legends

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
v
Alias: 
legends

Robin Hood

2013
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

2014
The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.

Tales of Robin Hood

2000
A fresh retelling of the Robin Hood legends. Also examines the historical evidence behind the legends.

John Henry, steel-driving man

2012
Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.

Paul Bunyan

a very tall tale
2014
Introduces the legend of Paul Bunyan, describing the lumberjack's immense strength, faithful friend Babe the Blue Ox, and their work to clear America's frontiers for farming.

Pecos Bill tames a colossal cyclone

2015
Super-cowboy Pecos Bill leaps onto the back of a monstrous cyclone and rides it like a bucking bronco, creating, in the process, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley.

Baba Yaga

the flying witch
2008
A retelling of the classic Russian folktale in which Baba Yaga uses her flying pot to travel through the forest, scaring a little girl who has been sent to the forest to find her.

Shamans and kushtakas

north coast tales of the supernatural
1991
A mixture of history, legend, and adventure dramatize the values and traditions of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of the Pacific Northwest.

Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox

2014
Relates some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named Babe.

John Henry, the steel-driving man

2014
Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - legends