:  ZITKALA-SA



Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By: Robert Scott



Librivox Recording



Old Indian Legends by Native American ( Dakota ) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god.



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The Dog and the Sparrow ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myth...

The Dog and the Sparrow ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Audiobook



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  The Dog and the Sparrow



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Sherry Crowther



Librivox Recording



More Children's Stories here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_FVJ7kWYJDii52OgGrcwBLJeffeLmfx3



Plot:

A dog owner lets his shepherd dog starve from hunger, causing the dog to leave home. The dog meets a sparrow and accompanies him to the city. The bird captures meat and bread for the dog as a sign of gratitude. When they leave town night falls and they decide to go to sleep. During the night the dog is run over by a man in a horse carriage. The sparrow alerts the man on the carriage, but he ignores the sparrow and runs over the dog. She curses the man by announcing that he will turn into a poor man. Then she pecks the wine barrels the man was transporting open, so that the precious wine leaks out. The bird also pecks out the horses' eyes. When the man tries to kill the bird with an axe he accidentally slays his own horses down. As a result the man is forced to leave his now useless carriage behind and returns home.



At home he notices that birds have eaten all his wheat. He notices the sparrow, still out on revenge, and throws his axe at him, only to smash in his own windows, his stove and the rest of his household. Finally he manages to capture the bird and his wife asks him whether he is going to strike it dead? The man feels this death is not cruel enough for the bird. He swallows it in one big bite. However, the bird still sticks its head out of the man's mouth, prompting him to let his wife take a final swing with his axe at the bird. This kills the man and the bird flies off.



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The Ogre of Rashomon ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales ♦ ...

The Ogre of Rashomon ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



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Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Ogre of Rashomon



Author:  Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Scott Robbins



Librivox Recording



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 vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)



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IKTOMI AND THE COYOTE ♦ By ZITKALA-SA ♦ American Indian Legends ♦ Audiobook

IKTOMI AND THE COYOTE ♦ By ZITKALA-SA ♦ American Indian Legends ♦ Audiobook



Title: IKTOMI AND THE COYOTE



Author:  ZITKALA-SA



Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By: Robert Scott



Librivox Recording



Old Indian Legends by Native American ( Dakota ) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god.



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Little Red-Cap ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legend...

Little Red-Cap ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Audiobook



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  Little Red-Cap (or) Little Red Riding Hood



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Sherry Crowther



Librivox Recording



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Plot:

Little Red Cap is one adorable and loveable kid. Come on, if your grandma makes you a hat that you wear everywhere, that's gotta mean something, right? Well apparently, to the wolf, it means "lunch."



Little Red Cap is a sweet kid, but obedience is not at the top of her priorities, which is kind of a problem in fairyland. Her mom is all, "Bring this to grandma and blah blah blah don't stray from the path blah blah blah." Maybe that's a warning you can ignore if the path doesn't go through a forest filled with shady predators, like a smooth-talking wolf. But you can bet that as soon as she ignores it (and she does), bad things are gonna go down.





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Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus ♦ By Thomas Nelson Page ♦ Legends ♦ Au...

Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus ♦ By Thomas Nelson Page ♦ Legends ♦ Audiobook



Title: Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus



Author: Thomas Nelson Page



Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Tom Hirsch



Librivox Recording



A charming tale about an Tommy, affluent Virginia boy who always gets what he wants at Christmas, only to discover his toys never make him quite happy. He begins to take pity on his poor neighbor Johnny, and slowly understands than only by giving can one find true happiness. - Summary by Miles Smith



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The Fisherman and His Soul ♦ By Oscar Wilde ♦ Myths, Legends ♦ Full Audi...

The Fisherman and His Soul ♦ By Oscar Wilde ♦ Myths, Legends ♦ Full Audiobook



Title: The Fisherman and His Soul



Author: Oscar Wilde



Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By: Phil Chenevert



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To get what we want is often the greatest curse of all. The fisherman here accidentally catches a mermaid in his net. He falls in love with the Mermaid and tells her that he wants to marry her. She tells him that he can only marry her if he sends away his soul. From a Witch, the Fisherman learns how to send his soul away. The Soul makes several attempts to persuade the Fisherman to take him back, eventually convincing him to do so with the tale of a beautiful dancer who lives nearby. Too late does the Fisherman discover that the soul which he sent out into the world without a heart has become evil. So be careful what you set your heart on. This story was first published in 1896 in the book A House of Pomegranates. - Summary by phil chenevert





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The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japa...

