Myths

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

The Laughing Bear and Other Stories

by Robert Bloomer Hare Bell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
A collection of unique stories for listeners with the wisdom to see a bit beyond the printed words. The stories start in Korea with The Lau…

Puss in Boots, Jr.

by David Cory Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This is one in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss in…

Balder Dead

by Matthew Arnold Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.5
The poem begins with the beloved god Balder, thought to be invulnerable, dead at the hands of the inoffensive blind god Hoder, in a game. L…

The Fairy Spinning Wheel and the Tales it spun

by Catulle Mendès Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is a little volume of old-fashioned fairy tales, collected and rewritten by Catulle Mendès and translated from the French and ad…

Folk-lore and legends

by Charles John Tibbits Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is be…

The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed

by Cenydd Morus Read by Phil Benson 4.8
Cenydd Morus's (Kenneth Morris) imaginative retelling of tales from the Mabinogion, the great work of Welsh literature first recorded in the…

The Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer

by William James McGlothlin Read by Phil Schempf 4.4
This is the prequel of the Nibelungenlied. It tells the tale of Siegfried as a young man when he sets forth to earn a name for himself so h…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Songs of Innocence and Experience

by William Blake Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.9
The short, simple lines of these delicate poems resemble song lyrics, emphasizing the concrete but hinting at transcendent realities, althou…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

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…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Myths and Legends of Alaska

by Katharine Berry Judson Read by David Wales 4.8
The myths in this 1911 volume are authentic. The original collections were made by government ethnologists. Only the quaintest and purest o…

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…

Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods

by William T. Cox Read by Phil Benson 4.5
A limbless reptilian monster that propels itself through the swamps with a propellor-tipped tail? A creature so ashamed of its monstrous app…

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…

The National Nursery Book

by Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The Publishers offer in this little volume of well known and long loved stories to their young readers. The tales which have delighted…

Märchen

by Caroline Auguste Fischer Read by Hokuspokus 4.4
Caroline Auguste Fischer geb. Venturini war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie schreibt mit viel Witz und Ironie. In i…

Eastern Stories and Legends

by Marie Louise Shedlock Read by Max Hollway 4.6
A collection of ancient myths, legends and fairy-tales. Each story is a timeless adventure featuring a hero who is sometimes a man, animal o…

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