Myths

Fairy Tales and Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Step into a world of wonder with this enchanting collection of fairy tales and stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Known for his imaginative…

The Fisherman and His Soul

by Oscar Wilde Read by Phil Chenevert 4.1
To get what we want is often the greatest curse of all. The fisherman here accidentally catches a mermaid in his net. He falls in love with…

Faust II

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…

Honey-Bee

by Anatole France Read by Kate Follis 4.3
A sweet fairy-tale, Honey-Bee tells the story of two children raised as brother and sister, but who are not. One day they venture out to fin…

Children's Short Works

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Discover a delightful assortment of stories in Children's Short Works, a collection that brings together 15 enchanting tales for young liste…

The Book of Nature Myths

by Florence Holbrook Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These delightful stories about how natural things began are drawn from the early folk-lore of many races. The wonderful explanations of the…

The Brownies

by Palmer Cox Read by Jude Somers 4.2
The Brownies are delightful, helpful, mischievous characters and this series of rollicking rhymes tells many stories about their adventures.…

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales

by Joseph Jacobs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales invites listeners into the enchanting world of Irish folklore, where magic and reality intertwine. This collecti…

The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk

by Mary Grant Bruce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Mary Grant Bruce was an Australian children's writer who spent one year collecting Aboriginal stories in Gippsland - a part of Victoria whic…

Myths And Legends Of California And The Old Southwest

by Katharine Berry Judson Read by David Wales 4.1
"...The preparation of a volume of the quainter, purer myths, suitable for general reading, authentic, and with illustrations of the co…

The Coming of the Fairies

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
After a number of deaths in his close family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned to spiritualism in hope of finding proof of the afterlife. Being…

Life and Death

by Henryk Sienkiewicz Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Henryk Sienkiewicz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905, but as he wrote in Polish many English-speakers are unfamiliar with his work.…

Iracema, the Honey-Lips

by Jose de Alencar and José De Alencar Read by Leni 3.8
Iracema (translated as Iracema, the Honey Lips: a legend of Brazil) is considered one of the most important books of Brazilian romanticism, …

Children's Short Works

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Discover a delightful assortment of stories in Children's Short Works, a collection featuring 15 enchanting tales for young listeners. Curat…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Once on a Time

by A. A. Milne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
When the King of Barodia receives a pair of seven-league boots as a birthday present, his habit of flying over the King of Euralia's castle …

The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories

by Rosetta Baskerville Read by laurakgibbs 5
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…

Told in the gardens of Araby

by Izora C. Chandler Read by Doug Wade 4.8
A collection of Persian stories - Summary by Doug Wade

Princess White Flame

by Gertrude Crownfield Read by ShrimpPhish 5
Princess White Flame was a very beautiful princess, there was only one problem. Nobody could see her. She was all invisible except for a shi…

American Hero-Myths

by Daniel Garrison Brinton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
This work was done to begin to draw distinction between myth and reality in the Native American hero lore. It comes at a time when not much…

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