The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



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Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher



Author:  Yei Theodora Ozaki



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Scott Robbins



Librivox Recording



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 vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)



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The Jungle Book ♦ By Rudyard Kipling ♦ Action & Adventure ♦ Full Audiobook

The Jungle Book ♦ By Rudyard Kipling ♦ Action & Adventure ♦ Full Audiobook



Title: The Jungle Book



Author:  Rudyard Kipling



Genre(s): Action & Adventure



Language: English



Read By: Phil Chenevert



Librivox Recording



This is the classic story of Mowgli, the young boy raised by wolves in India: his escapades and adventures with his dear friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, his capture by the Monkey-People, his attempt at reintegration into human society, and his ultimate triumph over his avowed enemy the tiger Shere Khan. Included in the book is the story of the brave white seal, Kotick, and the tenacious young mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi who battled through the night to protect his human family from a pair of sly and viscous cobras. Packed with adventure and Jungle Law wisdom, this book has pervaded popular culture as the basis of many film and stage adaptations, including the popular Disney movie.



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Rapunzel ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Au...

Rapunzel ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Audiobook



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  Rapunzel



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Sherry Crowther



Librivox Recording



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Plot:

A lonely couple, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to an evil witch named Dame Gothel. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices some rapunzel (or, in most translated-to-English versions[12] of the story, rampion), growing in the garden and longs for it. She refuses to eat anything else and gets sick, and the husband begins to fear for her life. One night, her husband breaks into the garden to get some for her. She makes a salad out of it and greedily eats it. It tastes so good that she longs for more. So her husband goes to get some more for her. As he scales the wall to return home, Dame Gothel catches him and accuses him of theft. He begs for mercy, and she agrees to be lenient, and allows him to take all the rapunzel he wants, on condition that the baby be given to her when it's born. Desperate, he agrees. When his wife has a baby girl, Dame Gothel takes her to raise as her own and names her Rapunzel after the plant her mother craved. She grows up to be the most beautiful child in the world with long golden hair. When she turns twelve, Dame Gothel locks her up inside a tower in the middle of the woods, with neither stairs nor a door, and only one room and one window. In order to visit Rapunzel, Dame Gothel stands beneath the tower and calls out:



Rapunzel

Rapunzel

Let down your hair

So that I may climb thy golden stair

One day, a prince rides through the forest and hears Rapunzel singing from the tower. Entranced by her ethereal voice, he searches for her and discovers the tower, but is naturally unable to enter it. He returns often, listening to her beautiful singing, and one day sees Dame Gothel visit, and thus learns how to gain access to Rapunzel. When Dame Gothel leaves, he bids Rapunzel let her hair down. When she does so, he climbs up and they fall in love. He eventually asks her to marry him, which she agrees to.



Together they plan a means of escape, wherein he will come each night (thus avoiding Dame Gothel who visits her by day), and bring Rapunzel a piece of silk, which she will gradually weave into a ladder. Before the plan can come to fruition, however, she foolishly gives him away. In the first edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales, she innocently says that her dress is growing tighter around her waist (hinting pregnancy); in the second edition, she asks Dame Gothel (in a moment of forgetfulness) why it is easier for her to draw up the prince than her.[13] In anger, she cuts off a majority of Rapunzel's hair and casts her out into the wilderness to fend for herself.



When the prince calls that night, Dame Gothel lets the severed hair down to haul him up. To his horror, he finds himself meeting her instead of Rapunzel, who is nowhere to be found. After she tells him in a jealous rage that he will never see Rapunzel again, Gothel shoves him from the tower, sending him falling into a thorn bush, which blinds him.



For years, he wanders through the wastelands of the country and eventually comes to the wilderness where Rapunzel now lives with the twins she has given birth to, a boy and a girl. One day, as she sings, he hears her voice again, and they are reunited. When they fall into each other's arms, her tears immediately restore his sight. He leads her and their twins to his kingdom, where they live happily ever after.



