Introduction -- Scheherazade of 1001 nights -- The nightingale -- Sleeping Beauty -- Anansi -- White buffalo woman -- The little mermaid -- Crane wife -- Timb©đ tree -- Mohini and Aravan -- Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot -- Our Lady of Guadalupe -- Tam Lin -- The monkey king, Sun Wukong -- The Pandavas -- Yemoja -- Osiris, Set, and Isis -- Rapunzel -- Coyote -- Princess Kaguya -- The legend of the watermelon -- Condor's wife -- Oedipus and the oracle at Delphi -- Aladdin -- Fenrir -- The snow queen -- Turandot -- Waramurungundju -- Nanahuatzin -- The phoenix -- Yennenga -- Banjhakri and Banjhakrini -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Princess Parizade -- The legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai -- The woman who was kind to insects -- The boy and the dragon pearl -- Mwindo -- Tale of Tàj al-Mulúk and the Princess Dunyà -- Boitat©Ł -- Tatterhood -- King Arthur -- Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara -- Beaivi-nieda -- Sedna -- Vasilisa the beautiful -- Amhaeng-eosa -- La Llorona -- Six swans -- Pele -- Hang tuah -- Druids and the white stag -- Enkidu and Gilgamesh -- Hah-nu-nah, the world turtle -- Sita of the Ramayana -- The beauty and the beast -- The little match girl -- Donkeyskin -- John Henry -- Apsaras -- The bear king, Valemon -- Rainbow crow -- Bakunawa and the seven moons -- Sun god, Ra -- Matsuo's sake -- The enchanted pig -- The three princesses of whiteland -- Julnar of the sea-born -- Heitsi-Eibib -- The magic paintbrush -- Rhpisunt -- Danae and Perseus -- Moses -- Griffin -- Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka -- Janus -- Halibu the hunter -- Pan Hu -- The fairy godmother.