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The Archive...

Have a wander through the Fireside folktale archive below, and see what you stumble into. Use the filters to narrow the world down, or fling the doors wide and browse by country, region, theme, collector, or whatever takes your fancy, then let the table do the rest. A few clicks can carry you from storm-tossed coasts to mountain villages, from clever tricksters to quiet miracles, and you will often find that the story you meant to read is not the one that chooses you.

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Other than my own versions of tales (as indicated), the stories in this archive are in the public domain

Stories in this view:

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Title	Book	Author / Collector	Country	Subject	Year
Brabo And The Giant	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	Brabo And The Giant: bravery, liberation, civic pride, and triumph over tyranny.	1918
The Oni On His Travels	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Oni On His Travels: wandering danger, cunning, strangeness, and supernatural encounter.	1918
The Princess With Twenty Petticoats	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Princess With Twenty Petticoats: vanity, excess, courtship, and comic exaggeration.	1918
The Legend Of The Wooden Shoe	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Legend Of The Wooden Shoe: humble origins, practicality, identity, and folk tradition.	1918
Prince Spin Head And Miss Snow White	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	Prince Spin Head And Miss Snow White: strange romance, transformation, perseverance, and fairy-tale testing.	1918
The Ice King And His Wonderful Grandchild	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Ice King And His Wonderful Grandchild: winter magic, kinship, wonder, and seasonal power.	1918
The Mouldy Penny	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Mouldy Penny: luck, value, thrift, and unexpected reward.	1918
The Cat And The Cradle	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Cat And The Cradle: cleverness, confusion, and domestic comic misadventure.	1918
The Curly-Tailed Lion	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Curly-Tailed Lion: absurdity, boasting, and topsy-turvy animal folklore.	1918
The Entangled Mermaid	Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks	William Elliot Griffis	Netherlands	The Entangled Mermaid: enchantment, captivity, longing, and the sea’s mystery.	1918
The Boy Who Won A Prize	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	The Boy Who Won A Prize: love of learning, youthful promise, and books as treasure.	1915
The Battle At The Ford	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	The Battle At The Ford: friendship, honour, tragic conflict, and betrayal in battle.	1915
The Shepherd Of Lauderdale	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	The Shepherd Of Lauderdale: sanctity, prayer, kindness, wandering service, and harmony with nature.	1915
The First English Hero	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	The First English Hero: heroic courage, monster-slaying, fate, and warrior honour.	1915
A Fisherman's Boy	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	A Fisherman’s Boy: exile, hidden royalty, endurance, love, and rightful restoration.	1915
The Werewolf (1)	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	The Werewolf: betrayal, hidden identity, loyalty, and justice after enchantment.	1915
Cædmon The Cowherd	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	Cædmon The Cowherd: divine inspiration, humble beginnings, and the birth of poetry.	1915
At Geoffrey's Window	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	At Geoffrey’s Window: legend-making, imaginative history, marvels, and storytelling power.	1915
Welsh Magic	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	Welsh Magic: inspiration, transformation, prophecy, and the strange costs of wisdom.	1915
A Famous Kitchen Boy	Early English Hero Tales	Jeannette Marks	England	A Famous Kitchen Boy: hidden nobility, chivalry, adventure, and earned renown.	1915
Of Knowing The Souls Of The East	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Knowing The Souls Of The East: sacred knowledge of eastern divine beings	1901
Transformation Into Ptah	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Transformation Into Ptah: divine transformation, creative power, sacred becoming	1901
Of The Praise Of The Gods	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of The Praise Of The Gods: reverence, devotion, and exaltation of divine beings	1901
Of Transformation Into A Governor	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Transformation Into A Governor: authority, status, empowered afterlife identity.	1901
Preservation Of The Soul	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Preservation Of The Soul: safeguarding the soul, continuity after death.	1901
Of Entering The Presence	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Entering The Presence: admittance before divine authority and judgement	1901
Of The Ink-Pot And Palette	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of The Ink-Pot And Palette: writing, knowledge, scribal power.	1901
Living By Air	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Living By Air: breath, survival, spiritual sustenance.	1901
Hymn To Rā	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Hymn To Rā: praise of the sun god’s power and majesty	1901
Of Lifting Up The Feet	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Lifting Up The Feet: mobility, release, and restored movement after death	1901
Of Journeying To Annu	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Journeying To Annu: pilgrimage, sacred destination, divine access.	1901
Sailing In The Great Boat	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Sailing In The Great Boat: cosmic voyage, divine companionship, passage.	1901
Of Coming Forth From Heaven	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Coming Forth From Heaven: ascent, divine emergence, blessed passage from the heavens	1901
Of Receiving Paths	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Receiving Paths: guidance, access, safe routes beyond death.	1901
The Negative Confession	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	The Negative Confession: innocence, moral purity, judgement before the gods.	1901
Of Opening The Tomb	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Opening The Tomb: release, access, ritual transition.	1901
Coming Forth By Day	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Coming Forth By Day: rebirth, freedom, and movement among the living	1901
Of Entering Into The Great House	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Entering Into The Great House: admission to sacred or royal presence	1901
Of Rescue	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Rescue: deliverance, divine aid, escape from peril.	1901
Preservation From Scalding	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Preservation From Scalding: protection from torment, bodily safety in death.	1901
Of Gaining Mastery Over Enemies	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Gaining Mastery Over Enemies: victory, protection, domination over threats.	1901
Of Living Nigh Unto Ra	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Living Nigh Unto Ra: blessed closeness to the sun god	1901
Dirge Of Menephtah	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Dirge Of Menephtah: lamentation, loss, mortality, and royal remembrance	1901
The Peasant And The Workman	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	The Peasant And The Workman: labour, class, wit, earthly justice.	1901
Of Performing Transformations	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Performing Transformations: magical metamorphosis and adaptive spiritual power	1901
Of Being Nigh Unto Thoth	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Of Being Nigh Unto Thoth: closeness to wisdom, writing, and divine judgement	1901
The Serpent Sata	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	The Serpent Sata: enchantment, identity, transformation, and supernatural kingship	1901
Opening The Underworld	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Opening The Underworld: access, revelation, passage into hidden realms.	1901
Dominion Over Elements	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Dominion Over Elements: mastery over nature through sacred or magical power	1901
Repulsing Serpents	Egyptian Book Of the Dead	Epiphanius Wilson	Generic	Repulsing Serpents: protection, danger, divine defence against chaos.	1901

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