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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

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Title	Book	Author / Collector	Country	Subject	Year
The Barn Elves	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Barn Elves: helpful household spirits, labour, reward, and respect.	1890
The Fairies’ Cup	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Fairies’ Cup: fairy enchantment, secrecy, temptation, and vanished wonder.	1890
The Fairy Children	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Fairy Children: changelings, loss, enchantment, and uneasy human-fairy contact.	1890
The Brown Man Of The Moors	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Brown Man Of The Moors: protective spirit, prophecy, danger, and moorland mystery.	1890
Lame Molly	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	Lame Molly: witchcraft, malice, fear, and rural supernatural justice.	1890
The Baker’s Daughter	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Baker’s Daughter: love, betrayal, punishment, and moral reckoning.	1890
The Worm Of Lambton	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Worm Of Lambton: monstrous curse, neglected duty, and heroic confrontation.	1890
Johnny Reed’s Cat	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	Johnny Reed’s Cat: animal loyalty, ghostly menace, and uncanny protection.	1890
The Tavistock Witch	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Tavistock Witch: sorcery, suspicion, punishment, and supernatural dread.	1890
The Yorkshire Boggart	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	The Yorkshire Boggart: troublesome haunting, family fear, and relentless mischief.	1890
Spectre Coach	Folk-Lore and Legends: English	Charles John Tibbitts	England	Spectre Coach,: omen, death, haunting, and supernatural forewarning.	1890
The Man Who Never Laughed	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Man Who Never Laughed: sorrow, detachment, emotional awakening, irony.	1889
The Painter And The Wood-Carver (Ssidi 8)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Painter And The Wood-Carver (Ssidi 8): artistic rivalry, pride, craftsmanship, illusion.	1889
Of The Maiden Ssuwarandari (Ssidi 11)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	Of The Maiden Ssuwarandari (Ssidi 11): beauty, fidelity, peril, endurance.	1889
The Magician With The Swine's Head (Ssidi 4)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Magician With The Swine’s Head (Ssidi 4): sorcery, disguise, danger, stratagem.	1889
The Man And His Wife (Ssidi 10)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Man And His Wife (Ssidi 10): marital mistrust, trickery, comic reversal.	1889
The Relations Of Ssidi Kur	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Relations Of Ssidi Kur: storytelling, suspense, wit, supernatural testing.	1889
The Tomb Of Noosheerwân	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Tomb Of Noosheerwân: justice, mortality, wisdom beyond kingship.	1889
The Fox And The Wolf (3)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Fox And The Wolf: trickery, appetite, unequal friendship, comeuppance.	1889
The Seven Stages Of Roostem	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Seven Stages Of Roostem: heroic trials, strength, destiny, perseverance.	1889
The Bird-Man (Ssidi 7)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Bird-Man (Ssidi 7): transformation, wonder, impossible travel.	1889
Ameen And The Ghool	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	Ameen And The Ghool: terror, courage, survival, supernatural menace.	1889
The Stealing Of The Heart (Ssidi 9)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Stealing Of The Heart (Ssidi 9): desire, enchantment, cunning, pursuit.	1889
The Perfidious Vizier	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Perfidious Vizier: betrayal, court intrigue, threatened marriage, justice.	1889
The Cobbler Astrologer	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Cobbler Astrologer: imposture, luck, quick wits, social ambition.	1889
The Adventures Of The Rich Youth (Ssidi 1)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Adventures Of The Rich Youth (Ssidi 1): fortune, danger, clever escape.	1889
The Wonderful Man Who Overcame The Chan (Ssidi 6)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Wonderful Man Who Overcame The Chan (Ssidi 6): courage, ingenuity, defeating overwhelming power.	1889
The Adventures Of Massang (Ssidi 3)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Adventures Of Massang (Ssidi 3): bravery, questing, endurance, resourcefulness.	1889
Legend Of Dhurrumnath	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	Legend Of Dhurrumnath: piety, sacrifice, saintly power, devotion.	1889
The History Of Sunshine And His Brother (Ssidi 5)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The History Of Sunshine And His Brother (Ssidi 5): brotherhood, fate, rivalry, adventure.	1889
The Shepherd And The Jogie	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Shepherd And The Jogie: greed, alchemy, gullibility, fatal ambition.	1889
The Two Cats	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Two Cats: quarrelling fools, trickery, opportunistic greed.	1889
The Traveller's Adventure	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Traveller’s Adventure: perilous travel, luck, cunning, survival.	1889
The Legend Of The Terrestrial Paradise Of Sheddád	Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental	Charles John Tibbitts	Persia	The Legend Of The Terrestrial Paradise Of Sheddád: hubris, splendour, vanity, divine judgement.	1889
The Death "Bree"	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Death “Bree”: omens, supernatural warning, and approaching death.	1889
Horse And Hattock	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Horse And Hattock: fairy riding, night journeys, and stolen humans.	1889
Saint Columba	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Saint Columba: holiness, miracles, and spiritual authority.	1889
Elphin Irving	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Elphin Irving: fairy lineage, enchantment, and divided identity.	1889
The Fiddler And The Bogle Of Bogandoran	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Fiddler And The Bogle Of Bogandoran: music, courage, and supernatural confrontation.	1889
Rory Macgillivray	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Rory Macgillivray: bravery, outlaw energy, and Highland adventure.	1889
Secret Commonwealth	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Secret Commonwealth: fairies, invisibility, and parallel worlds.	1889
The Fairies Of Merlin's Craig (2)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Fairies Of Merlin’s Craig: fairy presences, enchanted places, and local wonder.	1889
The Seal-Catcher's Adventure	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Seal-Catcher’s Adventure: selkies, danger, and uncanny pursuit.	1889
The Weird Of The Three Arrows	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Weird Of The Three Arrows: prophecy, curse, and fatal destiny.	1889
The Ghosts Of Craig-Aulnaic	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Ghosts Of Craig-Aulnaic: haunting, vengeance, and troubled memory.	1889
Whippety Stourie (2)	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Whippety Stourie: shape-changing mischief, pursuit, and comic magic.	1889
Daoine Shie, Or The Men Of Peace	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	Daoine Shie, Or The Men Of Peace: fairies, hidden neighbours, and uneasy coexistence.	1889
The Dracae	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Dracae: water spirits, temptation, and perilous beauty.	1889
The Minister And The Fairy	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Minister And The Fairy: religion confronting enchantment and fairy power.	1889
The Fisherman And The Merman	Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland	Anonymous	Scotland	The Fisherman And The Merman: sea enchantment, temptation, and otherworldly encounter.	1889

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