(9) The Indian Fairy Book
by Cornelius Mathews. NY, Allen Brothers. 1869.
From the origin legends - 26 native American tales.
read them at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Indian_fairy_book.html
(1) Navaho Stories.
by MP Dolch.
(10)The Lakota Way: stories and lessons for living
by Joseph M Marshall III. Penguin Company. 2002. 239 p.
(Kindle Edition)
(11) Wigwam Stories in Basic Vocabulary.
by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.
Tepee Tales
(1) Tepee Stories in Basic Vocabulary.
by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch. 1956.
10 myths and legends from 8 tribes of Plains Indians, showing their beliefs and ways of life.
(2) Tepee Tales from American Indians.
by Dee Brown. New York. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.
12 stories are given here.
Its all stories have been written in Hindi
[Folktales / Pub-Braille / 9-Am-Indian]
Canada
(1) Stories from Canada.
by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.
(2) In the Woods.
by Edward W Dolch and Marguerite P Dolch.
(3) Folklore of Canada.
by Edith Fowke.
Toronto: McMillan and Stewart. 1976. 349 p.
22 stories + some other materials.
Its all materials have been written in
Hindi
[Folktales / Pub-Braille / 7-8-Canada]
(4) Canadian Fairy Tales
by Cyrus Macmillan. Toronto, SB Gundy. 1922
Contains 26 Native American folktales gathered from Canada
Read them here in English
http://www.worldoftales.com/Canadian_fairy_tales.html
1 story of Raven, and
5 stories of Rabbit are taken from here.
[Folktales / Pub-Gen-1 / Raven-2]
[Folktales / Pub-Gen-1 / Misc-2]
Coyote
Iktomi
Raven Folktales
Asian / Chinese / Indian / Russian Folktales
China
(1) The Chinese Fairy Book
by Various authors. Edited by R Wilhelm. NY, Frederick A Stokes Company. 1921.
The Chinese Fairy Book contains 74 Chinese folktales, sorted into several categories.
Read these stories at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Chinese_fairy_book.html
(2) Chinese Folk-lore Tales
by Rev J Macgowan, D.D. (edited by Andrew Lang). London, Macmillan And Co Limited. 1910.
Features 11 Chinese folktales
Read these stories at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Chinese_folklore_tales.html
(3) A Chinese Wonder Book
by Norman Hinsdale Pitman (edited by Andrew Lang). NY, EP Dutton & Co. 1919
Read these stories here at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Chinese_wonder_book.html
(4) Folktales of China
edited by Wolfram Eberhard.
Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 1965.
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.
India
(1)
“Lakher Folklore” by NE Parry in “Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture.
edited by
Suresh Kant Sharma, Usha Sharma. Vol 8. Delhi, Mittal Books.
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=GhGaSIUanikC&pg=PA70&dq=nara+as+water&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TM3iUeXwJM-HrAfJo4GoDw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=nara%20as%20water&f=false
8 stories have been taken from this book to write in Hindi
[Folktales / Pub-Gen-1 / India]
The next 4 books, No 2, 3, 4, and 5, contain 69 Indian (not Native American) folktales.
(2) Indian Fairy Tales
by Various authors. Selected and Edited by Joseph Jacobs. NY, GP Putnam's Sons. 1910.
The book holds 29 Indian folktales.
Read these stories at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Indian_fairy_tales.html
(3) Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit
Translator: S. M. Mitra. Editor: Nancy Bell. London, Macmillan and Co. 1919.
9 stories in this book were translated from Sanskrit - an ancient Indian language.
Read them here at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Indian_tales.html
(4) Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India
by Mrs. Howard Kingscote and Pandit Natesa Sastri. London & Calcutta, WH Allen & Co. 1890.
The book holds 26 Indian folktales.
Read them at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Folklore_Southern_India.html
(5) The Magic Bed
by Hartwell James. NY, GP Putnam's Sons. 1910.
Holds 5 Indian folktales. A Book of East Indian Fairy Tales.
Read them here
http://www.worldoftales.com/Magic_bed.html
Japan
(1) Japanese Fairy Tales
by Yei Theodora Ozaki. NY, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers. 1908.
Contains 22 Japanese folktales
Read them here
http://www.worldoftales.com/Japanese_fairy_tales.html
(2) Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James. London, Macmillan and Co Limited. 1912.
