Fairy Collection

After defeating the nightlace vine eager to kill every Outling on campus, I'm feeling kinda cocky. But nothing ever goes smoothly for me, does it? Let's start with the good news first: I've not only figured out how to ride an aldakor, but I've also convinced the naiad living in the moat that I can be trusted. You might say I've got an in with magical creatures. And I've found a new best friend who's awesome, even if she's keeping secrets.

Of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, The Odyssey serves to some extent as a sequel to The Iliad. The poem describes the journey home of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. In the Greek sources, the Trojan War lasted 10 years, and Odysseus spent 10 more years on the return journey due to the hostility of Poseidon, the god of earth and sea. Odysseus' fantastical adventures include a period of captivity on Calypso’s island, a visit to the lethargic lotus eaters, an encounter with a one-eyed Cyclops, and more.

Zügellosigkeit, Lebenslust, Mord und Totschlag, Triumph und Tragödie: Die griechischen Göttersagen sind wilder und wüster als das Leben selbst und bieten damit alles, was sich Leser wünschen. Die alten Griechen inspirierten unter anderen Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce und Walt Disney. In Stephen Frys brillanter Nacherzählung erwachen die alten Sagen zu neuem Leben. Wir verlieben uns mit Zeus, sehen die Geburt der Athene, nehmen mit Kronos und Gaia Rache an Uranos, wir weinen mit König Midas und jagen mit der wunderschönen und furchtlosen Artemis.

L'Odissea è un testo che conserva sempre intatto il suo fascino particolare. Restiamo sempre ammaliati da quello che si può considerare il viaggio più importante di tutta la cultura occidentale. La curiosità dell'ignoto, il bisogno del viaggio e del ritorno a casa sono le forze che spingono Ulisse a vagabondare per tutto il mondo conosciuto ed anche oltre. Le sue avventure si sviluppano in un continuo intreccio di rapporti con gli dèi, i quali di volta in volta in volta lo salvano o tentano di eliminarlo.

Nie sind monströsere Gefahren überwunden und rachsüchtigere Götter überlistet worden als in der griechischen Antike. Stephen Fry haucht den Sagen um Perseus, Herakles & Ödipus neues Leben ein. Ob Jason mithilfe von Medeas Zauber das Goldene Vlies stiehlt oder Theseus durch Ariadnes List den Minotaurus überwindet - mit seinem unnachahmlichen Humor holt Fry die klassischen Stoffe in unsere Zeit. Er zeigt, dass hinter jedem Helden eine Heldin steht und dass es der Auflehnung der Helden gegen Zeus & Co. bedurfte, um der Welt von uns Menschen den Weg zu bereiten.

A 17th-century writer named Charles Perrault was sometimes called Mother Goose, an imaginary author of fairy tales. His early material was inspired and derived from earlier folk tales that he greatly embellished and improved. This collection includes "Cinderella", along with other such known favorites as “Sleeping Beauty", “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Blue Beard”, and “Puss in Boots”, along with such lesser known fairy tales as “The Ridiculous Wishes”, “Little Thumb”, “Ricky of the Tuft", “Griselda,” and “Donkey Skin”.

This is the 11th volume of stories from teacher Patrick Healy, who traveled around the world, talking with people in different places and collecting around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales.

An anthology of time’s most beloved stories, written and adapted by the world’s most well-known fairy tale authors, and narrated by a variety of great storytellers.

The series of five short stories follows five RiverMaid sisters as the try to find the perfect human playthings to keep for their pleasure. The hell that each of them go through is as unique as they are. Will Odina be able to open her heart to anyone? Will Marillia be able to see past her jealousy to see what is right in front of her? Can Lyra ever forgive herself for what she has done? Is Arunna ever going to find something as amazing as what she had before? Can Alya let go of what was done to her and see the good around her? Each tale is found in this audiobook.

Che fiabe leggevano i nostri nonni e bisnonni? Questo vecchio libro di fiabe racconta circa cinquanta fiabe provenienti da tutto il mondo. Certo ci sono fiabe storiche come "La Sirenetta", "Biancaneve", "Alì Babà", "La bella addormentata", "Hansel e Gretel", "Pollicino", "Cenerentola", ma per la maggior parte sono fiabe poco note, che hanno il sapore della terra di provenienza: Russia, Polonia, Svezia, Ungheria, Norvegia, Danimarca, Francia, Inghilterra, Germania, Italia, Romania, India, Giappone, Medio oriente.

Dalla voce di una grande autrice, sedici tenere e sorprendenti fiabe rivolte ai più piccoli. Da leggere assieme, per stupirsi e volare in Russia su cavalli d'inchiostro, o tra le stelle con Lady Oscar.

After Aleyna witnessed the cruel deaths of her family, she was put to sleep by Ezralon the unicorn. He has been keeping her safe, hidden in the forest, until her true prince could come and rescue her. While Aleyna is protected in the forest, her spirit walks the halls of her ruined, deserted castle in a dream-like existence, believing everything is still perfect. However, she is halted in this state - almost as if time were frozen - until the prince awakens her.

Prince Alexander has been turned into a werewolf and has one year to find someone to love the beast and break the spell, or he will be a wolf forever. He has nearly given up achieving the impossible, knowing no girl would ever fall in love with such a monster. Just when he is about to abdicate the throne to his cousin, he meets Cecelia Hammerstein-Smythe, while a wolf, and begins to hope for the first time in months.

The stories in this book are inspired from family tall-tales that had been passed down through oral lore, each providing positive morals to learn and live by—morals like selflessness, never giving up, and faith in family and friends. Author Michael Bueti wrote the series to help inspire others to look at their own family story and to push the listener to self-reflect on the image that they portray in their family’s name.

These delightful stories capture the very essence of India. These stories are set in both the rustic setting of laid back villages, where time has almost stopped, and the modern settings of cities, where everyone is in a hurry to reach somewhere, yesterday. Simple stories, simple ideas, simple thoughts remind one of the simple life that once existed and is now more and more getting lost as we are drawn inexorably into the speedy web of things.

This story is a gem representing the delightful stories from the Indian subcontinent which capture the simple essence of everyday life in India. The simple pleasures of life indicate a time gone by before the advent of cellphones and Facebook, a time which almost stood still, a time where children could revel in the rain, make paper boats and race them down a drain, play marbles and generally pass time.

A young prince crippled by a witch - When Fredrico watches his cruel family mourn his false death and announce to the kingdom their cursed prince has died, is the day he truly embraces his new life and new name Rumplestiltskin. How could he be known by anything else? - His skin is completely rumpled and stilted now. He hides away from the king and queen and grows up as a crippled servant in the castle.

Originally published as part of a contest between Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron, Frankenstein has since captured countless imaginations. When Dr. Victor Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter, he is eager to test his theories. The bones he collects to construct his human subject become a gruesome, frightening creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength. Lonely and miserable, the created comes to hate his creator. When the monster murders Frankenstein’s brother and his bride, the doctor embarks on a heated pursuit, only to put his own life in grave danger.

Grimms' Fairy Tales (Volume 2) is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. Contents: The Willow-Wren and the Bear / The Frog-Prince / Cat and Mouse in Partnership / The Goose-Girl / The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet / Rapunzel / Fundevogel / The Valiant Little Tailor / Hansel and Gretel / The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage

Grimms' Fairy Tales (Volume 1) is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. Contents: The Golden Bird / Hans in Luck / Jorinda and Jorindel / The Travelling Musicians / Old Sultan / The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean / Briar Rose / The Dog and the Sparrow / The Twelve Dancing Princesses / The Fisherman and His Wife