Folktales Told Around the World

A compendium of global folktales drawn from oral traditions by experts—a must-have volume for folklore scholars.

Recorded by expect collectors, the majority of the stories included in Richard M. Dorson's Folktales Told Around the World are published here for the first time. With tales from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania, this collection is unlike those that are derived in large part from literary texts. By assembling only authentic examples of folktales as they were orally told, this volume meets the criteria of professional folklorists. Background information, notes on the narrators, and scholarly commentaries are provided to establish the folkloric character of the tales.