Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan, credited to William Elliot Griffis, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by William Elliot Griffis. Read in English by NoelBadrian William Elliot Griffis born in Philadelphia in 1843, was an educator, author and Congregational minister. In 1870 he was invited to go to Japan in order to modernize the school system and became the Superintendent of Education in the Province of Echizen. Whilst there he became interested in the folk lore, legends and stories of the East and began to collect tales from the story tellers that he met with and the literature that he found there. The thirty four wonderful stories in this collection are some of the ones that he found and fortunately decided to share with us. Note: The "Contents" only lists 34 stories but there is an extra one between No. 25 and No. 26, giving 35 stories in all. - Summary by Noel Badrian

Recording facts

• Recording title: Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan
• Author credits: William Elliot Griffis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 5:24:20

Catalogue topics

• Japan
• fairy tales
• myths
• Legends

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 00 - Preface — 4:01
2. 01 - The Meeting of the Star Lovers — 7:14
3. 02 - The Travels of Two Frogs — 13:21
4. 03 - The Child of the Thunder — 9:03
5. 04 - The Tongue-cut Sparrow — 7:26
6. 05 - The Fire-fly's Lovers — 13:56
7. 06 - The Battle of the Ape and the Crab — 5:30
8. 07 - The Wonderful Tea-Kettle — 8:00
9. 08 - Peach-Prince and the Treasure Island — 10:38
10. 09 - The Fox and the Badger — 5:02
11. 10 - The Seven Patrons of Happiness — 12:34
12. 11 - Daikoku and the Oni — 5:03
13. 12 - Benkei and the Bell — 10:03
14. 13 - Little Silver's Dream of the Shoji — 10:11
15. 14 - The Tengus, or the Elves with Long Noses — 10:08
16. 15 - Kintaro, or the Wild Baby — 4:43
17. 16 - Jiraiya, or the Magic Frog — 16:10
18. 17 - How the Jelly-Fish Lost its Shell — 10:38
19. 18 - Lord Cuttle-Fish Gives a Concert — 15:37
20. 19 - Yorimasa, the Brave Archer — 4:38
21. 20 - Watanabé cuts off the Oni's Arm — 8:43
22. 21 - Watanabé Kills the Great Spider — 4:51
23. 22 - Raiko and the Shi Ten Doji — 11:54
24. 23 - The Sazayé and the Tai — 4:15

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