folklore

When the rabbi tells Mendel to get a table for the Chanukah menorah, Mendel makes the task more difficult than it should be.

Illustrations and easy-to-follow text retell the Lakota legend in which a two young warriors encounter a giant bear known as Mato, and were saved with the "great spirit" reshaped the ground under their feet, creating the landform known as the Devils Tower.

Collection of stories drawn from the traditions of the Native and Latin cultures of Latin America.

For hundreds and hundreds of years different gods take turns being the Sun, with unsatisfactory results, until Nanautzin takes the position permanently.

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Little Red Riding Hood encounters a sly wolf.

A humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale "Cinderella," in which a young girl's life changes forever in one evening thanks to a fairy godmother and a handsome prince.

Examines the history and social significance of y?kai--preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore--to the Japanese culture, and discusses natural histories in the seventeenth century to popular media in the twenty-first century.

Provides information about the origin and perpetuation of the King Arthur myth, and presents 120 illustrations that depict the many themes engendered by the Arthurian legends.

Recounts St. Brendan's life and voyage to North America long before the Vikings arrived.