{"id":302,"date":"2013-11-27T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushmajee.com\/folktales2\/?p=302"},"modified":"2025-06-08T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:56:39","slug":"3-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/sources\/3-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"3-Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3-Sources of Folktales<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Titles given in dark pink have been used to retell their folktales. Others may be taken as resources.<br>See also&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"4-sources-raven.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Sources on Raven<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"5-sources-coyote.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Sources on Coyote<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"6-sources-scandinavian.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Sources on Scandinavian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>African Folktales<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) African Folktales: traditional stories of the Black World<br>by Roger D Abrahams.\u00a0 NY, Pantheon Books. 1983<br>A collection of more than 100 stories from across the African continent selected and retold by Abrahams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Retold Myths and Folktales: African Myths<br>by &#8212;&#8212;.&nbsp; Perfection Learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Africa, Southern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) The Lion\u2019s whiskers: tales of high Africa.<br>by Davis, Russell and Ashabranner, Brent.\u00a0 Boston, Little Brown and Company.\u00a0 1959.\u00a0 191 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(2) Favorite African Folktales<br>edited by Nelson Mandela.\u00a0 NY, WW Norton &amp; Company.\u00a0 2002.\u00a0 240 p<br>32 oldest tales from various southern African countries .<br>Its all stories have been written in Hindi &#8211; See<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/folktales\/21-africa-southern-2.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">21-South Africa-2<\/a><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Africa-3 ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(3) Nelson Mandela&#8217;s Favorite African Tales.<br>edited by Nelson Mandela.\u00a0NY, WW Norton &amp; Company.\u00a0 2002.\u00a0 143 p.<br>32 oldest tales from various southern African countries.<br>It is exactly the same as No 4 of this list.\u00a0 Except that this one is illustrated, hardcover and large sized.<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Africa-3 ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Africa, West<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70101\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(1) The Orphan Girl and Other Stories: West African Tales<br>Retold by Buchi Offodile.\u00a0 NY, Interlink Books.\u00a0 2001.\u00a0 260 p.<br>It contains 41 folktales of several West African countries &#8211; Benin (1), Burkina Faso (1), Cameroon (2), Ivory Coast (1), The Gambia (2), Ghana (4), Guinea (1), Guinea-Bissau (1), Liberia (2), Mali (1), Mauritania (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (19), Senegal (1), Sierra Leone (2) and Togo (1) &#8211; See<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/folktales\/22-africa-west.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">22-Africa-West<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) The First Adventures of Spider: West African folktales.<br>by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst. 2012.<br>This is an abridged version of \u201cThe Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) The First Adventures of Spider: West African folktales.<br>by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst.&nbsp; 2012.<br>This is an abridged version of \u201cThe Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) West African Folktales<br>by William H Barker.&nbsp; 1917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Ethiopia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1)\u00a0 Ethiopian Stories (Northeastern Library of Black Literature).<br>by George Samuel Schuvler. 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0505\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(2)\u00a0 Ethiopian Folktales.<br>by Shlomo Bachrach.\u00a0 OUP.\u00a0 1972.\u00a0 140 p.<br>Its all stories have been translated in Hindi.\u00a0 See\u00a0<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Ethiopia ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Ajapa the Tortoise: a book of Nigerian folktales<br>by Margaret Baumann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0404\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(2)\u00a0Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria.<br>Introduction by Andrew Lang. Written by Elphinstone Dayrell.\u00a0 Longmans. Green &amp; Co.\u00a0 1910.\u00a0<br>Contains 40 Southern Nigerian folktales.<br>Taken from\u00a0<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/African_folktales\" class=\"broken_link\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/African_folktales.html\">www.worldoftales.com\/African_folktales.html \u00a0<\/a><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0101\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Its all 40 stories have been translated in Hindi.\u00a0 See<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/folktales\/17-nigeria-southern.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">17-Nigeria-Southern<\/a><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Nigeria-Southern]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60202\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(3) Fourteen Hundred Cowries: traditional stories of the Yoruba.<br>by Abayomi Fuja.