In some versions of the story, Rapunzel's hair magically grows back after the prince touches it.



Another version of the story ends with the revelation that Dame Gothel had untied Rapunzel's hair after the prince leapt from the tower, and it slipped from her hands and landed far below, leaving her trapped in the towel. Summary By Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel



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The Goblin of Adachigahara ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japanese Fairy Tal...

The Goblin of Adachigahara ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



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Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Goblin of Adachigahara



Author:  Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Scott Robbins



Librivox Recording



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 vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)



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Hansel and Gretel ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Leg...

Hansel and Gretel ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends ♦ Audiobook



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  Hansel and Gretel



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Bill Stackpole



Librivox Recording



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Plot:

Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor woodcutter. When a famine settles over the land, the woodcutter's wife (stepmother to Hansel and Gretel) decides to take the children into the woods and leave them there to fend for themselves so she and her husband will not starve to death. The woodcutter opposes the plan but finally reluctantly submits to his wife's scheme, unaware that Hansel and Gretel have overheard them. After the parents have gone to bed, Hansel sneaks out of the house and gathers as many white pebbles as he can, then returns to his room, reassuring Gretel that God will not forsake them.



The next day, the family walk deep into the woods and Hansel lays a trail of white pebbles. After their parents abandon them, Hansel and Gretel follow the trail back home. When their stepmother sees them, she is furious and locks them in the house. Hansel and Gretel are unable to escape or even simply collect pebbles.



The following morning, the family treks into the woods. Hansel takes a slice of bread and leaves a trail of bread crumbs for them to follow home. However, after they are once again abandoned, they find that birds have eaten the crumbs, leaving them lost in the woods. After days of wandering, they follow a beautiful white bird to a clearing in the woods, and discover a large cottage built of gingerbread, cakes, and candy, with window panes of clear sugar. Hungry and tired, the children begin to eat the roof, when the door opens and a hideous old hag emerges and lures the children inside, with the promise of soft beds, delicious food, and a hot bath. They do this unaware that their hostess is a bloodthirsty witch who built the gingerbread house to waylay children to cook and eat them.



The next morning, the witch throws Hansel into a cage and enslaves Gretel. The witch force-feeds Hansel regularly to fatten him up. Hansel realizes this and uses the witch's tendency to his advantage. Every time the witch checks how fat Hansel is, by way of seeing Hansel's finger, he sticks out a bone in the cage. Because of the witch's blindness, she is fooled into thinking Hansel is too thin to eat. After weeks of the same result, the witch grows impatient and decides to eat Hansel anyway.



The next day, the witch prepares the oven for Hansel, but decides she is hungry enough to eat Gretel too. She coaxes Gretel to the open oven and prods her to lean over in front of it to see if the fire is hot enough. Gretel, sensing the witch's intent, pretends she does not understand what she means. Infuriated, the witch demonstrates, and Gretel pushes her into the oven, leaving "the ungodly creature to be burned to ashes". Gretel frees Hansel from the cage and the pair discover a vase full of treasure and precious stones. Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set off for home. They arrive home to hear that their stepmother had since died and father had not had a happy day since they were gone. They live happily ever after with the witch's wealth they brought home. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel





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Shin-ge-bis Fools The North Wind ♦ American Indian fairy Tales ♦ Full Au...

Shin-ge-bis Fools The North Wind ♦ American Indian fairy Tales ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Shin-ge-bis Fools The North Wind



Authors: William Trowbridge Larned  and Henry R. Schoolcraft



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By;  Chip



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With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)



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The Stones of Five Colors and The Empress Jokwa ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ...

The Stones of Five Colors and The Empress Jokwa ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



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Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Stones of Five Colors and The Empress Jokwa



Author:  Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Scott Robbins



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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 vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)



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InHow The Summer Came ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook ♦ Short ...

How The Summer Came ♦ American Indian Fairy Tales ♦ Audiobook ♦ Short Story



American Indian Fairy Tales



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Title:  How The Summer Came



Authors: William Trowbridge Larned  and Henry R. Schoolcraft



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By;  Chip



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With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)



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The Story of the Son of a Peach ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki ♦ Japanese Fair...

