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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Choosing the World's Folktales | |
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Europe Ireland | |
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The Cold May Night | |
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Scotland (Lowlands) | |
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The King of England Johnnie in the Cradle Applie and Orangie | |
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The Aberdonians and the Chocolates | |
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The Lone Highlander The Minister to His Flock | |
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Scotland (Highlands) | |
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The Blacksmith's Son Black Patrick's Bowshot England | |
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The Grey Goose Feathers | |
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The Five-Pound Note France | |
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The Scalded Wolf Spain | |
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The Unbeliever and the Skull Santa Catalina | |
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The Mass of Saint Joseph Italy | |
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The Tale of Sister Cat | |
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The Dove and the Fox Switzerland Robert Wildhaber Summoned into the Valley of Josaphat About the Black Spider Sennentunscheli on the Wyssenboden | |
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The Knife in the Hay Germany | |
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The Swinehard Who Married a Princess The Ox as Mayor Norway | |
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The Drinking Horn Stolen from theHuldreFolk at (a) Vallerhaug, (b) Vellerhaug, (c) Hifjell | |
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The Altarpiece in Ringsaker Church Finland | |
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The Hunter's Joke Poland | |
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The Holy Figure in the Szaflary The Ages of Man Song of the Thief Hungary | |
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The Magic Calk Lazybones Russia The Sorcerer and His Apprentice | |
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The Lake Spirits of Peristera and Xerovouni Middle East Turkey | |
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The Smart Brother and the Crazy Brother Dervish Baba Egypt | |
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The Sure News Is Up Ahead The Falcon's Daughter Tunisia | |
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The Sparrow and the King Iraq | |
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The Cruel Mother-in-Law Israel | |
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A Dispute in Sign Language A Tale of a Jew Who Bridled the Wind Asia India | |
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The Mother Serpent | |
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The King of Cheats The Monk Who Dueled Mataru the Grandfather Tenali Rama and the King's Pets | |
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The Peasant Thanthanpal Babar Deva the Outlaw Afghanistan | |
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The Romance of Mongol Girl and Arab Boy The Decapitation of Sufi Islam | |
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The Two Thieves With the Same Wife Khastakhumar and Bibinagar | |
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The Seventy-Year-Old Corpse Japan | |
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The Mountain Where Old People Were Abandoned | |
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The Man Who Bought a Dream | |
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The Adulteress Rat | |
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The Gungutan and the Big-Bellied Man Agkon, the Greedy Son | |
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The Seven Young Sky Women | |
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China | |
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The Bridge of Ch'�an-Chou Chu the Rogue | |
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Burma | |
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The Orphan and His Grandmother Korea | |
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Why People's Noses Run When They Catch Cold | |
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The Red Pond | |
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The Kindhearted Crab and the Cunning Mouse | |
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The Grave of the Golden Ruler | |
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The One-Sided Boy Oceania Micronesia | |
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The Ghosts of the Two Mountains | |
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Adventures and Death of Rat | |
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The Maiden Who Married a Crane | |
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The Exiled Sister and Her Son | |
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The Mistreated Stepson | |
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The Spirit Who Swallowed People | |
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The First Getting of the Way to CultivateCyrtosperma | |
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