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LONG
AGO
FOLK & FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD
Retold by
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrated by
Vojtéch Kuba~ta
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ONCE
AGO
FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
OF
THE WORLD
rn he range and variety of this magnificent
- new collection of folk tales and fairy
stories distinguishes it immediately from all
prcvious ventures in this field.
Here are no les~than seventy entrancing
stories selected from fifty different lands,
some of them dating back as far as Ancient
Greece and Egypt.
Roger Lancelyn Green, the well-known
writer for children, retells these traditional
tales in characteristically fresh and engaging
manner, while fully retaining the distinctive
national flavour of the original versions; and
the bold and witty full-colour illustrations
~y ~TojtêchKubaita brilliantly match the
excitement and fantasty of the Stories.
In addition to long-established favourites
such as Cinderella, SnowWhite and Puss in
Boots, there are a host of new characters
whose marvellous adventures will absorb the
most demanding and knowledgeable fairytale
addicts — like Sedna thn Eskimo girl,
Yannikas and Marika the Greek children,
and the Wonderful Twins from Meyico.
All the essential ingredients of folk and
fairy lore will be found in these pages —
witches from Estonia and Russia, giants
from England and Spain, fairies from
China and Wales, strange monsters from
Arabia, Australia, B~sutolandand Rhodesia.
There are magicbirds,magic horses, magic
carpets, magic fish and magic apples from
Sicily, Poland, Sweden and Polynesia —
from every part of the world, in fact, where
children are still enraptured and spellbound
by the magic words ‘Once Upon a
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LONG
AGO
FOLK AND FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD
Retold by
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrated by
Vojtbch Kubalta
GOLDEN PLEASURE BOOKS • LONDON

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I AMERICAN INDIAN
2 AMERICAN INDIAN
3 AMERICAN NEGRO
4 ARABIAN
5 ARMENIAN .
6 AUSTRALIAN
7 BASUTO
8 BRAZILIAN .
9 CHINESE
10 CHINESE
II CRETAN
12 CZECH
13 DANISH
14 DANISH
15 EGYPTIAN
16 ENGLISH
17 ENGLISH
18 ENGLISH
19 ENGLISH
20 ESKIMO
21 ESTONIAN .
22 FINNISH
23 FLEMISH
24 FLEMISH
25 FRENCH
26 FRENCH
27 FRENCH
28 GERMAN
29 GERMAN
30 GERMAN
31 GERMAN
32 ANCIENT GREEK
33 ANCIENT GREEK
34 MODERN GREEK
35 MODERN GREEK
36 HUNGARIAN
37 ICELANDIC .
CONTE-NTS
The Boy and the Wolves
The Son of the Wolf Chief .
The Blacksmith and the Devil
The Prince and the Fairy
Zoulvisia
The Bunyip
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34
The Nyamatsanea 36
The Story of Yara 38
The Fairy Wife 42
The Nung-Guama 46
The Young Man and the Sea Maid 50
Long, Stout and Sharpeyes . . . . 52
Hana, the Mermaid’s Son . . . . 62
The Magic Book 68
The Treasure Thief 74
Jack and the Beanstalk 78
Coat of Rushea 82
The Three Bears
The Six Siliies 88
Sedna and the Hunter 90
The Dragon ofthe North . . . . 92
The Hungry Beasts 98
The Twelve Dancing Princesses . . 102
Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose 109
The Sleeping Beauty 112
Puss in Boots 120
Cinderella 124
Little Snow White 128
The Singing, Soaring Lark . . . . 134
The Three Treasures 138
The Fisherman and his Wife . . . 142
The Hungry Prince 148
The Princes Atsianta 152
Yannikas and Marika 156
The Boy and the Dragon . . . 160
The Grateful Animals 164
The Witch in the Stone Boat . . . 168

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38 INDIAN
39 IRISH .
40 IRISH .
41 ITALIAN
42 JAPANESE
43LAPP
44 LITHUANIAN
45 MEXICAN
46 NIGERIAN
47 NORSE
48 NORSE
49 PERSIAN
50 PERUVIAN
51 POLISH
52 POLYNESIAN
53 PORTUGUESE
54 RHODESIAN
55 RHODIAN
56 RUMANIAN
57 RUSSIAN
58 RUSSIAN
59 SCOTTISH
60 SCOTTISH
61 SERBIAN
62 SICILIAN
63 SPANISH
64 SPANISH
65 SUDANESE
66 SWEDISH
67 SWISS
68 TUNISIAN
69 TURKISH
70 WELSH
First published 1962
This impression 1966
Published by GOLDEN PLEASURE BOOKS LTD.
Dnsry House . Russell Street. London WC2
© 1962 Golden Plessure Books Ltd. a
lilustestions © 1962 by Vojtich Kubsks
Printed in Czec/wslevakia by PolygrafiaPrague
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The Lucky Adventurer 172
The Black Thief 176
The Leprechaun 182
The Frog Princess 184
The Cat Lovers 186
The Foolish Giant 188
The Three Princes 192
The Wonderful Twins 198
The Cunning Tortoise 202
Why the Sea is Salt 204
Soria Moria Castle 208
The Magic Bird 212
The Prince and the Maiden. . . . 218
The Glass Mountain 220
The Bones of Djulung 224
The Prince and the Dove 226
The Magic Mirror 230
The Two Kings 232
The Voice of Death 238
Koshchei the Undying 240
The Witch in the Wood 248
Childe Roland 252
The Brown Bull of Norrowa . . . 256
The Three Beggars 264
The Cunning Shoemaker . . . . 268
The Half-Chick 272
The Water of Life 274
The Coward 278
The Prince and the Fox 282
The Griffin
Abu Nowas and his Wife
Madschun
The Fairy of the Lake
286
290
294
298
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This colourfullyillustrated selection of tales
from the Panchatantra (300 A.D.) contains
all the wisdom, humour and drama of the
world’s first and finest animal fables. As
in the fables of Aesop, the animal world
reflects the human world: animals behave
as humans do, and the moral principles
which their stories illustrate are always
intended for the human world.
5 .~iERICANINDIAN
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Like other peoples of the world, the Ainerican
Indians created many legends to explain
the natural mysteries of the universe.
But their great wealth of animal lore is
unique and simply reflecta their love of
animals. Both legend and tale have been
delightfully combined in this beautifully
illustrated volume.
~ANS CHRIS 11
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Twenty-six favourite tales by one of the
world’s greatest storytellers. The magnificent
illustrations rtflect the delicate fantasy
and dreamlike qualities ofAndersen’s hauntjog
and appealing tales.
L~MM’S i~RY 1AI
A selection from the rich and varied storieS
published in 1812 by the brothers Wilheh8
and Jakob Grimm. The pictuiss form si
admirable c 2 ’nplement to these beautfi ii
and imagi’ ~ polk tales.