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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 Two Moorish Knights	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Two Moorish Knights: chivalry, friendship, rivalry, honour, courage, loyalty, combat, reputation, nobility, valour	1901
The King's Decision	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The King’s Decision: judgement, authority, justice, power, honour, conflict, wisdom, sovereignty, resolution, duty	1901
Almanzar And Bobalias	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Almanzar And Bobalias: rivalry, conflict, honour, courage, pride, enmity, chivalry, reputation, defiance, contest	1901
The Moorish Infanta And Alfonzo Ramos	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Moorish Infanta And Alfonzo Ramos: cross-cultural love, nobility, honour, romance, tension, loyalty, identity, courtship, conflict, devotion	1901
The Bull-Fight Of Zulema	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Bull-Fight Of Zulema: bullfight, Zulema, bravery, elegance, honour, display, rivalry, danger, festivity, fame	1901
The Renegade	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Renegade: betrayal, conversion, exile, divided loyalty, identity, conflict, alienation, honour, suspicion, fate	1901
The Tower Of Gold	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Tower Of Gold: splendour, Granada, memory, architecture, loss, power, beauty, history, nostalgia, symbol	1901
The Dirge For Aliatar	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Dirge For Aliatar: dirge, mourning, heroism, death, honour, remembrance, grief, elegy, loss, tribute	1901
The Ship Of Zara	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Ship Of Zara: voyage, Zara, departure, separation, longing, sea, uncertainty, love, fate, absence	1901
Hamete Ali	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Hamete Ali: honour, identity, bravery, nobility, Moorish Spain, loyalty, martial spirit, pride, lineage, reputation	1901
Zaide's Love	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaide’s Love: love, devotion, courtship, beauty, longing, passion, tenderness, fidelity, yearning, romance	1901
Zaida's Jealousy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaida’s Jealousy: jealousy, love, suspicion, rivalry, passion, resentment, mistrust, sorrow, wounded pride, conflict	1901
Zaida Of Toledo	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaida Of Toledo: Toledo, beauty, love, longing, nobility, identity, sorrow, courtship, memory, grace	1901
Zaide Rebuked	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaide Rebuked: rebuke, pride, honour, shame, correction, courtship, reputation, folly, humility, conflict	1901
Zaida's Inconstancy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaida’s Inconstancy: inconstancy, love, betrayal, changeability, sorrow, disappointment, courtship, mistrust, jealousy, regret	1901
Zaide's Desolation	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaide’s Desolation: desolation, grief, love, loss, loneliness, longing, despair, absence, melancholy, sorrow	1901
Zaida's Lament	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaida’s Lament: lament, grief, longing, sorrow, love, loss, memory, separation, melancholy, devotion	1901
Zaida's Curse	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaida’s Curse: curse, wrath, betrayal, sorrow, jealousy, fate, love, vengeance, lament, doom	1901
The Tournament Of Zaide	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Tournament Of Zaide: tournament, chivalry, rivalry, honour, spectacle, courtship, prowess, fame, competition, nobility	1901
Zaide's Complaint	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Zaide’s Complaint: complaint, love, sorrow, longing, grievance, disappointment, jealousy, lament, devotion, sadness	1901
Guhala's Love	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Guhala’s Love: love, devotion, longing, passion, beauty, courtship, tenderness, fidelity, yearning, sorrow	1901
Azarco Of Granada	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Azarco Of Granada: Granada, identity, nobility, honour, romance, loyalty, Moorish court, pride, lineage, valour	1901
Azarco Rebuked	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Azarco Rebuked: rebuke, pride, shame, honour, correction, arrogance, reputation, courtship, humility, conflict	1901
Adelifa's Farewell	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Adelifa’s Farewell: farewell, parting, love, sorrow, loyalty, longing, separation, devotion, memory, loss	1901
Azarco's Farewell	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Azarco’s Farewell: farewell, departure, longing, sorrow, devotion, separation, honour, love, memory, exile	1901