\u00a0 Ibadan, OUP.\u00a0 1962.\u00a0 164 p.<br>Contains 29 stories.<br>Its all 29 stories have been in Hindi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/folktales\/18-nigeria-yoruba.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">18-Nigeria-Yoruba<\/a><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Nigeria-Yoruba]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Outa Karel\u2019s Stories: South African Folk-lore Tales.\u00a0<br>Written by Sanni Metelerkamp.\u00a0 Macmillan.\u00a0 1914.\u00a0<br>Contains 15 South African Tales<br>Read them here at\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/South_African_folklore_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/South_African_folklore_tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Old Hendrik\u2019s Tales (South African Folktales)<br>Written by Captain Arthur Owen Vaughan.&nbsp; Longmans. Green &amp; Co. 1904.<br>Contains 13 South African folktales.<br>Read them here at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Old_Hendrik_Tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Old_Hendrik_Tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f90404\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(3) South African Folktales<br>By James A Honey.\u00a0 1910.<br>Contains 45 South African tales.<br>Its all stories have been translation in Hindi.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Specimens of Bushman Folklore<br>Written by WHI Bleek and LC Lloyd.&nbsp; 1911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5) Myths and Legends of the Bantu<br>By Alice Werner.&nbsp; 1933<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Zanzibar \/ Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(1) Zanzibar Tales.<br>by various authors.\u00a0 Translated by\u00a0 George W Bateman.\u00a0 Chicago, AC McClurg &amp; Co.\u00a0 1901.<br>Contains 10 folktales of natives of East Coast of Africa<br>Taken from<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Tanzanian_folktales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Tanzanian_folktales.html<\/a><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0505\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Its all 10 stories have been translated in Hindi.<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Zanzibar]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>America \/ American Indian \/ Canada Folktales<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">American Folktales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Myths and Legends of Our Own Land: Vol 1 &#8211; The Hudson and Its Hills<br>by Charles M Skinner.\u00a0 Philadelphia, JP Lippincott Company.\u00a0 1896.<br>Contains 45 US tales.<br>Read them here\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Myths_%20Legends_Our_Land_I.html\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Myths_%20Legends_Our_Land_I.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Hawaiian Folktales: a collection of native legends<br>by Thos G Thrum. Thaisunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Native American<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) A Treasury of Eskimo Tales<br>by Clara Kern Bayliss.\u00a0 USA, Thomas Y. Crowell Company.\u00a0 1922.<br>Contains 31 folktales gathered from the Eskimo living in North America.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70505\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Wrote only 4 stories from it &#8212;<br>(19) Taking Away the Sun,\u00a0 (26) Raven Makes an Ocean Voyage&#8221;,\u00a0\u00a0 (28) The Mermot and the Raven,\u00a0 (30) Raven and the Geese<\/mark><br>Read them at\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Treasury_Eskimo_Tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Treasury_Eskimo_Tales.html<\/a><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Raven-2 and Raven-3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) American Indian Myths and Legends.<br>by&nbsp; Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.&nbsp; NY: Pantheon Books, 1984.<br>A very comprehensive collection of myths and legends organized according to themes, such as creation stories, tales of love, and tales of animals. This book includes an extensive bibliography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Larry the Spider &#8211; the addition<br>by Kevin W Cousins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Larry and the Creeping Horde<br>by Kevin W Cousins.&nbsp; 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5) Native American Stories<br>by Joseph Bruhac.&nbsp; CO (USA), Fulcrum Publishing.&nbsp; 1991.<br>A rich collection of stories drawn from native cultures of North America retold by Bruhac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6) Old Indian Legends<br>by Zitkala-Sa.&nbsp; Boston, Ginn and Company.&nbsp; 1901<br>Contains 14 native American folktales<br>Read them at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Old_Indian_legends.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Old_Indian_legends.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7) Old Indian Legends<br>by Bill Mahone.&nbsp; 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8) Tales of the American Indian: retold for our times. .<br>by Dee Brown.&nbsp; NY: Holt, Rinehart &amp; Winston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9) The Indian Fairy Book<br>by Cornelius Mathews.&nbsp; NY, Allen Brothers.&nbsp; 1869.<br>From the origin legends &#8211; 26 native American tales.<br>read them at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Indian_fairy_book.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Indian_fairy_book.html<\/a>&nbsp;(1) Navaho Stories.<br>by MP Dolch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10)The Lakota Way: stories and lessons for living<br>by Joseph M Marshall III.&nbsp; Penguin Company.&nbsp; 2002.