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| Introduction: Enjoying the World's Folktales | |
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| West Europe | |
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| Cinderella (France) | |
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| Beauty and the Beast (France) | |
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| Puss in Boots (France) | |
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| Blue Beard (France) | |
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| The White Cat (France) | |
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| Drakestail (France) | |
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| The Doctor and His Pupil (France) | |
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| Snow-White (Germany) | |
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| The Brave Little Tailor (Germany) | |
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| Ashenputtel (Germany) | |
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| Rapunzel (Germany) | |
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| The Devil's Three Gold Hairs (Germany) | |
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| Darling Roland (Germany) | |
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| The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany) | |
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| The Frog Prince (Germany) | |
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| The Goosegirl (Germany) | |
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| Tom Thumb (Germany) | |
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| The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Germany) | |
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| Little Red Riding Hood (Germany) | |
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| The Juniper Tree (Germany) | |
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| The Golden Goose (Germany) | |
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| Thousand-Furs (Germany) | |
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| Rumpelstiltskin (Germany) | |
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| Mother Holle (Germany) | |
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| Sleeping Beauty (Germany) | |
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| The Queen Bee (Germany) | |
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| The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany) | |
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| Hansel and Gretel (Germany) | |
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| The Merman and the Farmer (Germany) | |
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| Crab (Italy) | |
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| Bastianelo (Italy) | |
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| The Cock and the Mouse (Italy) | |
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| The Thoughtless Abbot (Italy) | |
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| Don Demonio's Mother-in-law (Spain) | |
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| Tonino and the Fairies (Spain) | |
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| I Ate the Loaf (Spain) | |
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| The Half-Chick (Spain) | |
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| A Legend of Saint Nicholas (Holland) | |
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| The Hare and the Tortoise (Ancient Greece) | |
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| The Fox and the Grapes (Ancient Greece) | |
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| The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Ancient Greece) | |
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| The Man, the Boy and the Donkey (Ancient Greece) | |
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| Eros and Psyche (Ancient Greece) | |
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| The Twelve Months (Modern Greece) | |
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| British Isles | |
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| Jack and the Beanstalk (England) | |
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| Jack the Giant-Killer (England) | |
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| Tom Tit Tot (England) | |
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| The Boggart (England) | |
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| Good and Bad News (England) | |
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| The Hand of Glory (England) | |
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| Lazy Jack (England) | |
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| Molly Whuppie (England) | |
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| Teeny-Tiny (England) | |
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| The Three Wishes (England) | |
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| Dick Whittington and His Cat (England) | |
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| The Pied Piper (England) | |
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| Master of All Masters (England) | |
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| Munachar and Manachar (Ireland) | |
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| The Field of Boliauns (Ireland) | |
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| The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks (Ireland) | |
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| The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin (Ireland) | |
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| The Birth of Fin MacCoul (Ireland) | |
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| Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh (Ireland) | |
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| Black, Brown, and Gray (Ireland) | |
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| The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland) | |
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| The Midwife (Scotland) | |
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| The Wee, Wee Mannie (Scotland) | |
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| The Cow on the Roof (Wales) | |
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| Scandinavia and Northern Europe | |
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| East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norway) | |
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| Boots and the Troll (Norway) | |
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| Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man Does Is Always Right (Norway) | |
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| The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norway) | |
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| The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Norway) | |
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| The Master Thief (Norway) | |
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| The Three Billygoats Gruff (Norway) | |
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| The Mastermaid (Norway) | |
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| Not a Pin to Choose Between Them (Norway) | |
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| Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway) | |
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| Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed (Norway) | |
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| Why the Sea Is Salt (Norway) | |
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| The Tinderbox (Denmark) | |
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| Peter Bull (Denmark) | |
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| Maid Lena (Denmark) | |
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| The Old Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth (Sweden) | |
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| Salt and Bread (Sweden) | |
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| The Seal's Skin (Iceland) | |
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| The Pig-Headed Wife (Finland) | |
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| The Forest Bride (Finland) | |
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| God and the Devil Share the Harvest (Latvia) | |
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| The Bul-Bul Bird (Latvia) | |
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| East Europe | |
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| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Russia) | |
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| The Baba Yaga (Russia) | |
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| The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa (Russia) | |
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| The Story of King Frost (Russia) | |
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| Prince Hedgehog (Russia) | |
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| Salt (Russia) | |
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| The Treasure (Russia) | |
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| Woe (Russia) | |
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| Clever Manka (Czechoslovakia) | |
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| Intelligence and Luck (Czechoslovakia) | |
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| Czar Trojan's Ears (Yugoslavia) | |
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| A Stroke of Luck (Hungary) | |
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| It Could Always Be Worse (Yiddish) | |
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| Chelm Justice (Yiddish) | |
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| Saint or Horse (Yiddish) | |
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| When Hershel Eats- (Yiddish) | |
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| Middle East | |