Contains 38 Japanese folktales
Read them here at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Green_willow_Japanese_fairy_tales.html
(3) Momotaro or Little Peachling
by Anonymous. Tokyo, Japan, T Hasegawa. 1910.
A Japanese folktale. This has been written in Hindi
Read it here
http://www.worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Asian_Folktale_18.html
[Folktales / Pub-Gen-1 / Misc]
(4) Child-life
in Japan and Japanese Child Stories
by M Chaplin Ayrton, Edited by William Griffis. Boston, DC Health & Co. 1901.
Contains 7 Japanese folktales.
Read them here at
http://www.worldoftales.com/Japanese_child_stories.html
Russia
(1) Babayaga.
by Toby Barlow. 2013.
(2) Babayaga.
by Tai-Marc le Thanh and Rebecca Dautremer. 2004. 2009.
(3) Babayaga.
by Rebecca Dautremer and Tai-Marc le Thanh. 2005. 2008.
(4) Babayaga.
by Rebecca Dautremer. 2013.
(5) Baba-Yaga.
by Anne Royer. 2013.
(6) Baba Yaga Laid an Egg. an eBook.
Kobo eBooks.
(7) The Runaway Soldier and Other Tales From Russia. by Fruma Gottschalk. 1946.
(8).
"Roosi Lok Kathayen" by Madan Lal "Madhu" and Om Prakash Sangal
with 33 folktales in 1960.
(9)
"Roopvati Vasilisa (Old Russian Folktales in Hindi)" with 16
folktales - no date.
(10)
"Roos Ki Lok Kathayen" by Rajendra Mohun Sastry and Mridula Sharma
with 16 folktales in 2006.
(11)
"Heere Moti - Soviet Bhoomi Ki Jatiyon Ki Lok Kathayen" by Soviet
Stories. 2010. 36 folktales.
Europe
Ireland
(1) Folk and Fairy Tales of Ireland.
WB Yeats (ed). NY, MacMillan. 1973.
A total of 13 stories have been translated from this book in Hindi
[Folktales / Pub-Braille / 12-13-Eur-Ireland]
Italy
(1) Italian Folktales.
selected and retold by Italo Calvino. Translated by George Martin. San Diego,
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. 1980. 200 tales.
Its 125 folktales have been translated in Hindi
[Folktales / Pub-Gen-1 / Italy]
Norse or Scandinavian
South America
(1) The King of the Mountains: a treasury of Latin American folk stories,
by MA Jagendorf and RS Boggs, 1960 .
The two collected more than 60 tales from across Central and South America
and retold them for the children of the world.
(2) The Three Wishes: a
collection of Puerto Rican folk Tales.
Translated by Elizabeth Culbert. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World. 1969.
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.
(3) Puerto Rican Tales:
Legends of Spanish Colonial Times. (originally retold by Cayetano Colly Toste.
Translated by Ramirez
Rivera.
Puerto Rico;
Ediciones Libero. 1977.
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.
General Books
(1) Violet Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang. 1901.
(2) Favorite Folktales From Around the World
by Jane Yolen
Websites for Folktales
I am indebted to the following sites to translate many folktales from there.
General
http://www.mikelockett.com/stories.php
This website gives more than 100 folktales from many places - Africa, Asia,
Europe etc and many other kinds of stories. I have taken many tales from
this website. It is a very good website.
African Folktales
www.worldoftales.com/African_folktales -
This is the website for African folktales where one can find the folktales
from several countries of Africa.
Under the heading of Nigerian Folktales, there are only four books given, containing
a total 88 tales –
40 tales from Southern Nigeria - Its first 10 stories have been published.
Folktales from Nigeria, Part 2
in Braille script.
28 tales from South Africa, and
10 from Tanzania.
This book contains those tales which belong to any African country, while
its name is unknown. When some tale’s origin is known it has been categorized
under that country’s name. The following countries’ folktales have been collected
in this series.
http://www.themuralman.com/
There are a few African tales here. I have taken several stories
from here.
http://ethiopianfolktales.com/
American Folktales
http://www.americanfolklore.net/sindex.html
This site lists many many folklores from America and other countries. I
have taken a few folktales from this site.
Native American Folktales
http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/homepage.htm
This site contains many stories from Native Americans. Not all
but several stories have been taken from this site.
http://www.g-world.org/magictales/
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.
(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's Secret