Celinda's Courtesy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Celinda’s Courtesy: courtesy, grace, courtliness, love, honour, refinement, generosity, restraint, admiration, nobility	1901
Gazul's Despondency	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Gazul’s Despondency: despondency, sorrow, longing, love, melancholy, disappointment, grief, weariness, isolation, lament	1901
Gazul In Love	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Gazul In Love: love, desire, courtship, longing, passion, devotion, beauty, yearning, romance, tenderness	1901
Celinda's Inconstancy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Celinda’s Inconstancy: inconstancy, fickleness, love, betrayal, disappointment, changeability, sorrow, courtship, mistrust, regret	1901
The Bull-Fight	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Bull-Fight: spectacle, courage, horsemanship, honour, rivalry, public display, danger, pride, festivity, skill	1901
Lovers Reconciled	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Lovers Reconciled: reconciliation, love, forgiveness, constancy, reunion, tenderness, healing, misunderstanding, devotion, harmony	1901
Call To Arms	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Call To Arms: battle, duty, honour, courage, warfare, loyalty, urgency, martial spirit, defence, resolve	1901
Gazul Calumniated	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Gazul Calumniated: slander, honour, innocence, reputation, jealousy, injustice, defence, courtly conflict, shame, vindication	1901
Gazul's Despair	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Gazul’s Despair: despair, unrequited love, grief, longing, sorrow, melancholy, hopelessness, devotion, loss, anguish	1901
Vengeance Of Gazul	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Vengeance Of Gazul: vengeance, honour, wrath, retribution, jealousy, conflict, pride, passion, justice, rivalry	1901
Gazul And Albenzaide	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Gazul And Albenzaide: romance, rivalry, honour, courtship, jealousy, passion, nobility, conflict, loyalty, reputation	1901
Gazul's Arms	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Gazul’s Arms: heraldry, identity, honour, lineage, chivalry, pride, nobility, martial fame, reputation, symbolism	1901
The Tournament (2)	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Tournament: tournament, chivalry, rivalry, honour, spectacle, courtship, prowess, fame, nobility, competition	1901
Abunemeya's Lament	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Abunemeya’s Lament: lament, exile, grief, loss, longing, memory, sorrow, fate, separation, melancholy	1901
The Despondent Lover	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Despondent Lover: despondency, love, sorrow, longing, rejection, melancholy, devotion, grief, yearning, despair	1901
Love And Jealousy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Love And Jealousy: love, jealousy, rivalry, suspicion, passion, mistrust, longing, conflict, betrayal, sorrow	1901
The Captive Of Toledo	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Captive Of Toledo: captivity, Toledo, separation, sorrow, endurance, longing, confinement, identity, hope, loss	1901
The Blazon Of Abenamar	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Blazon Of Abenamar: heraldry, lineage, honour, identity, nobility, reputation, symbolism, pride, ancestry, fame	1901
Woman's Fickleness	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Woman’s Fickleness: fickleness, love, inconstancy, betrayal, courtship, disappointment, changeability, reproach, jealousy, satire	1901
King Juan	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	King Juan: kingship, authority, justice, warfare, sovereignty, honour, command, power, judgement, politics	1901
Abenamar's Jealousy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Abenamar’s Jealousy: jealousy, suspicion, wounded pride, courtly love, rivalry, honour, resentment, passion, mistrust, sorrow	1901
Adelifa's Jealousy	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Adelifa’s Jealousy: jealousy, love, suspicion, rivalry, wounded pride, passion, mistrust, sorrow, resentment, conflict	1901
Funeral Of Abenamar	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Funeral Of Abenamar: funeral, mourning, honour, remembrance, grief, nobility, loss, elegy, tribute, death	1901
Ballad Of Albayaldos	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	Ballad Of Albayaldos: battle, heroism, honour, warfare, lineage, loyalty, valour, memory, Moorish Spain, loss	1901
The Night Raid Of Reduan	Moorish Literature	René Basset, PH.D.	Spain	The Night Raid Of Reduan: night raid, warfare, daring, courage, stealth, honour, battle, strategy, heroism, risk	1901

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