Introduction The magic brocade (China) The talking skull (West Africa) The magic mill (Norway) The blizzard witch of the north (Siberian Arctic) Urashima the fisherman (Japan) Mother Holle (Germany) The sealskin (Iceland) The tiger, the brahman, and the jackal (India) Wiley and the hairy man (United States) The golden goose (Germany) The magic oysters of the Queen of the South Sea (Indonesia) The sad story of stone frogs (Australia) Talk! talk! (West Africa) The man who could transform himself (Kenya) Duffy and the devil (England) The golden touch (Ancient Greece) The contrary fairy (French Canada) Drakestail (France) The mouse bride (Finland) - - The pedlar of Swaffham (England) The boy who drew cats (Japan) --The search for the magic lake (Ecuador) The olden golden goose (India) The firebird, the horse of power, and Princess Vasilissa (Russia) --The beggar king, a King Solomon tale (Babylonia) The carpet, the mirror, and the magic fruit (Middle East) The contest between wisdom and luck (Eastern Europe) Notes
