Category: Europe

May 13, 2020

THE ENTANGLED MERMAID (DUTCH FAIRY TALES FOR YOUNG FOLKS) By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS

Long ago, in Dutch Fairy Land, there lived a young mermaid who was very proud of her good looks. She was one of a family of mere or lake folks dwelling not far from...

May 13, 2020

THE MALTESE CAT (THE DAY’S WORK) By Rudyard Kipling

They had good reason to be proud, and better reason to be afraid, all twelve of them; for though they had fought their way, game by game, up the teams entered for the polo...

May 10, 2020

Folk and Fairy tales to celebrate Europe Day

Europe Day is celebrated on 5 May by the Council of Europe and on 9 May by the European Union. Therefore fairytalenight.com presents a folk or fairy tale from each member country of the...

May 10, 2020

Bearslayer by Andrejs Pumpurs (1841-1902)

CANTO I THE REVELATION OF BEARSLAYER Scene 1: The Council of the Baltic gods The gods gather In azure vaults of heaven soaring bright, In lofty castles filled with endless joy, The God of...

May 10, 2020

THE TRUE BRIDE (MIGHTY MIKKO A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) BY PARKER FILLMORE

The Story of Ilona and the King’s Son There were once two orphans, a brother and a sister, who lived alone in the old farmhouse where their fathers before them had lived for many...

May 10, 2020

PYGMALION AND GALATEA (OLD GREEK FOLK STORIES TOLD ANEW, 1897) By Josephine Preston Peabody

The island of Cyprus was dear to the heart of Venus. There her temples were kept with honor, and there, some say, she watched with the Loves and Graces over the long enchanted sleep...

Category: Europe

THE ENTANGLED MERMAID (DUTCH FAIRY TALES FOR YOUNG FOLKS) By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS

THE MALTESE CAT (THE DAY’S WORK) By Rudyard Kipling

Folk and Fairy tales to celebrate Europe Day

Bearslayer by Andrejs Pumpurs (1841-1902)

THE TRUE BRIDE (MIGHTY MIKKO A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) BY PARKER FILLMORE

PYGMALION AND GALATEA (OLD GREEK FOLK STORIES TOLD ANEW, 1897) By Josephine Preston Peabody

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