&nbsp; 239 p. (Kindle Edition)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(11) Wigwam Stories in Basic Vocabulary.<br>by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Tepee Tales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Tepee Stories in Basic Vocabulary.<br>by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.\u00a0 1956.\u00a0<br>10 myths and legends from 8 tribes of Plains Indians, showing their beliefs and ways of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f90606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(2) Tepee Tales from American Indians.<br>by Dee Brown. New York.\u00a0 Holt, Rinehart, &amp; Winston.<br>12 stories are given here.<br>Its all stories have been written in Hindi<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Braille \/ 9-Am-Indian]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Stories from Canada.<br>by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2)&nbsp; In the Woods.&nbsp;<br>by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0505\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(3) Folklore of Canada.\u00a0<br>by Edith Fowke.\u00a0\u00a0Toronto: McMillan and Stewart.\u00a0 1976.\u00a0 349 p.<br>22 stories + some other materials.<br>Its all materials have been written in Hindi<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Braille \/ 7-8-Canada]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60202\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(4) Canadian Fairy Tales<br>by Cyrus Macmillan.\u00a0 Toronto, SB Gundy.\u00a0 1922<br>Contains 26 Native American folktales gathered from Canada<br>Read them here in English\u00a0<\/mark>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Canadian_fairy_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Canadian_fairy_tales.html<\/a><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f90707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1 story of Raven, and 5 stories of Rabbit are taken from here.<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Raven-2]<br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Misc-2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"5-sources-coyote.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Coyote<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"7-sources-iktomi.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Iktomi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"4-sources-raven.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Raven Folktales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Asian \/ Chinese \/ Indian \/ Russian Folktales<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) The Chinese Fairy Book<br>by Various authors.\u00a0 Edited by R Wilhelm.\u00a0 NY, Frederick A Stokes Company.\u00a0 1921.<br>The Chinese Fairy Book contains 74 Chinese folktales, sorted into several categories.<br>Read these stories at\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Chinese_fairy_book.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Chinese_fairy_book.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Chinese Folk-lore Tales<br>by Rev J Macgowan, D.D. (edited by Andrew Lang).&nbsp; London, Macmillan And Co Limited.&nbsp; 1910.<br>Features 11 Chinese folktales<br>Read these stories at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Chinese_folklore_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Chinese_folklore_tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) A Chinese Wonder Book<br>by Norman Hinsdale Pitman (edited by Andrew Lang).&nbsp; NY, EP Dutton &amp; Co.&nbsp; 1919<br>Read these stories here at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Chinese_wonder_book.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Chinese_wonder_book.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Folktales of China<br>edited by Wolfram Eberhard.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 1965.<br>A collection of 79 stories organized according to themes, including the origins of humans, animals and plants characteristics, tales of love and persons with magic powers. Includes 6 tales from Communist China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60404\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(1)<\/mark>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=GhGaSIUanikC&amp;pg=PA70&amp;dq=nara+as+water&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=TM3iUeXwJM-HrAfJo4GoDw&amp;ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nara%20as%20water&amp;f=false\">\u201cLakher Folklore\u201d by NE Parry in \u201cDiscovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture.\u00a0<\/a><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">edited by<\/mark>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=GhGaSIUanikC&amp;pg=PA70&amp;dq=nara+as+water&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=TM3iUeXwJM-HrAfJo4GoDw&amp;ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nara%20as%20water&amp;f=false\">Suresh Kant Sharma, Usha Sharma.\u00a0 Vol 8.\u00a0 Delhi, Mittal Books<\/a>.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=GhGaSIUanikC&amp;pg=PA70&amp;dq=nara+as+water&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=TM3iUeXwJM-HrAfJo4GoDw&amp;ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nara%20as%20water&amp;f=false\">http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=GhGaSIUanikC&amp;pg=PA70&amp;dq=nara+as+water&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=TM3iUeXwJM-HrAfJo4GoDw&amp;ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nara%20as%20water&amp;f=false<\/a><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f30505\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8 stories have been taken from this book to write in Hindi<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ India]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70808\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The next 4 books, No 2, 3, 4, and 5, contain 69 Indian (not Native American) folktales.