Myths
Mongan's Frenzy
James Stephens is famous for his retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales. This tale is about 1.5 hours in length, full of magical lore and…
West African Folk Tales
A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as …
The House of the Wolfings
William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time suc…
The Lost Continent
During an expedition in the Canary Islands, an archeologist discovers a cave containing tablets with unknown writing. When translated, they …
Hero and Leander
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?”The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague…
Aino Folk-Tales
Not for the squeamish or for children, these folk-tales are from the Ainu, the somewhat mysterious indigenous people of Japan, thousands of …
The Oresteia
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libati…
The Other Side of the Sun
What better thing can I say about this book except that it is written by Evelyn Sharp the author who writes fairy stories with a flowing and…
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
The Publishers have asked me to authorise a new edition, in my own name, of this little book—now long out of print—which was written by me t…
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…
More English Fairy Tales
"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…
Hindoo Tales
This book describes the adventures of ten Kumaras, i.e., young men, (all of whom are either princes or sons of royal ministers), as narrated…
History of the Britons
One of the earliest recorded histories of Britain; Nennius wrote the book around 796BC. These days Nennius is recognised as being a teller, …
Mythology
Jane Ellen Harrison was an English classical scholar whose work had a particular focus on the earliest origins of Greek religion. Her Mythol…
The Light Princess
The Light Princess is a fairytale written by George MacDonald about a young princess who is cursed by her wicked aunt to be without gravity.…
Tausend und eine Nacht
Scheherazade oder Schehersad, die Tochter eines Wesirs, heiratete den König / Sultan, der die Angewohnheit hatte, seine Ehefrauen am er…
The Story of Greece
A retelling of Greek myths, history and stories aimed at children.
Myths and Legends Around the World
You get to choose what you want to read! (All recordings in English]) So long as the source is Public Domain for you, any short story or cha…
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators, and scholars. They are an amalgam of myth…
Raggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble
Raggedy Andy raised up on his cotton stuffed elbow and whispered to Raggedy Ann, "Less have another adventure! Shall we?"And Ragge…