This comprehensive collection of folk hero tales builds on the success of the first edition by providing readers with expanded contextual information on story c

This comprehensive collection of folk hero tales builds on the success of the first edition by providing readers with expanded contextual information on story c

"Despite the tremendous differences between cultures and ethnicities across the world, all of them have folk heroes and heroines--real and imagined--that have b

A wide-ranging and detailed investigation of folk heroes, both fictional and historical, from the earliest times to the present, taken from societies throughout

Collects 100 tales from around the world, including Africa, Western Europe, Native American cultures, Asia, and the Middle East, that feature a heroine.