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Indian Fairy Tales<br>by Various authors.&nbsp; Selected and Edited by Joseph Jacobs.&nbsp; NY, GP Putnam&#8217;s Sons.&nbsp; 1910.<br>The book holds 29 Indian folktales.<br>Read these stories at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Indian_fairy_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Indian_fairy_tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit<br>Translator: S. M. Mitra.&nbsp; Editor: Nancy Bell.&nbsp; London, Macmillan and Co.&nbsp; 1919.<br>9 stories in this book were translated from Sanskrit &#8211; an ancient Indian language.<br>Read them here at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Indian_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Indian_tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India<br>by Mrs. Howard Kingscote and Pandit Natesa Sastri.&nbsp; London &amp; Calcutta, WH Allen &amp; Co.&nbsp; 1890.<br>The book holds 26 Indian folktales.<br>Read them at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Folklore_Southern_India.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Folklore_Southern_India.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5) The Magic Bed<br>by&nbsp; Hartwell James.&nbsp; NY, GP Putnam&#8217;s Sons.&nbsp; 1910.<br>Holds 5 Indian folktales. A Book of East Indian Fairy Tales.<br>Read them here&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Magic_bed.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Magic_bed.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Japanese Fairy Tales<br>by\u00a0 Yei Theodora Ozaki.\u00a0 NY, Grosset &amp; Dunlap Publishers.\u00a0 1908.<br>Contains 22 Japanese folktales<br>Read them here\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Japanese_fairy_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Japanese_fairy_tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales<br>by Grace James.&nbsp; London, Macmillan and Co Limited.&nbsp; 1912.<br>Contains 38 Japanese folktales<br>Read them here at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Green_willow_Japanese_fairy_tales.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Green_willow_Japanese_fairy_tales.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0202\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(3) Momotaro or Little Peachling<br>by Anonymous.\u00a0 Tokyo, Japan, T Hasegawa.\u00a0 1910.<br>A Japanese folktale. This has been written in Hindi<br>Read it here<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Asian_folktales\/Asian_Folktale_18.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Asian_folktales\/Asian_Folktale_18.html<\/a><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Misc]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Child-life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories<br>by M Chaplin Ayrton, Edited by William Griffis.&nbsp; Boston, DC Health &amp; Co.&nbsp; 1901.<br>Contains 7 Japanese folktales.<br>Read them here at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Japanese_child_stories.html\">http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/Japanese_child_stories.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Babayaga.<br>by Toby Barlow.\u00a0 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Babayaga.<br>by Tai-Marc le Thanh and Rebecca Dautremer.&nbsp; 2004.&nbsp; 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Babayaga.<br>by Rebecca Dautremer and Tai-Marc le Thanh.&nbsp; 2005.&nbsp; 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Babayaga.<br>by Rebecca Dautremer.&nbsp; 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5) Baba-Yaga.<br>by Anne Royer.&nbsp; 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6) Baba Yaga Laid an Egg. an eBook.<br>Kobo eBooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7) The Runaway Soldier and Other Tales From Russia. by Fruma Gottschalk.&nbsp; 1946.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8).&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/110410668\/roosi-lok-kathayein-Russian-Folk-Tales-Hindi\">&#8220;Roosi Lok Kathayen&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Madan Lal &#8220;Madhu&#8221; and Om Prakash Sangal with 33 folktales in 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/351682497\/Roopvati-Vasilisa-old-russian-folktales-in-Hindi\">&#8220;Roopvati Vasilisa (Old Russian Folktales in Hindi)&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp; with 16 folktales &#8211; no date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/335778102\/Roos-Ki-Lok-Kathayen-Russian-Fairy-tales-in-Hindi-Old-book\">&#8220;Roos Ki Lok Kathayen&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Rajendra Mohun Sastry and Mridula Sharma with 16 folktales in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(11)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/HeereMoti-Hindi-CollationOfSovietFolkTales\/page\/n3\">&#8220;Heere Moti &#8211; Soviet Bhoomi Ki Jatiyon Ki Lok Kathayen&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Soviet Stories. 2010. 36 folktales.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70404\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(1) Folk and Fairy Tales of Ireland.\u00a0<br>WB Yeats (ed).\u00a0 NY, MacMillan.\u00a0 1973.<br>A total of 13 stories have been translated from this book in Hindi<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Braille \/ 12-13-Eur-Ireland]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0404\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(1) Italian Folktales.<br>selected and retold by Italo Calvino.\u00a0 Translated by George Martin. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.\u00a0 1980.\u00a0200 tales.<br>Its 125 folktales have been translated in Hindi<\/mark><br>[Folktales \/ Pub-Gen-1 \/ Italy]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norse or Scandinavian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>South America<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) The King of the Mountains: a treasury of Latin American folk stories,<br>by MA Jagendorf and RS Boggs,&nbsp;&nbsp;1960 .<br>The two collected more than 60 tales from across Central and South America and retold them for the children of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) The Three Wishes: a collection of Puerto Rican folk Tales.<br>Translated by Elizabeth Culbert.&nbsp; NY, Harcourt, Brace &amp; World.&nbsp; 1969.<br>All of the tales in Cuentos Folkloricos de Puerto Rico and several others have been translated into English with beautiful illustrations. The translations are excellent and the stories are identical in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Puerto Rican Tales: Legends of Spanish Colonial Times. (originally retold by Cayetano Colly Toste.<br>Translated by Ramirez Rivera.&nbsp;&nbsp;Puerto Rico; Ediciones Libero.&nbsp; 1977.<br>The legends as retold by Cayetano Colly Toste were written in the early nineteenth century and the vocabulary is difficult and somewhat archaic. Ramirez has retold the legends in Spanish and translated them into English in simple and modern language. The students will enjoy reading these stories.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>General Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Violet Fairy Book<br>By Andrew Lang. 1901.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Favorite Folktales From Around the World<br>by Jane Yolen<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Websites for Folktales<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am indebted to the following sites to translate many folktales from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">General<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikelockett.com\/stories.php\">http:\/\/www.mikelockett.com\/stories.php<\/a><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f10303\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This website gives more than 100 folktales from many places &#8211; Africa, Asia, Europe etc and many other kinds of stories. I have taken many tales from this website. It is a very good website.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">African Folktales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoftales.com\/African_folktales\" class=\"broken_link\">www.worldoftales.com\/African_folktales<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211;<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f80707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This is the website for African folktales where one can find the folktales from several countries of Africa.<br>Under the heading of Nigerian Folktales, there are only four books given, containing a total 88 tales \u2013<br>40 tales from Southern Nigeria &#8211; Its first 10 stories have been published.\u00a0<\/mark><a href=\"..\/touch-read\/materials\/2-nigeria-2.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Folktales from Nigeria, Part 2<\/a>\u00a0<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0202\" class=\"has-inline-color\">in Braille script.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0101\" class=\"has-inline-color\">28 tales from South Africa, and<br>10 from Tanzania.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f80000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This book contains those tales which belong to any African country, while its name is unknown. When some tale\u2019s origin is known it has been categorized under that country\u2019s name. The following countries\u2019 folktales have been collected in this series.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themuralman.com\/\">http:\/\/www.themuralman.com\/<\/a><br>There are a few African tales here. I have taken several stories from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ethiopianfolktales.com\/\">http:\/\/ethiopianfolktales.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">American Folktales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanfolklore.net\/sindex.html\">http:\/\/www.americanfolklore.net\/sindex.html<\/a><br>This site lists many many folklores from America and other countries. I have taken a few folktales from this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Native American Folktales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillipmartin.info\/liberia\/homepage.htm\">http:\/\/www.phillipmartin.info\/liberia\/homepage.htm<\/a><br>This site contains many stories from Native Americans. Not all but several stories have been taken from this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.g-world.org\/magictales\/\">http:\/\/www.g-world.org\/magictales\/<\/a><br>This site gives 9 Native American folktales told and heard in Mexico and at Texas border. Its all the stories have been written in Hindi anguage.<br>(1) Sunday Seven, (2) the Bear Prince, (3) White Flower, (4) The Little Green Rabbit, (5) Clemencia and Jose, (6) The Gypsi Queen, (7) The Louse-skin Coat, (8) The Forbidden Chamber, and (9) The Giant&#8217;s Secret<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3-Sources of Folktales Titles given in dark pink have been used to retell their folktales. Others may be taken as resources.See also&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sources on Raven,&nbsp;&nbsp;Sources on Coyote,&nbsp;&nbsp;Sources on Scandinavian African Folktales Africa (1) African Folktales: traditional stories of the Black Worldby Roger D Abrahams.\u00a0 NY, Pantheon Books. 1983A collection of more than 100 stories from across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-single-posts-characters-sources","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manusadventures.com\/folktales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}