Contents Introduction The Origin of the Sea The Great Flood The Guardians of Water The Spirit of the Rainbow The Children of Snow The Dancing Lights in the Sky The Birth of the Sun The North Wind and the Sun The Thunder Drum The Wind That Stole the Leaves Pele, Goddess of Volcanoes The Giant Atlas and the Mountains The Volcano and the Giant Mount Taranaki and the Quarrel of the Godsl Yggdrasill, the World Tree The Talking Baobab The Volcano Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl The Horse and the River
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How Light Came to Be Why Wolves Howl at the Moon Two Volcanoes in Love The Boy Who Went to the North Wind to Get His Flour Back The Enchantment of the Spring The Wind and the Sun The Ball of Light The Lights of the Northern Aurora Shooting Stars and Wishes The First Dawn Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky Sedna, Goddess of the Sea Urashima Tarō and the Sea Palace The Water Horse The Fisherman and the Golden Fish Pele, Protector of the Mountain The Singing Sea The Giant Maui Who Fished Up the Islands The Nymph Arethusa
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Contents Introduction The Origin of the Sea The Great Flood The Guardians of Water The Spirit of the Rainbow The Children of Snow The Dancing Lights in the Sky The Birth of the Sun The North Wind and the Sun The Thunder Drum The Wind That Stole the Leaves Pele, Goddess of Volcanoes The Giant Atlas and the Mountains The Volcano and the Giant Mount Taranaki and the Quarrel of the Godsl Yggdrasill, the World Tree The Talking Baobab The Volcano Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl The Horse and the River
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How Light Came to Be Why Wolves Howl at the Moon Two Volcanoes in Love The Boy Who Went to the North Wind to Get His Flour Back The Enchantment of the Spring The Wind and the Sun The Ball of Light The Lights of the Northern Aurora Shooting Stars and Wishes The First Dawn Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky Sedna, Goddess of the Sea Urashima Tarō and the Sea Palace The Water Horse The Fisherman and the Golden Fish Pele, Protector of the Mountain The Singing Sea The Giant Maui Who Fished Up the Islands The Nymph Arethusa
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The Giant Maui Who Fished Up the Islands The Nymph Arethusa
The Creation of the Fairy Lake The Legend of Lake Toba The River Ganges and the Goddess Ganga The Lake of Tears The Creature of Loch Ness The Lake of Stars The Wind and the Dandelion Puff Ukko, God of the Sky The Raven Who Stole the Light Mount Olympus, Realm of the Gods The Weeping Willow and the Princess The Cherry Tree of the Sixteenth Day The Enchanted Forest The Walking Tree The Pine That Protects Children
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The Magic Mango How the Raven Turned Black
The Coyote and the Fire The Lucky Cat The Rainbow Serpent The Wolf and the Moon The Hummingbird Messenger The Elephant and the Sky The Rain Dragon The Milky Way The Bridge of Love Between the Stars The Deer and the Jaguar The Enchanted Birch Snowflake Princess Kaguya and the Bamboo The Jaguar, the Fire, and the Rain The Mountain of the Elves
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The Giant Maui Who Fished Up the Islands The Nymph Arethusa
The Creation of the Fairy Lake The Legend of Lake Toba The River Ganges and the Goddess Ganga The Lake of Tears The Creature of Loch Ness The Lake of Stars The Wind and the Dandelion Puff Ukko, God of the Sky The Raven Who Stole the Light Mount Olympus, Realm of the Gods The Weeping Willow and the Princess The Cherry Tree of the Sixteenth Day The Enchanted Forest The Walking Tree The Pine That Protects Children
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The Magic Mango How the Raven Turned Black
The Coyote and the Fire The Lucky Cat The Rainbow Serpent The Wolf and the Moon The Hummingbird Messenger The Elephant and the Sky The Rain Dragon The Milky Way The Bridge of Love Between the Stars The Deer and the Jaguar The Enchanted Birch Snowflake Princess Kaguya and the Bamboo The Jaguar, the Fire, and the Rain The Mountain of the Elves
132 136 138 140 142 144 146 148 15o 152 154 156 16o 162 164 166 170