legends

The story of Mulan is passed on in the form of an ancient Chinese poem. It tells of a girl who joined the army in place of her father. She battled enemies for more than a decade before returning home in victory. Though the brutal battles ended long ago, her beautiful story lives on.

Recounts the legend of Befana, whose household chores kept her from finding the Baby King and cause her to fly across the sky on Twelfth Night, leaving the sleeping children gifts to celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings.

Tales from the folklore of those American Indians whose lodges were usually called wigwams and who were forest peoples. The tribes included are the Menominee, Ojibway, Chippeway, Iroquois, Mohawk, Seneca and Algonquian Indians.

Ten representative myths and legends from eight tribes of Plains Indians, showing their beliefs and ways of life.

Twelve easy-to-read legends of the Pueblo Indians, showing their beliefs and way of life.

A collection of easy-reading tales from the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Yuchi, Natchez, and Seminole Indian tribes.

Retells the story of the Pied Piper who pipes a village free of rats, but when the villagers refuse to pay him for his services, he exacts a terrible revenge.

A retelling of a Blackfeet Indian legend in which a young brave travels to the land of the Sun to ask for the hand of his beloved.

Relates the traditional Cora Indian tale in which Opossum outwits the larger and more powerful Iguana and returns the stolen fire to the people of the earth.

In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.