The Story of the Son of a Peach ♦ By Yei Theodora Ozaki  ♦ Japanese Fairy Tales  ♦ Audiobook



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Japanese Fairy Tales



Title:  The Story of the Son of a Peach or Momotaro



Author:  Yei Theodora OZAKI (1871 - 1932)



Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language: English



Read By:  Scott Robbins



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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 vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)



The present conventional form of the tale (Standard Type) can be summarized as follows:



Momotarō was born from a giant peach, which was found floating down a river by an old, childless woman who was washing clothes there. The woman and her husband discovered the child when they tried to open the peach to eat it. The child explained that he had been bestowed by the Gods to be their son. The couple named him Momotarō, from momo (peach) and tarō (eldest son in the family).



When he matured into adolescence, Momotarō left his parents to fight a band of Oni (demons or ogres) who marauded over their land, by seeking them out in the distant island where they dwelled (a place called Onigashima or "Demon Island"). En route, Momotarō met and befriended a talking dog, monkey and pheasant, who agreed to help him in his quest in exchange for a portion of his rations (kibi dango or "millet dumplings"). At the island, Momotarō and his animal friends penetrated the demons' fort and beat the band of demons into surrendering. Momotarō and his new friends returned home with the demons' plundered treasure and the demon chief as a captive.



This Standard Type of "Momotarō" was defined and popularized due to them being printed in school textbooks during the Meiji Period.

This is the result of development literary "Momotarō", which had been handwritten and printed since the early Edo period into Meiji.[2] One significant change is that in most examples of Edo Period literature, Momotarō was not born from a peach, but born naturally to the elderly couple who ate the peach and regained their youth. Such subtypes are classed as kaishun-gata (回春型) "rejuvenation" type, whereas the now convention subtypes are termed kasei-gata (果生型) "birth from the fruit" type.  From Wikipedia



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Mother Holle ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends

Mother Holle ♦ Grimms' Fairy Tales ♦ Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends



Grimms' Fairy Tales



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Title:  Mother Holle



Author:  Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM



Genre(s):  Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales



Language:  English



Read By: Gesine



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Plot:

A rich widow lived with her daughter and her stepdaughter. The widow favored her younger biological daughter allowing her to become spoiled and idle while her older stepdaughter was left to do all the work. Every day the stepdaughter would sit outside the cottage and spin beside the well.



One day she pricked her finger on the point of the spindle. As she leaned over the well to wash the blood away, the spindle fell from her hand and sank out of sight. The stepdaughter feared that she would be punished for losing the spindle, and in panic she leapt into the well after it.



The girl found herself in a meadow where she came upon an oven full of bread. The bread asked to be taken out before it burned. With a baker's peel she took all the loaves out and then walked on. Then she came to an apple tree that asked that its apples be harvested. So she did so and gathered them into a pile, before continuing on her way. Finally she came to a small house of an old woman, who offered to allow the girl to stay if she would help with the housework.



The woman identified herself as Frau Holle, and cautioned the girl to shake the featherbed pillows and coverlet well when she made the bed, as that would make it snow in the girl's world. The girl agreed to take service with Frau Holle, and took care to always shake the featherbed until the feathers flew about like snowflakes.



After a time, the girl became homesick and told Frau Holle that it was time for her to return home. Frau Holle had been impressed by the girl's kindness and hard work so much that when she escorted the girl to the gate, a shower of gold fell upon the girl. She also gave her the spindle which had fallen into the well. With that the gate was closed, and the girl found herself back, not far from her mother's house.



Her mother wished the same good fortune for her biological daughter. She also set her to sit by the well and spin, but the girl deliberately threw the spindle into the well before jumping in herself. She too came to the oven, but would not assist the bread; nor would she help the apple tree. When she came to Frau Holle's house, she likewise took service there, but before long fell into her lazy, careless ways. Frau Holle soon dismissed her. As the lazy girl stood at the gate, a kettle of pitch spilled over her. "That is what you have earned," said Frau Holle, and closed the gate.



Other versions describe the first girl having a piece of gold fall from her lips every time she speaks whilst the second has a toad fall from her lips everytime she speaks. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle







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