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The Norse Myths (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) 34 reviews
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Pantheon, 1981
There's only one thing you need to know when looking for an introduction to Norse myths...
+ Good for an introduction, not as reference
+ The most accessible book I've read on the subject
+ Thor give me strength/ gib mir kraft
+ Must-have reference.
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Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) 7 reviews
Moss Roberts
Pantheon, 1980
PG-13
+ Enjoyable and mysterious
+ unique and special
+ pretty good
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Italian Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) 22 reviews
Italo Calvino
Pantheon, 1981
Enjoyed this.
+ Italian Folktales
+ Good heritage book
+ Forever Favorite
+ Folk tales (and then some)
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Northern Tales: Stories from the Native Peoples of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions (Fairy Tale and Folklore ...1 review
Howard Norman
Pantheon, 1998
Tales of Shaman, Spirits and Animal People
Having covered Native American, Arabian, Scandinavian and African myths, legends and stories, Pantheon turned their attentions to the Arctic circle and produced this wonderful little gem. In this book, the tales of the Siberian Yukaghir and Chuckchi, Ainu (caucasian natives of Japan) and Native ...
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The Victorian Fairy Tale Book (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)
Michael Patrick Hearn
Pantheon, 2002
From Robert Browning’s Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray’s Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahame’s Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens , here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant, some satirize and criticize, but each one–in ...
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The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa18 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2004
Captivating!
+ Great stories, lame endings
This is a collection of beautiful little African stories that you can just imagine being told by an elderly lady to the children of her village as they sit in the shade of a tree on the edge of their village.
If, like me, you are a fan of Kipling's Just So Stories and the Uncle Remus stories of ...
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Japanese Tales (Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library)11 reviews
Royall Tyler
Pantheon, 2002
A collection of 220 folk tales from old Japan
+ Delightful!
+ Wonderful stories, excellent translation
+ Such An Enchanting Book!
+ Japanese Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)
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FOLKTALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) 1 review
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Pantheon, 1988
Fantastic Interpretation of British Myths.
This Book does a splendid job of both providing the myths in an interesting fashion as well as summing up a suficient amount of information on every story. The book as well provides stories from a diverse variety of the Isles from Wales to The Isle Of Man. The stories in this book pertain from a ...
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Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)13 reviews
Aleksandr Afanasev
Pantheon, 1976
Very different from what I grew up on.
+ Superb for general reading or for serious folk tale study
+ A real treasure!
+ Gives me a deeper fascination with Russian culture
+ Russian Fairy Tales
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Legends and Tales of the American West (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)1 review
Richard Erdoes
Pantheon, 1998
a strong, entertaining collection
Our old buddy Richard Erdoes has done a magnificent job of researching and weaving together an impressive body of frontier lore. I was astonished to learn that such considerable corpora of tales had been whipped up around such personalities as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, etc.--characters of whom I had ...
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Favorite Folktales from Around the World (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)5 reviews
Jane Yolen
Pantheon, 1988
If you like folktales, you'll want this book
+ Wonderful Collection
+ Fantastic resource
+ Favorite Folktales from Around the World
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Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore ...1 review
John Bierhorst
Pantheon, 2003
most impressive chrestomathy
Bierhorst, a distinguished (elderly, to boot) scholar of the American Indian--both north and south of the Rio Grande--does not disappoint with this stunning addition to the Pantheon folklore series. The stories, which represent a comprehensive swath through Spanish-speaking Latin America (Brazil, ...
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African Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore)5 reviews
Roger Abrahams
Pantheon, 1983
African folktales with an unusual twist
+ I love, love, love this book!!
+ good collection
+ African Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore)
+ A Great Feast
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Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures (Pantheon Fairy Tale ...8 reviews
Katharine Briggs
Pantheon, 1978
Still the Definitive Work
+ Much beloved
+ An Encyclopedia of Fairies
+ Enough with out being too much
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African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore ... 3 reviews
Roger Abrahams
Pantheon, 1999
African American Folktales: An absolute must!
+ For those who love fairy tales from all cultures
As I am of African descent I can safely say that never before has reading children's literature been so exciting. This compendium of over one hundred riveting tales invites the reader into a world of mysicism and magic. The characters portrayed are, for the mostpart, very life-like and easily ...
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Norwegian Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe
Pantheon, 1982
Collected here in a contemporary translation. With these tales we meet witches, trolls and ogres, sly foxes and mysterious bears, beautiful princesses and country lads turned heroes. Includes illustrations.
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OLD WIVES FAIRY TALE BOOK (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
Angela Carter
Pantheon, 1990
Fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men and women whose labour created our world." -- From the Introduction There was a time when fairy tales weren't meant just for children -- they were part of an oral folklore tradition passed down through generations. This volume of sixty enchanting ...
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Afro-American Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)1 review
Roger Abrahams
Pantheon, 1985
Not really for children
The collection is a set of tales that is most interesting in the context in which they were told. These were developed in an age and a culture in which storytelling played an important role in maintaining the cultural lineage of the teller and listeners, aheritage at risk as the members of the ...
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YIDDISH FOLKTALES (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)2 reviews
Beatrice Weinreich
Pantheon, 1988
Would make excellent bedtime stories for children
+ Seemingly simple folktales with a deeper meaning
This is a great read. Many tales have similarities to standard fairytales, but they have a wonderful richness not found in the usual blanded-down stories. The book has 178 stories, some as short as a half-page, so it's also great if you only have short snippets of time. My husband and I ...
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Irish Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)2 reviews
Pantheon Books, 1997
Irish Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
+ Irish folktales
I have yet to encounter one of the Pantheon folklore series that was not a good read. This is no exception. My regret is that they have not published more and that some of their folklore books seem out of print. I enjoyed this book and I am happy to recommend it. Since my major interest is ...
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