Myths

South African Folk-Tales

by James A. Honeÿ Read by laurakgibbs 5
James Albert Honeij (Honey) has collected a variety of South African folktales from previously published sources in English translation, to …

A Primary Reader

by E. Louise Smythe Read by LittlePeanut 5
"This book originated in a series of little reading lessons prepared for the first grade pupils in the Santa Rosa public schools. The o…

Romulus

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…

The Islands of Magic

by Elsie Spicer Eells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM THE AZORES. Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beauti…

Mythology

by Jane Ellen Harrison Read by ChristineB 5
Jane Ellen Harrison was an English classical scholar whose work had a particular focus on the earliest origins of Greek religion. Her Mythol…

The Gold of Fairnilee

by Andrew Lang Read by John 4.4
A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. This is Lang's second fairy tal…

African Jungle Tales

by Carl Bender Read by laurakgibbs 4.8
Carl Bender [1869-1935] was a German-born American missionary in Cameroon. During his years in Africa, he collected folktales which he later…

Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

by Thomas Wentworth Higginson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The sea has always been, by the mystery of its horizon, the fury of its storms, and the variableness of the atmosphere above it, the foreord…

Stories of Enchantment

by Jane Pentzer Myers Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Jane Pentzer Myers's only book was dedicated to Kate Winifred: 'Just between the 'Land o' dreams' and broad daylight is a beautiful world, w…

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Legends of Saints and Sinners

by Douglas Hyde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children

by Flora J. Cooke Read by Linette Geisel 4.6
Written for first through third graders, this book aims to expand not only the imagination but the vocabulary. For listeners following along…

The Turquoise Story Book

by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A book compiling stories, legends, and poems about summer and nature, piquing reader's interests by appealing to the reader's fancy, quicken…

The Rainbow Cat

by Rose Fyleman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
THERE was once a cat which was not in the least like any cat you have ever seen, or I either, for the matter of that. It was a fairy cat, yo…

The Green Forest Fairy Book

by Loretta Ellen Brady Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This is a volume of original fairy tales by Loretta Ellen Brady. - Summary by Carolin

Twilight Land

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The room was all full of twilight; but there they sat, every one of them. I did not count them, but there were ever so many: Aladdin, and Al…

The Indian Story Book

by Richard Wilson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Richard Wilson has taken tales from the two great Indian epics, the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata, as well as other early sources, and has re…

Honey-Bee

by Anatole France Read by Kate Follis 4.3
A sweet fairy-tale, Honey-Bee tells the story of two children raised as brother and sister, but who are not. One day they venture out to fin…

The Book of Nature Myths

by Florence Holbrook Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These delightful stories about how natural things began are drawn from the early folk-lore of many races. The wonderful explanations of the…

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