Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927

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This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published (or re-published) in 1927, covering a range of European stories (ancient and modern) along with stories from the Americas, Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. Many, but not all, of the stories are for young readers. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Ancient Greece: "Ulysses and the Bag of Winds" by William H. Elson [1854-1935] published in The Elson Readers: Three. Ancient Rome: "The Wanderings of Aeneas" by H. L. Havell [1863-1913] published in Stories from the Aeneid. Ancient Rome: "The Frogs Ask for a King" by Bernard Pares [1867-1949] published in Krylov's Fables. Medieval Europe: "Herod and the Bubbles" by F.J.H. Darton [1878-1936] published in A Wonder Book of Old Romance. Ladin (northern Italy): "King Laurin's Rose Garden" by Karl Felix Wolff [1879-1966] published in The Pale Mountains: Folk Tales From the Dolomites. Ireland: "Princess Fior Usga" by Thomas Crofton Croker [1798-1854] published in A Book of Princess Stories. U.S.A.: "The Growing Boy" by James Cloyd Bowman [1880-1961] published in The Adventures of Paul Bunyan. Pueblo (Native American): "Coyote and Evening Star" by Ahlee James published in Tewa Firelight Tales. Dakota (Native American): "The Story of White Dawn" by Winona Blanche Allanson [1897-1981] published in Indian Moons. Tlingit (Native American): "Beaver and Porcupine" by Elizabeth Bishop Johnson published in Animal Stories the Indians Told. African-American (southern U.S.): "Rabbit Tales" by Arthur Huff Fauset [1899-1983] published in "Negro Tales from the South," in Journal of American Folklore, v. 40. Lamba (central Africa): "Mr. Warthog and Mr. Lion" by Clement Doke [1893-1980] published in Lamba Folk Lore. Hausa (western Africa): "Cayman, Man, and Jackal" by Blaise Cendrars [1887-1961] published in The African Saga. Swahili (eastern Africa): "The Man Befriended by Luck" by E. C. Baker published in "Swahili Tales," in Folklore, v. 38. Morocco: "The Fatal House" by Edward Powys Mathers [1892-1939] published in Eastern Love: Tales of Fez. Pashtun (South Asia): "How the Greedy Princess Was Tricked" by Lucas White King [1856-1925] published in "Shirani Folktales," in Folklore, v. 38. Buddhist (India): "The Grateful Animals" by Marguerite Aspinwall [1888-1982] published in Jataka Tales Out of Old India. Lepcha (South Asia): "A Fairy Disguised as a Puppy" by Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks [1887–1971] published in Folklore and Customs of the Lap-chas of Sikhim. East Asia: "Moko and the Twelve Little Earth Men" by Charles H. Meeker [1873-1950] published in Folk Tales from the Far East. Japan: "The Weaver of the Frost" by Ken Nakazawa [1883-1953] published in The Weaver of the Frost. - Summary by Laura Gibbs