num_pages: 728
description: A rich collection of the tales men have told for nearly 4000 years from ancient Egypt and Peru to the new America of mining - and logging-camp days. The selection is balanced between familiar stories and those which will be fresh discoveries to all but the specialists. many are from rare and unusual sources; some were first written down by anthropologists making studies of primitive societies; others stem from the Brothers Grimm and Andersen and other well-known authorities. The editor has weighed all existing versions and in each case picked the most readable - many translations are by distinguished authors. The book is divided into nineteen representative world areas: Africa American American Indian Arabian and Turkish Chinese Egyptian English Finnish French German Greek Indian Irish Italian Jewish Latin American Russian Scandinavian Spanish. All categories of folk tales are included: Marchen legends myths jests and drolls fabliaux fairy tales fables tall tales; romantic and fantastic tales; ghost stories and animal stories; moral tales and mystery stories.
language: English
title: A Harvest of World Folk Tales
publisher: The Viking Press