Thomas Frederick Crane (1844 - 1927) was an American folklorist.
"The Curse of the Seven Children" is a fairy tale about a king and queen who already have six sons. When the seventh child is due, the king must travel away. He tells his wife that when the baby is born, she should hang a lance out of the window if it is a boy and a distaff if it is girl. Shortly after this the queen bears a daughter. But a mistake is made and a lance is hung out of the window. Desperate for a daughter, the king returns and curses his seven sons. When he realises his mistake it is already too late. Only the baby princess can save her brothers...
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
"The Donkey Skin" is a strange fairy tale of a princess who escapes an unwanted marriage by running away from the palace dressed in a donkey skin, to a hard life of poverty as a hen-wife. When a young prince happens to catch a glimpse of her without her donkey skin, he falls in love with her. But how is he to find the beautiful maiden again?
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
'The Enchanted Knife' is the story of a young man who seeks to marry the princess. Her father sets him an impossible task to perform before he will grant the suit - but with the aid of the cunning princess and a magic knife, the youth is able to win his bride.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
Three princes are sent on a quest by their father, to find who it is who steals the golden apples from the King's tree. The youngest son befriends a wolf who is in reality a magician. From the wolf he learns that a magical golden bird is the thief. In attempting to steal the golden bird, the prince is captured by its owner, the Emperor. The latter agrees to spare the prince's life if he can steal the golden horse from the ruler of the neighbouring kingdom. In attempting to do this the prince is again captured. This time the ruler agrees to spare the prince's life if he can capture the elusive and beautiful golden mermaid. With the aid of the wolf, the prince sets out to attempt this impossible task...
A fascinating collection of some of the great - but less well known - fairy tales of all time.
The Glass Mender
The Giant who had no Heart
The Gifts of the Magician
The Miller, his Son and their Ass
Punchkin
The Enchanted Knife
The Minstrel
The Stonecutter
The Parrot
The Alligator and the Jackal
The Stag at the Pool
The Cormorants of Udrost
The Three Dogs
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Six Judges
The Pancake
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
The Stag in the Ox Stall
The Lad and the Devil
The Blue Rose
The Man who was going to Mind the House
The Golden Mermaid
The Lads who met the Trolls in Hedale Woods
The Curse of the Seven Children
The Frog
The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey
The Cunning Apprentice
An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve
The Eagle and the Jackdaw
The Two Frogs
The Silver Mountain
The Donkey Skin
Tit for Tat
The Old Woman and the Physician
The Wise Princess
The Bronze Ring
The Princess who was hidden Underground
Matthias the Hunter's Stories
The Language of Animals
Mercury and the Workmen
Peter Gynt
Thomas Frederick Crane (1844 - 1927) was an American folklorist.
"The Parrot" is the tale of a newly-wed couple. Soon after the marriage, the husband must go away on business, so he gives his wife a parrot to keep her company while he is away. But another man sees the young wife at the window and falls in love with her. He engages the help of the woman who lives downstairs to try to seduce the young wife. But each time the woman is on the point of going with her neighbour, the parrot offers to tell her a story. So enchanting and absorbing are the parrot's tales that the young wife never leaves the house until her husband's return.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
'The Three Dogs' tells the story of a shepherd who trades his three sheep with a stranger for three dogs with magical powers. The dogs are able to help him slay a dragon and win a princess.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
'The Two Frogs' is the story of two amphibians who live in different cities in Japan. Each desires to see the world, so each sets out on a journey towards the other's home city. When they meet at the top of a mountain, the two frogs make friends and devise a plan to work out whether their journey is worthwhile - with unintended consequences.
Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War.
"The Wise Princess" is a take on the traditional Russian fairy tale of the frog princess. Three princes are instructed by their father, the king, to fire their arrows at random and marry whichever maiden it lands near to. The youngest son's arrow lands in a marsh next to a frog. But the frog turns out to be a wise princess in disguise - and when the prince sees the princess in her true form he falls in love with her. One night when the princess is not wearing her frogskin, the princes takes it and burns it. The princess is forced to flee and the prince must embark on a long and difficult quest to find his lovely bride.
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