Continuing with the triad theme, Dr. Harvey uses this lecture to explore the role of the masculine hero, comparing the actions, motifs, and quests of King Arthur and Winnie the Pooh as she shares "Merlin, Arthur, and the Two Swords" and "Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole." Through this lecture, Dr. Harvey defines the category of legends.

A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

Relates the adventures of three little pigs who leave home to seek their fortunes and tells how they deal with the big bad wolf.

Fairy tales gathered from the folklore of Russia, Germany, Italy, France, China, Scotland, and England.

"Here is a wonderful, rambunctious gallery of folk: the early "ornery" ones like Hetty Green, the "outsider" who came to Vermont contrary, and stayed to become more so; Russel Colvin, the alleged corpse, who turned out to be not so dead; Eleazer Wheelock's son, John, who became the second president of Dartmouth College -- right through Calvin Coolidge. Her are Vermont's weird religions, fights, sports and finaglings; her artists (including the adopted...

Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Portugal, Rumania, Germany, Italy, Africa, Scandinavia, Russia, Serbia, and Japan.

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, ""jump"" stories, and scary songs.

"In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?"--