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Fairy Tales from Brazil

Elsie Spicer Eells (1880 - 1963)

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore. (Summary by Leni)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	00 - Preface	Leni	00:02:31
Play 01	01 - How the Night Came	Leni	00:07:43
Play 02	02 - How the Rabbit Lost His Tail	Leni	00:05:12
Play 03	03 - How the Toad Got His Bruises	Leni	00:05:35
Play 04	04 - How the Tiger Got His Stripes	Leni	00:10:34
Play 05	05 - Why the Lamb Is Meek	Eric	00:08:13
Play 06	06 - Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other	Karen	00:07:41
Play 07	07 - How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles	Karen	00:09:39
Play 08	08 - How the Monkey Became a Trickster	Diana Majlinger	00:03:38
Play 09	09 - How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations	Elizabeth Barr	00:06:34
Play 10	10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty	Patrick Wells	00:05:07
Play 11	11 - How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry	Patrick Wells	00:03:34
Play 12	12 - Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey	Danarra	00:06:50
Play 13	13 - How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten	Danarra	00:06:24
Play 14	14 - Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail	Karen	00:05:28
Play 15	15 - How Black Became White	Karen	00:06:33
Play 16	16 - How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird	Karen	00:08:11
Play 17	17 - Why the Sea Moans	Eric	00:16:47
Play 18	18 - How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats	David Stryker	00:08:17

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