Folk Tales from Many Lands

These are the stories humanity has told around fires for ten thousand years. In every language, in every culture, people have gathered to share tales of tricksters and heroes, foolish kings and clever peasants, animals that speak and spirits that haunt the night. This collection gathers folk tales from across the globe, retold with the poetic sensibility they deserve. Here you will find wisdom wrapped in wonder, humor that still lands, and myths that explain how the world began. Some will make you laugh. Others will make you shiver. All of them carry something essential: the dreams, fears, and accumulated insight of ordinary people passed down through generations. Lilian Gask brings these voices together in one volume, reminding us that despite our differences, we have always told the same kinds of stories.