A World of Stories

Preface
Part One: Cinderella and Her Cousins: A Tale and Its Variants
The Golden Carp
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
Aschenputtel
Cap o' Rushes
Billy Beg and the Bull
Mary Cinderella
Conkiajgharuna
Vasilisa the Beautiful
The Indian Cinderella
Benizara and Kakezara
Part Two: Creating and Shaping the World: The Mythic Vision
How Light and Life Came Into the World
Heaven and Earth
The Creation and the First Sin
Sedna
How Summer Came to Canada
Demeter and Persephone
The Myth of Osiris and Isis
How Fire Was Stolen from Rabbit
How Nanabozho Brought Fire to His People
Maui the Half-God
Fire and An Ordinary Woman
How Death Came to the World
Part Three: Larger Than Life: Tales of Heroes
Sundiata's Childhood
Perseus Rescues Andromeda
How Krishna Killed the Wicked King Kans
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
Meleager and Atalanta
The Wanderings of Ulysses
The Crooked Tote Road
Robin Hood Turns Butcher
The Last Journey of Gilgamesh
The Death of Beowulf
Joan the Maid
Ned Kelly--Iron Man
John Henry
Part Four: Unlikely Heroes: Triumphs of the Underdog
Molly Whuppie
Jack and the Beanstalk
David and Goliath
The Last of the Dragons
The Practical Princess
The Search for the Magic Lake
The Fly
How the Tortoise Got His Shell
The Adventures of Little Peachling
Thumbelina
The Valiant Chattee-Maker
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Part Five: Purposeful Journeys: Errands and Quests
Of Sir Gareth of Orkney
Odin Goes to Mimir's Well
The Wonderful Brocade
Simon and the Golden Sword
Little Badger and the Fire Spirit
Scarface: Origin of the Medicine Lodge
Cupid and Psyche
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
Little Red Riding-hood
Little Red-Cap
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
The Half-Chick
Part Six: Loves Won and Lost: Tales of Courtship and Marriage
The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Little Briar-Rose
Beauty and the Beast
The Story of Five Heads
Rumpelstiltskin
The Maid with Hair of Gold
Juan Bobo and the Princess Who Answered Riddles
The Innkeeper's Wise Daughter
The Frog Maiden
Rosalie
The Crane Wife
The Selkie Wife
Urashima Taro
The Moon
Part Seven: It's All Relative: The Trials and Triumphs of Family Life
The Blind Boy and the Loon
Snow White
The Magic Orange Tree
The Six Swans
Hansel and Grethel
Chet Huat Chet Hai (Seven Pot, Seven Jar)
The Smith and the Fairies
The Three Sons and Their Objects of Power
Jacques the Woodcutter
The Woman Who Flumoxed the Fairies
The Barber's Clever Wife
Part Eight: Living by Wit: Trickster Tales
Anansi Earns the Sky-God's Stories
Tricksy Rabbit
The Two Fishermen
The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story
A Legend of Knockmany
The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal
Jack the Giant Killer
Wisahketchahk and the Ducks
The Mouse-Deer and the Tiger
The Rabbit and the Coyote
The Mouse and the Fox
The Story of Ca Matsin and Ca Boo-ug
How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil
The Apples of Idunes
Part Nine: Wise and Foolish: Tales Cleverness and Stupidity
Tale of the Three Wishes
The Fisherman and his Wife
Pedro Urdimale, the Little Fox, and the Mare's Egg
How the Coyote Danced with the Blackbirds
The Tiger, the Persimmon and the Rabbit's Tail
Si'Djeha Cheats the Robbers
The Hodja and the Thousand Pieces of Gold
The Gift of the Holy Man
The Two Husbands
The Emperor's New Clothes
The President Wants No More of Anansi
The Golden Altar of the Church of St. Joseph
Part Ten: Nature Humanized: Animal Tales
Aesop
The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart
Henny Penny
The Ugly Duckling
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Story of the Three Bears
The Elephant and the Giraffe
The Story of a Dam
The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House
Gayardaree the Platypus
The Elephant's Child
The Revenge of the Three Deer-Boys
Further Readings
Selected Critical Studies
Selected Online Resources
Selected Folktale Collections
Selected Illustrated Editions of Single Tales
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Topical Index
Title Index

Raymond E. Jones is a Professor and Jon C. Stott is a Professor Emeritus, both in the Department of English, University of Alberta.

Special Features

• Offers a multicultural perspective with stories from around the world
• Includes 130 stories, arranged topically to facilitate comparisons across different traditions
• Provides students with helpful background material through section introductions and headnotes for each story
• Editors have strived to achieve a balance of male and female central characters
• Provides a balance between the traditional tales and their literary adaptations that helps students to understand the tenacity of certain stories, across different cultures and different historical periods
• Includes section introductions, headnotes for each selection, footnotes, and appendices that provide important background information without imposing specific critical or theoretical points of view