The Greenwood library of world folktales : stories from the great collections /

The Greenwood library of world folktales : stories from the great collections / edited by Thomas A. Green. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008 - 4 v. ill. 27 cm.

v. 1. Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and Oceania -- v. 2. Asia -- v. 3. Europe -- v. 4. North and South America.

Discusses tales from Amazon to The Artic.these tales are said to be the foundations of world's traditions,literature and popular culture and are fundamental to daily life.Features: Volumes are devoted to particular geographic regions. Tales are clustered in sections devoted to particular cultural groups within the regions.Tales are accompanied by explanatory introduction.


Folklore.
Tales.

GR 74 .G8567 2008