jewish legends

Presents a collection of seven Jewish folk tales by late eighteenth-century Ukrainian Rabbi, Nahman Ben Simha including "The Pirate Princess, " "The Fixer, " "The Turkey Prince, " and others.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the myths and legends of the Chinese peoples.

Contains 125 tales representing all facets of Ireland.

A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.

A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries.

The author has imagined certain incidents and added new details and dialogue to legends ranging from the Trojan Horse to Euleuspiegel.

A retelling of the German legend in which the children of medieval Dinkelsb?hl confront the leader of the Swedish soldiers plundering their town.

A collection of ten Japanese legends, ranging from the heroic tradition of The ogre of Rashomon, to the humorous trickster tale of The white hare and the crocodiles.