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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
Orlando Furioso - Canto 6	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 7	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 11	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 13	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 21	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 28	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 29	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 35	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 36	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 39	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
Orlando Furioso - Canto 40	Orlando Furioso	Lodovico Ariosto	Italy	Orlando Furioso: chivalry, unrequited love, madness, honour, heroic quest, war, magic, betrayal, romance, Christian and Saracen conflict	1516
What Ana Saw In The Sunbeam	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	What Ana Saw In The Sunbeam: vision, innocence, wonder, revelation, childhood, imagination	1870
Turian And Floreta	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Turian And Floreta: romance, separation, fidelity, danger, reunion, noble love	1870
El Clavel	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	El Clavel: love, token, jealousy, honour, desire, romance	1870
The Blood-Stain Of The Alcázar Of Seville	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Blood-Stain Of The Alcázar Of Seville: guilt, memory, crime, haunting, justice, royal history	1870
St Martin In Spain	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	St Martin In Spain: saintly legend, charity, faith, travel, blessing, wonder	1870
Ramon The Discontented	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Ramon The Discontented: restlessness, dissatisfaction, folly, self-knowledge, irony, change	1870
The Adventures Of Doña Josefa Ramirez Y Marmolejo	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Adventures Of Doña Josefa Ramirez Y Marmolejo: female resourcefulness, travel, misadventure, wit, resilience, comedy	1870
Filial Love Above All	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Filial Love Above All: family loyalty, sacrifice, obedience, honour, devotion, endurance	1870
The Sun Of Wittenburg	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Sun Of Wittenburg: fame, glory, reputation, chivalric splendour, memory, admiration	1870
Don Alonso De Aguilar	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Don Alonso De Aguilar: frontier warfare, honour, military valour, nobility, death, remembrance	1870
Merino	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Merino: wit, profession, pride, social satire, cleverness, reputation	1870
Hormesinda	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Hormesinda: courtly love, lineage, honour, intrigue, kingship, chivalry	1870
Another Fair Maid Of Zaragoza	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Another Fair Maid Of Zaragoza: beauty, courtship, reputation, civic pride, wit, rivalry	1870
The Wind's Story	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Wind’s Story: wandering, changeability, storytelling, nature, caprice, wonder	1870
Juanita The Bald; Or, A Daughter's Love	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Juanita The Bald; Or, A Daughter’s Love: filial devotion, sacrifice, endurance, family loyalty, suffering, love	1870
The Steeple Of Coveña	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Steeple Of Coveña: village legend, church, marvel, communal memory, faith, place	1870
Too Clever By Half	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Too Clever By Half: overconfidence, trickery, comeuppance, wit, irony, folly	1870
The Pedro Jimenez Grape	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Pedro Jimenez Grape: origin legend, agriculture, fortune, wit, local pride, invention	1870
Don Jaime De Aragon	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Don Jaime De Aragon: kingship, warfare, dynastic honour, courage, medieval memory, conquest	1870
Starving John The Doctor	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Starving John The Doctor: trickery, hunger, imposture, comic deceit, survival, satire	1870
El Conde Sol	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	El Conde Sol: noble birth, love, fate, honour, loss, romance	1870
The Ill-Tempered Princess	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Ill-Tempered Princess: pride, anger, correction, marriage, transformation, courtly comedy	1870
Simple Johnny And The Spell-Bound Princesses	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Simple Johnny And The Spell-Bound Princesses: enchantment, simplicity, courage, rescue, perseverance, reward	1870
Raguel, Or The Jewess Of Toledo	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Raguel, Or The Jewess Of Toledo: love, faith, persecution, courtly tragedy, intolerance	1870
Carlo Magno And The Giant	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Carlo Magno And The Giant: heroism, combat, kingship, strength, conquest, marvel	1870
Taguel, Or The Jewess Of Toledo	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Taguel, Or The Jewess Of Toledo: forbidden love, religious difference, court intrigue, beauty, tragedy, tolerance	1870
The Ballad-Maker And The Boot-Maker	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Ballad-Maker And The Boot-Maker: art and labour, rivalry, pride, humour, class, craft	1870
The Infante Don Henrique And The Lions	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Infante Don Henrique And The Lions: princely courage, beasts, royal testing, bravery, spectacle, honour	1870
The Hermit And The Fig-Tree	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Hermit And The Fig-Tree: piety, temptation, solitude, providence, moral testing, humility	1870
The Black Charger Of Hernando	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Black Charger Of Hernando: horsemanship, warfare, loyalty, bravery, noble image, legend	1870
Blanca The Haughty	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Blanca The Haughty: pride, beauty, courtship, correction, status, romance	1870
Marvellous Stories --I St Michael's Feather	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Marvellous Stories –I St Michael’s Feather: miracle, saintly aid, wonder, faith, protection	1870
Marvellous Stories Ii "Eyes To The Blind"	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Marvellous Stories Ii “Eyes To The Blind”: miracle, healing, faith, compassion, divine grace	1870
Marvellous Stories Iii The Floating Chest	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Marvellous Stories Iii The Floating Chest: providence, peril, escape, marvel, survival, fate	1870
Marvellous Stories Iv The Whale Of The Manzanáres	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Marvellous Stories Iv The Whale Of The Manzanáres: absurdity, marvel, humour, exaggeration, urban legend	1870
King Vamba	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	King Vamba: kingship, reluctant rule, legitimacy, leadership, national memory, duty	1870
Dona Terea	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	Dona Terea: love, honour, womanhood, memory, sorrow, nobility	1870
The irish Princess	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	The Irish Princess: exile, marriage, identity, foreignness, nobility, legend	1870
El Conde Fernan Gonzalez	Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional	Rachel Harriette Busk	Spain	El Conde Fernan Gonzalez: Castile, independence, lordship, warfare, patriotism, dynastic memory	1870

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