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The Junior Classics Volume 2: Folk Tales & Myths

Various and William Patten (1868 - 1936)

Compilation of tales designed and arranged for young people. This volume covers tales from the North, the Rhine, Greece and Rome, tales from the Hudson River, and animal stories. - Summary by DrPGould

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Group: The Junior Classics

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Note	DrPGould	00:01:47
Play 01	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 1, The Northmen's Story of How all Things Began	Foon	00:14:34
Play 02	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 2 How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men	Foon	00:06:39
Play 03	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 3 The Dwarfs and the Fairies	Foon	00:08:59
Play 04	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas Part 4, How Thor Went to Jotunheim	Foon	00:24:12
Play 05	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 5, How Thor's Hammer was Lost and Found	Foon	00:19:22
Play 06	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 6, Iduna's Apples of Youth	Foon	00:34:20
Play 07	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 7 How the Fenris Wold was Chained	Foon	00:12:37
Play 08	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 8 The Story of Balder the Beautiful	Foon	00:16:49
Play 09	Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas Part 9 The Wonderful Quern Stones	Foon	00:12:56
Play 10	Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 1 Brunhilda and the Magic Sword	HarmonicPearl	00:12:40
Play 11	Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 2 Brunhilda's Sleep Guarded by Loki's Fiery Arm	HarmonicPearl	00:12:21
Play 12	Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 3 How Siegfried Killed the Dragon	HarmonicPearl	00:27:14
Play 13	Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 4 How Siegfried Finds Brunhilda	HarmonicPearl	00:11:51
Play 14	Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 1 The Plot Against the Beautiful Elsa of Brabant	mparker	00:11:31
Play 15	Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 2 The Knights of the Holy Grail	mparker	00:04:51
Play 16	Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 3 Lohengrin the Champion of Elsa of Brabant	mparker	00:13:52
Play 17	Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 4 Ortruda Plots for Revenge	mparker	00:05:34
Play 18	Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 5 the Departure of Lohengrin	mparker	00:14:00
Play 19	Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 6 the Wooing of the Daughter of the King of Ireland	mparker	00:15:28
Play 20	Chapter 4 Three Tales of the Rhine Part 1 The Lady of Kynast	Foon	00:04:56
Play 21	Chapter 4 Three Tales of the Rhine Part 2 The Guardian Angel	Foon	00:04:02
Play 22	Chapter 4 Three Tales of the Rhine Part 3 The Giant Who Laughed at a Dwarf	Foon	00:02:23
Play 23	Chapter 5 The Legend of St. Christopher	AnnaLisa Bodtker	00:15:50
Play 24	Chapter 6 Prince Ivan and the Gray Wolf	Michael Robinson	00:27:51
Play 25	Chapter 7 King Robert of Sicily	pmstrahm	00:17:40
Play 26	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 1 The Riddle of the Sphinx	Eva Staes	00:42:19
Play 27	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 2 The Gift of Athene	pmstrahm	00:07:54
Play 28	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 3 Daphne, Child of the Morning	pmstrahm	00:04:10
Play 29	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 4 The Vengeance of Apollo	pmstrahm	00:11:57
Play 30	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 5 The Story of Arion	pmstrahm	00:12:56
Play 31	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 6 The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice	pmstrahm	00:11:30
Play 32	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 7 Orpheus the Sweet Singer	Eva Staes	00:07:53
Play 33	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 8 Niobe, a Victim of Latona's Jealousy	Mayah	00:09:53
Play 34	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 9 The Sad Story of Pyramus and Thisbe	Mayah	00:08:04
Play 35	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 10 The Twelve Labors of Hercules	Eva Staes	00:10:08
Play 36	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 11 Hercules's Search for the Apples of Hesperides	Eva Staes	00:43:15
Play 37	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 12 The Story of Cupid and Psyche	Eva Staes	00:22:02
Play 38	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 13 How Phaeton Drove the Sun	ceekay	00:15:41
Play 39	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 14 Baucis and Philemon Changed into Two Trees	ceekay	00:06:25
Play 40	Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 15 The Paradise of Children	Michael Robinson	00:33:18
Play 41	Chapter 9 Tales of the Hudson Part 1 Rip Van Winkle	Larry Wilson	00:37:59
Play 42	Chapter 9 Two Tales of the Hudson Part 2 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Larry Wilson	00:42:56
Play 43	Chapter 9 Two Tales of the Hudson Part 2 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (continued)	Larry Wilson	00:29:28
Play 44	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 1 the Hare who thought the World had come to an End	Nemo	00:06:26
Play 45	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 2 the Watering of the Saplings	Nemo	00:02:26
Play 46	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 3 The Old Hare and the Elephants	Nemo	00:03:54
Play 47	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 4 The Elephant has a Bet with the Tiger	Nemo	00:10:40
Play 48	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 5 How the Tortoise Out-Ran the Deer	Nemo	00:05:15
Play 49	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 6 Which was the Stronger, the Tortoise, The Tapir, or the Whale?	Nemo	00:04:23
Play 50	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 7 How the Turtle Got his Shell	Nemo	00:08:01
Play 51	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 8 The Legend of Rata	Nemo	00:09:14
Play 52	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 9 Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water	Nemo	00:03:52
Play 53	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 10 Why the Elephant has small Eyes	Nemo	00:05:47
Play 54	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 11 The Boy who set a Snare for the Sun	Ali Medved	00:11:18
Play 55	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 12 The Bird Lover	pmstrahm	00:21:40
Play 56	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 13 Wunzh, the Father of Indian Corn	ceekay	00:12:25
Play 57	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 14 When Brer Wolf have his Corn Shucking	Jyothi	00:06:26
Play 58	Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 15 Brer Rabbit's Cool Air Swing	Michael Robinson	00:05:36
Play 59	Chapter 11 Three Stories of the Seasons Part 1 The Four Seasons	Tatry1763	00:13:13
Play 60	Chapter 11 Three Stories of the Seasons Part 2 The Three Lemons	rona890	00:20:04
Play 61	Chapter 11 Three Stories of the Seasons Part 3 The Winter-Spirit and His Visitor	Ali Medved	00:05:51

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