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| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian Nights) | |
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| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights) | |
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| The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights) | |
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| The Donkey Driver and the Thief (Arabia) | |
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| The Farmer and His Hired Help (Afghanistan) | |
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| Don't Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours (Israel) | |
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| The Three Hares (Turkey) | |
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| Asia | |
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| Momotaro or The Peach-Boy (Japan) | |
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| The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings (Japan) | |
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| The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue (Japan) | |
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| The Tale of the Oki Islands (Japan) | |
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| The Stonecutter (Japan) | |
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| The Wife's Portrait (Japan) | |
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| Urashima (Japan) | |
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| The Magic Kettle (Japan) | |
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| A Taoist Priest (China) | |
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| Simple Wang (China) | |
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| Faithful Even in Death (China) | |
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| The Young Head of the Family (China) | |
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| The Most Frugal of Men (China) | |
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| The Magic Brocade (China) | |
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| Planting a Pear Tree (China) | |
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| The Groom's Crimes (China) | |
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| A Clever Judge (China) | |
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| Money Makes Cares (China) | |
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| Drinking Companions (China) | |
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| The King's Favorite (China) | |
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| The Clever Thief (Korea) | |
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| The Tiger's Whisker (Korea) | |
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| Hats to Disappear with (Korea) | |
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| Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words (Thailand) | |
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| Mister Lazybones (Laos) | |
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| The Fisherman and the Gatekeeper (Burma) | |
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| The Little Lizard's Sorrow (Vietnam) | |
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| The Fly (Vietnam) | |
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| The Valiant Chattee-Maker (India) | |
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| The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (India) | |
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| How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam (India) | |
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| How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner (India) | |
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| The Monkey and the Crocodile (India) | |
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| Tit for Tat (India) | |
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| The Pacific | |
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| How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Island (Hawaii) | |
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| Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo (Indonesia) | |
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| How Platypuses Came to Australia (Australia) | |
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| The Bunyip (Australia) | |
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| Africa | |
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| Talk (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | |
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| Anansi's Hat-shaking Dance (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | |
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| Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | |
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| How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Stories (Africa-Ashanti Tribe) | |
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| Younde Goes to Town (West Africa) | |
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| How Frog Lost His Tail (Africa-Sukuma Tribe) | |
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| The Rubber Man (Africa-Hausa Tribe) | |
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| The Origin of Death (Africa-Akamba Tribe) | |
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| Man Chooses Death (Africa-Madagascar) | |
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| The Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree (Africa-Masai Tribe) | |
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| The Wise Dog (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | |
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| The Hunter and His Magic Flute (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | |
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| The Funeral of the Hyena's Mother (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | |
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| Oni and the Great Bird (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | |
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| The Wooden Spoon and the Whip (Africa-Yoruba Tribe) | |
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| Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell (Africa-Baila Tribe) | |
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| The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia) | |
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| Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (Africa-Efik-Ibibio) | |
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| A Tug-of-War (Africa-Fan Tribe) | |
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| North America | |
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| People Who Could Fly (Black American) | |
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| Baby in the Crib (Black American) | |
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| The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Uncle Remus) | |
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| Paul Bunyan's Cornstalk (Western United States) | |
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| The Two Old Women's Bet (Southern United States) | |
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| Jack in the Giants' Newground (Southern United States) | |
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| Senor Coyote and the Dogs (Mexico) | |
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| The Talking Cat (French Canada) | |
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| The Indian Cinderella (Canadian Indian) | |
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| The Deserted Children (American Indian-Gros Ventre Tribe of Montana) | |
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| The Girl Who Married a Ghost (American Indian-The Nisqualli Tribe of Southern Washington) | |
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| The Lost Woman (American Indian-Blackfeet Tribe) | |
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| The Theft of Fire (American Indian-Chippewa Tribe) | |
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| Manabozho and His Toe (American Indian) | |
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| The Raven Brings Light (Alaskan Indian) | |
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| The Sedna Legend (Eskimo) | |
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| Caribbean and West Indies | |
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| The Magic Orange Tree (Haiti) | |
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| Greedy Mariani (Haiti) | |
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| Uncle Bouqui and Little Malice (Haiti) | |
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| Bouki Rents a Horse (Haiti) | |
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| Anansi Play with Fire, Anansi Get Burned (Jamaica) | |
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| How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil (Cuba) | |
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| The Story of the Smart Parrot (Puerto Rico) | |
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| Central and South America | |
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| How the Devil Constructed a Church (Honduras) | |
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| Three Magic Oranges (Costa Rica) | |
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| The Lucky Table (Costa Rica) | |
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| Brer Rabbit, Businessman (Costa Rica) | |
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| The Search for the Magic Lake (Ecuador) | |
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| The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House (Brazil) | |
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| The Five Brothers (Chile) | |
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| Index of Categories of Tales | |
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| Index of Titles | |