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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
Pygmalion And Galatea (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Pygmalion And Galatea: art, ideal beauty, longing, creation, desire, animation, devotion, transformation, love, fulfilment	1913
The Love Of Apollo	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Love Of Apollo: pursuit, rejection, desire, transformation, laurel, beauty, frustration, prophecy, longing, chastity	1913
Theseus Part I	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Theseus Part I: youth, quest, monsters, courage, Athens, lineage, road adventures, heroism, justice, initiation	1913
In The Beginning (1)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	In The Beginning: creation, chaos, origin, gods, cosmos, order, primal forces, birth, earth, sky	1913
Pyramus And Thisbe (3)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Pyramus And Thisbe: forbidden love, misunderstanding, secrecy, wall, lament, blood, tragedy, devotion, loss, fate	1913
Minerva (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Minerva: wisdom, strategy, crafts, intellect, justice, learning, protection, warfare, prudence, skill	1913
The Deluge (3)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Deluge: flood, divine judgement, destruction, survival, renewal, piety, ark, rebirth, punishment, humanity	1913
Iris And Aurora	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Iris And Aurora: rainbow, dawn, messages, light, sky, renewal, beauty, transition, colour, divine movement	1913
The Story Of Jason Part I	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Story Of Jason Part I: quest, Argonauts, kingship, adventure, golden fleece, comradeship, peril, destiny, voyage, heroism	1913
The Story Of Pandora	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Story Of Pandora: curiosity, forbidden gift, box, suffering, release, temptation, blame, humanity, misfortune, hope	1913
The Story Of Jason Part II	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Story Of Jason Part II: betrayal, Medea, return, revenge, ambition, passion, exile, sorcery, broken oaths, tragedy	1913
The Vestals	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Vestals: sacred fire, chastity, duty, Rome, priesthood, purity, protection, ritual, state, devotion	1913
Apollo The Musician	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Apollo The Musician: lyre, harmony, beauty, divine art, order, song, inspiration, contest, refinement, civilisation	1913
Neptune And The Sea-Gods	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Neptune And The Sea-Gods: sea, storms, waves, horses, trident, marine power, tempests, deep, divinity, dominion	1913
Hercules Part II	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Hercules Part II: redemption, suffering, perseverance, violence, atonement, mortality, glory, trials, destiny, apotheosis	1913
Pluto And The Underworld	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Pluto And The Underworld: death, shadows, afterlife, judgement, hidden wealth, inevitability, darkness, realm, souls, power	1913
Perseus (1)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Perseus: quest, Medusa, rescue, heroism, divine aid, courage, monsters, prophecy, flight, triumph	1913
Mars And Vulcan	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Mars And Vulcan: war, craft, armour, conflict, fire, strength, rivalry, masculinity, divine labour, power	1913
Diana	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Diana: moon, hunting, chastity, wilderness, independence, archery, protection, nymphs, severity, purity	1913
Mercury (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Mercury: messenger, speed, cunning, trade, theft, wit, travel, eloquence, guidance, invention	1913
Bacchus (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Bacchus: wine, ecstasy, revelry, fertility, transformation, excess, liberation, frenzy, theatre, devotion	1913
Flora, Vertumnus And Pomona	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Flora, Vertumnus And Pomona: gardens, blossoms, fruit, seasons, courtship, transformation, fertility, harvest, persuasion, abundance	1913
Theseus Part II	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Theseus Part II: Minotaur, labyrinth, Ariadne, kingship, abandonment, tragedy, forgetting, political order, bravery, destiny	1913
Janus (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Janus: beginnings, endings, doorways, time, transition, duality, thresholds, foresight, retrospection, Rome	1913
The Apple Of Discord	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Apple Of Discord: rivalry, beauty, jealousy, judgement, vanity, contention, goddesses, desire, provocation, war	1913
The Story Of Cupid And Psyche (1)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	The Story Of Cupid And Psyche: love, trust, trials, jealousy, beauty, soul, secrecy, reunion, endurance, immortality	1913
Apollo And King Admetus	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Apollo And King Admetus: exile, service, kingship, humility, divine disguise, hospitality, gratitude, herds, favour, recompense	1913
Venus (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Venus: love, beauty, desire, allure, fertility, passion, charm, seduction, power, enchantment	1913
Bellerophon (2)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Bellerophon: Pegasus, heroism, ambition, Chimæra, pride, divine favour, adventure, triumph, downfall, hubris	1913
Oedipus (1)	Stories of Old Greece and Rome	Emilie Kip Baker	Greece	Oedipus: fate, prophecy, identity, patricide, incest, truth, blindness, kingship, guilt, tragedy	1913
The Water-Horse At Loch Cuaich	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Water-Horse At Loch Cuaich: loch monster haunting outlaw Macphie’s island refuge.	1900
The Cup Of The Macleods Of Raasa	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Cup Of The Macleods Of Raasa: stolen fairy drinking cup and escape.	1900
Lifted By The Fairies	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Lifted By The Fairies: humans abducted, transported, and used by fairies.	1900
The Fairy Churning	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Fairy Churning: woman overhearing fairy dairy work inside hillock.	1900
Luran	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Luran: swift dog, fairy thefts, and magical pursuit.	1900
The Wife Of Ben-Y-Ghloe	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Wife Of Ben-Y-Ghloe: uncanny mountain crone hosting lost hunters.	1900
The Fairies On Finlay's Sandbank	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Fairies On Finlay's Sandbank: fairy mound, borrowed kettle, smith’s bargain.	1900
Ben Lomond Fairies	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Ben Lomond Fairies: fairies dyeing cloth and thread by lochside magic.	1900
Kindness To A Neglected Child	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Kindness To A Neglected Child: fairies sheltering and returning a lost child.	1900
The Gaïck Catastrophe (_Mort Ghàthaig_)	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Gaïck Catastrophe (Mort Ghàthaig): mountain disaster linked with ominous devil lore.	1900
The Young Man In The Fairy Knoll	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Young Man In The Fairy Knoll: revel in fairy mound, companion recovered later.	1900
Duine Sith, Man Of Peace	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Duine Sith, Man Of Peace: the male fairy, elf, or silent otherworld being.	1900
Maccrimmon	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Maccrimmon: fairy-bestowed musical mastery and enchanted piping.	1900
Donald, Son Of Patrick	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Donald, Son Of Patrick: lone foxhunter confronting a monstrous fairy woman.	1900
The Lowland Fairies	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Lowland Fairies: fairy dwellings and habits near coastal Largs.	1900
Macphie’s Black Dog	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Macphie’s Black Dog: supernatural black dog defending master in cave horror.	1900
Fairy Dogs (‘Cu Sith’)	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Fairy Dogs (‘Cu Sith’): huge spectral hounds haunting Hebridean nights.	1900
Bean Shith, Elle Woman, Or Woman Of Peace	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	Bean Shith, Elle Woman, Or Woman Of Peace: fairy woman visiting human homes, eerie otherworldly presence.	1900
O’Cronicert’s Fairy Wife	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	O’Cronicert’s Fairy Wife: ruined man transformed by marriage to fairy wife.	1900
The Glaistig	Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland	John Gregorson Campbell	Scotland	The Glaistig: household tutelary spirit guarding cattle and punishing disrespect.	1900

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