Stories Arranged by Continent of Origin

Stories like to travel, and can be hard to pin down. Nevertheless here is an alphabetical listing of stories by approximate country and continent of origin. To hear each story, click on the titles below.

The Man Who Became a Wolf (Chipewayan, Athabasca)
The Name (Haiti)
The Oldest Boy (Inuit) Told by Walton Stanley 

The Birth of Athena (Ancient Greece)
Caedmon's Hymn (England)
"The Curse of Macha" told by Clare Murphy (Ireland)
"The Fox Woman" told by Danny Deardorff (Siberia)
The Handless Maiden (Germany)
Elena the Wise (Russia)
The Golden Tree (The Caucasus)
King Powell and Lady Rhiannon (Wales)
Merlyn Frees the Dragons (Wales)
Orpheus, Midas and the Goat-Man in the Garden (Rome)
Proteus, the Changing Man of the Sea (Ancient Greek)
Rags and Leaves (Italy)
Rapunzel (Germany)
She Climbs Antlers by Starlight (Georgia)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England)
​Sleeping Beauty (France)
The Three Wishes (England)
The Woman of the Sea (Scotland)

Anansi and the Box of Stories (Ghana)
The Poor Man Who Became Rich Again in a Dream (Middle East)
Stories from the Collection Known as "A Thousand and One Nights" (Middle East)​

The Four Magic Bowls (India) The Four 

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