Myths

Maoriland Fairy Tales

by Edith Howes Read by Marea Brook 4.6
Most of the tales have some basis in history. It is an oral language so all histories have to be remembered and retold. To help with this me…

Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson

by Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …

The House of the Wolfings

by William Morris Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time suc…

Queen Zixi of Ix

by L. Frank Baum Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
L.Frank Baum, or the Wizard of Oz fame, wrote this delightful book and considered it his best of all that he wrote. it tells the story of f…

The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

by Charles Perrault Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault is a foundational collection that introduces listeners to the enchanting world of classic fairy tales. T…

The Strange Story Book

by Leonora Blanche Lang Read by Linda Andrus 4.7
This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang "Color" Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stori…

Dot and Tot of Merryland

by L. Frank Baum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the advent…

A House Of Pomegranates

by Oscar Wilde Read by Alex Lau 4.4
A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prin…

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

by James Baldwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythol…

Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

by Homer Read by Arthur Krolman 4.7
Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the re…

Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Since this series of books is intended for all young people from oneto one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSERHYMES…

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde Read by Noel Badrian 4.6
Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy…

A Book of Fairy Tales

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a collection of fairy tales, retold by Sabine Baring-Gould. The collection contains such well-known stories as Cinderella and the Be…

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…

The Light Princess

by George MacDonald Read by Simone 4.5
The Light Princess is a fairytale written by George MacDonald about a young princess who is cursed by her wicked aunt to be without gravity.…

Rootabaga Stories

by Carl Sandburg Read by Betsie Bush 4.9
Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…

Fairy Tales from South Africa

by Mrs. E.J. Bourhill and Mrs. E. J. Bourhill Read by Noel Badrian 4.9
The stories in this collection come from the oral traditions of the people from Swaziland, Matabeleland (Ndebele people) and Zululand in So…

Myths and Legends of All Nations

by Logan Marshall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Myths and Legends of All Nations by Logan Marshall invites listeners on a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of global mythology.…

Young Folks' Treasury

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is the second book in a twelve volume series, and highlights myths and legendary heroes from around the world, from Ancient Greece to S…

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…

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