Facetious Nights of Straparola (Italy-1650)
This is the first book of 75 Italian tales written by Straparola told over two weeks.

Il Pentamerone (Italy-
This is the second book of 50 Italian folktales told over 10 days by five women daily

Il Decamerone (Italy-

4-Folktales of Bengal

Fairy tales, called Roop Katha in Bangla language, are only imaginative stories for educating children through entertainment. Fairies are not found in Bengal tales in the way they are found in western and Arabian and Middle Eastern fairy tales.

The first ever collection of fairy tales, or folktales of Bengal, when we know that that there are no fairies in Bengal, was published by Rev Lal Behari Dey as "Folk-tales of Bengal" in 1883 containing 22 folktales in English language. After Dey comes Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar whose "Thakurmar Jhuli" (Grandmother's Bag), and "Thakurdar's Jhuli" (Grandfather's Bag) were published in Bengali in 1907 and 1912 respectively. They remained the main source of folktales of Bengal for about a century.

Many Bangla folktales were originated from the Panchtantra, or Jatak Tales, whilst others originated from Arabian and Persian tales. Common character of Bangla folktales include demons and ogres, ascetics and witches, Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, sons of ministers and constables. Miracle and magic abound. The book we have translated, its folktales have a few special characters also - (1) Toontooni bird, (2) a couple of Bihangami and Bihangaami birds, (3) horse of Pakshiraj species which is special in running and flying.

11-Folktales of Kashmir

These 64 folktales were collected by James Hinton Knowles and published by Kegan Paul, London, in 1887. There are 64 tales in this book. Because of too many tales we are presenting them in two parts

10-Folktales of Punjab

These folktales, 43 in all, have been collected by Flora Annie Steel and published by Macmillan in 1894. These folktales are being published in two volumes.