United States · Folktales and oral traditions
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United States
- Tales
- 15
- Dated records
- 16
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 13
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
On the United States page, the 1912 New York entry for The Monkey and the Crocodile marks where Ellen C. Babbitt’s English retelling of a Buddhist Jātaka was published. The 1910 Hawaii entry for Māui opens a fishing verse in Westervelt’s collection that names Hawaii. The two records show how a map pin can identify a place of publication or a place named in the text.
Tales in the Atlas
Little Red Riding Hood
1902 · Guy Wetmore Carryl · How Little Red Riding Hood Came to Be Eaten
Cinderella
1901 · Frank Hamilton Cushing · The Poor Turkey Girl
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
1866 · D. Appleton & Co. · Lewis Carroll · Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1900 · L. Frank Baum · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1939 · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · The Wizard of Oz · film adaptation
Momotarō (Peach Boy)
1903 · Yei Theodora Ozaki · The Japanese Fairy Book · E. P. Dutton
The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom
1903 · Yei Theodora Ozaki · The Japanese Fairy Book · E. P. Dutton
Māui Fishes Up the Land
1910 · W. D. Westervelt · Legends of Ma-Ui · Maui the Fisherman
The Talkative Tortoise
1912 · Ellen C. Babbitt · Jataka Tales · The Turtle Who Couldn’t Stop Talking
The Monkey and the Crocodile
1912 · Ellen C. Babbitt · Jataka Tales · The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Crab and the Monkey
1908 · Yei Theodora Ozaki · The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab · Dutton reprint, p. 203
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
1908 · Yei Theodora Ozaki · The Tongue-Cut Sparrow · Dutton reprint, p. 12
Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby
1881 · Joel Chandler Harris · Uncle Remus · The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story
El Güegüense
1883 · Daniel Garrison Brinton · The Güegüence · Philadelphia
Dhegdheer and Her Long Ear
2007 · Marian A. Hassan / Betsy Bowen · Dhegdheer · Minnesota Humanities Center, Somali Bilingual Book Project
Wiil Waal’s Riddle
2007 · Kathleen Moriarty / Jamal Adam / Amin Amir · Wiil Waal · Minnesota Humanities Center, Somali Bilingual Book Project