Publisher's Synopsis
olk tales from American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, India, Persia, Lapland, Brazil, India, New Caledonia and more. What the Rose did to the Cypress Footnotes Ball-carrier and the Bad One How Ball-carrier Finished His Task The Bunyip Father Grumbler The Story of the Yara The Cunning Hare How Geirald The Coward Was Punished Habogi The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe The Wicked Wolverine The Husband of the Rat's Daughter Pivi and Kabo The Elf Maiden How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones Fortune and the Wood-Cutter The Enchanted Head The Sister of the Sun The Prince and the Three Fates The Fox and the Lapp Kisa the Cat The Lion and the Cat Which was the Foolishest? Rubezahl Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey