Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07

by Joseph Jacobs, Charles John Tibbits, Frederick Hadland Davis

This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)

01 The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal - Indian Joseph Jacobs
02 How the Cobbler Cheated the Devil - English Charles John Tibbits
03 Dolls and Butterflies - Japanese Frederick Hadland Davis
04 The Sneezing Colossus - Korean William Elliot Griffis
05 The Star Lovers and the Robe of Feathers - Japanese Frederick Hadland Davis
06 The Quest of Medusa's Head - Greek James Baldwin
07 Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary - Celtic Joseph Jacobs
08 How the Wicked Sons Were Duped - Indian Joseph Jacobs
09 Three Selections from The Celtic Twilight - Celtic William Butler Yeats
10 The Gnome's Road - German Marie Harriette Frary
11 The Wonderful Tea Kettle - Japanese William Elliot Griffis
12 The Story of King Arthur; Of Arthur's Birth and How He Became King; and The Round Table - English William Patten

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Published February 9, 2021

About the author

Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. His work went on to popularize some of the worlds best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of "The Thousand and One Nights". He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

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