Harvest of the World Fol

by Milton Rugoff

A rich collection of the tales men have told for nearly 4000 years from ancient Egypt and Peru to the new America of mining - and logging-camp days. The selection is balanced between familiar stories and those which will be fresh discoveries to all but the specialists. many are from rare and unusual sources; some were first written down by anthropologists making studies of primitive societies; others stem from the Brothers Grimm and Andersen and other well-known authorities. The editor has weighed all existing versions and in each case picked the most readable - many translations are by distinguished authors. The book is divided into nineteen representative world Africa, American, American Indian, Arabian and Turkish, Chinese, Egyptian, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Latin American, Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish. All categories of folk tales are Marchen, legends, myths, jests and drolls, fabliaux, fairy tales, fables, tall tales; romantic, and fantastic tales; ghost stories and animal stories; moral tales and mystery stories.

Genres: Folk Tales, Mythology

734 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1949