Myths

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. Appropriate stories tell of …

Fairy Tales from South Africa

by Mrs. E.J. Bourhill and Mrs. E. J. Bourhill Read by Noel Badrian 4.9
The stories in this collection come from the oral traditions of the people from Swaziland, Matabeleland (Ndebele people) and Zululand in So…

Viking Tales

by Jennie Hall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The story follows the life of the Viking Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It focuses on the Vikings' eagerness for adv…

Snowdrop and Other Tales

by Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Many of these tales were published in English in 1909, the Brothers Grimm tales in this book were published separately in 1920 with illustra…

Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

by Homer Read by Arthur Krolman 4.7
Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the re…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Lyn Stanley 4.5
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to pleasure children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in whi…

A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

by Beatrix Potter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
What can we say about the delightful Beatrix Potter stories? Starting with the naughty Peter Rabbit and his misadventures, progressing thro…

Swanhilde

by Wilhelm Hauff Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales (Märchen). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph…

Russian Fairy Tales

by Peter Nikolaevich Polevoi Read by Expatriate 4.8
The existence of the Russian Skazki or Märchen was first made generally known to the British public by Mr W. R. S. Ralston in his “Russ…

Favorite Fairy Tales

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This book of favorite fairy tales was compiled and illustrated by Peter Newell. it includes Jack The Giant Killer; Cinderella; Sleeping Beau…

In The Days of Giants

by Abbie Farwell Brown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This book is made of the stories told by the Northern folk,—the people who live in the land of the midnight sun, where summer is green and p…

Tales of Old Japan

by Lord Redesdale Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains…

Old Greek Stories

by James Baldwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin invites listeners into the enchanting world of ancient Greek mythology, where legendary heroes embark on …

Romances of Old Japan

by Yei Theodora Ozaki Read by mlcui 4.8
A collection of romances from old Japan rendered into English by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Filled with tales of honor, adventure, tragedy, and rom…

Legends of Norseland

by Mara L. Pratt Read by Ryan Williams 4.4
Collection of tales from the Norse legends, from the beginning of the golden kingdom of the Aesir, to it's end within the flames of Ragnarok…

Fairy Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This collection of fairy tales include many that you may never have heard of. Published in 1884, Andersen obviously enjoyed putting many un…

The Scottish Fairy Book

by Elizabeth W. Grierson Read by Nan Dodge 4.8
This book of Scottish fairy tales tells of brownies, fairies, and apparitions, bogies, witches, kelpies, and tales told about a mysterious r…

The Book of Werewolves

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-Gould delves into the fascinating world of lycanthropy, exploring the myths and legends that have su…

The Little Match Girl

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
The Little Match Girl is a poignant tale by Hans Christian Andersen that captures the essence of hope and despair through the eyes of a youn…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by The Gawain Poet Read by M. J. Boyle 4.6
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of…

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