Myths

Mongan's Frenzy

by James Stephens Read by Michele Fry 4.5
James Stephens is famous for his retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales. This tale is about 1.5 hours in length, full of magical lore and…

The Santa Claus Story Book

by Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This is a collection of fairy tales. The first story is a Christmas story in verse, and of course the Christmas holidays are the best time f…

Faust I

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…

The King of the Snakes

by Rosetta Baskerville Read by laurakgibbs 4.9
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are s…

Myths And Legends Of British North America

by Katharine Berry Judson Read by David Wales 4.7
[The Native American] story tellers of the camp related, with dramatic gestures, stories of the Days of the Grandfathers, in the beginning o…

Tales of Giants From Brazil

by Elsie Spicer Eells Read by KirksVoice 4.6
Brazil is the land of the giant among all the rivers of the world. It is the land of giant fruits and giant flowers. Of course it is the lan…

Stories of Starland

by Mary Proctor Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Henry asks his sister Mary about the sky. She tells him all about the Sun, the Planets, the Moon, Comets and Meteors, and Stars. Mary tells …

History of the Britons

by Nennius Read by BUAES 3.9
One of the earliest recorded histories of Britain; Nennius wrote the book around 796BC. These days Nennius is recognised as being a teller, …

Geschichten vom lieben Gott

by Rainer Maria Rilke Read by Hokuspokus 4.3
»Wissen Sie, sie sind jetzt beide in dem Alter, die Kinder, wo sie den ganzen Tag fragen. Zum Beispiel: Spricht der liebe Gott auch c…

Hindoo Tales

by Daṇḍin Read by sid 5
This book describes the adventures of ten Kumaras, i.e., young men, (all of whom are either princes or sons of royal ministers), as narrated…

The Cold Heart

by Wilhelm Hauff Read by Christoph Stangenberg 4.5
Dissatisfied with his life of poverty, Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, summons an ancient spirit who rewards him with three wishes. His …

More English Fairy Tales

by Joseph Jacobs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

The Myths of the New World

by Daniel Garrison Brinton Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Myths of the New World is a scholarly exploration of the rich tapestry of mythology among the Indigenous peoples of North America. In th…

Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry

by William Patten Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…

Elves and Heroes

by Donald Alexander Mackenzie Read by Matthew Reece 4.6
This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the c…

The Faerie Queene

by Edmund Spenser Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Second Booke of the Faerie Queene contayning The Legende of Sir Guyon or of Tempaurance. The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it c…

Black Tales for White Children

by Nancy Stigand and Chauncey Hugh Stigand Read by laurakgibbs 5
Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the Brit…

Fifty Funny Animal Tales

by Laura Rountree Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
"This book contains short stories of animals that will charm the children. Such characters as the Funny Fox, the Happy Hare, the Willfu…

The Giant Crab

by W.H.D. Rouse and W. H. D. Rouse Read by David Wales 4.5
This is the first collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. There is a second entitled The Talking Thrush (LibriVox audio…

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