Legends & Fairy Tales

Mother’s Nursery Tales

by Katharine Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Perhaps you did not know that fairy tales were ever truths, but they are—the best and oldest of them. That does not mean they are facts like…

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…

Cossack Fairy Tales

by Robert Nisbet Bain Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special…

The Story of Robin Hood

by Bertha Evangeline Bush Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
"He was brave and kind and merry always, and all the English people—except England's oppressors—loved him with all their hearts and del…

The Silver Princess in Oz

by Ruth Plumly Thompson Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
Another Oz book! Yes! Lots of unlikely characters and tons of fun. In this story, young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old frien…

Folk-Lore and Legends

by Charles John Tibbits Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasure…

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Indian Why Stories

by Frank Bird Linderman Read by Sacha Chander 4.6
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing …

The King of Ireland's Son

by Pádraic Colum Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.7
The King of Ireland's Son is a children's novel published in Ireland in 1916 written by Padraic Colum, and illustrated by Willy Pogany. It i…

French Mediaeval Romances

by Marie De France Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess the…

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

by Songling Pu Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai" is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly super…

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop Read by Phil Chenevert 4.3
Remember the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper? the Fox and the Sour Grapes? The Boy who Cried Wolf? These wonderful tales and hundreds m…

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

A Book of Fairy-Tale Foxes

by Clifton Johnson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Wild animals play a big role in many fairy tales, and foxes are some of the best-represented animals in folklore. In this volume, Clifton Jo…

Eskimo Folk-Tales

by Knud Rasmussen Read by Expatriate 4.8
Quote:"No man is better qualified to tell the story of Greenland, or the stories of its people. Knud Rasmussen is himself partly of Esk…

Old Indian Legends

by Zitkala-Sa Read by Robert Scott 4.2
Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa invites listeners into a rich tapestry of Native American folklore, where the cunning trickster Iktomi take…

The Algonquin Legends of New England

by Charles Godfrey Leland Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; t…

Myths That Every Child Should Know

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Myths That Every Child Should Know presents a captivating collection of classic myths, thoughtfully adapted for young listeners. This anthol…

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

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