A small goat finds that the banjo given to her by a little tiger protects her from harm in an unexpected way.

The Banza a Haitian Story (Reading Rainbow Library)

Politics & Social Sciences

Wolkstein, Diane

Social Sciences

Checkerboard Pr

It is love that the human soul and spirit have searched for throughout the ages. What did people feel and sing and express about love four thousand years ago? Did they know more than we do? What are love’s secrets and mysteries? The great love stories of the ancient and medieval world have been gathered together in one collection for the first time in The First Love Stories. Author, folklorist, and storyteller Diane Wolkstein has worked for fourteen years preparing these myths for publication. Some have never before appeared in complete form; others have been newly translated from primary sources. Through the alchemy of the storyteller’s art, Wolkstein has rendered these myths accessible and compelling for us today. The earliest stories in The First Love Stories go back to 2500 B.C. They are joyous, shocking, ribald, humorous, and mysterious testaments to both the passion and the compassion in the human spirit. Each story expresses a different aspect of love: “Isis and Osiris” (Egyptian) embodies love that is stronger than the forces of nature; “Inanna and Dumuzi” (Sumerian) explores the cyclical qualities of love; “Shiva and Sati” (Hindu) portrays the explosion of passion and the taming of the mind; “The Song of Songs” (Hebrew) suggests the sensuous, celebratory, yearning quality of love; “Psyche and Eros” (Greco-Roman) presents the forging of the psyche; “Layla and Majnun” (Arabic-Persian) reveals the path of the soul; and “Tristan and Iseult” (Celtic) expresses the struggle of inner and outer loyalty.

The First Love Stories: From Isis and Osiris to Tristan and Iseult

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Harpercollins

Passion, joy, and longing abound in seven original classic love stories, newly retold by a master storyteller. Wolkstein has vividly re-created unforgettable myths of love, published together in a single collection for the first time. Includes "Inanna and Dumuzi," "Shiva and Sati," "The Song of Songs," "Psyche and Eros," and more.

Literature & Fiction

Perennial

The little tiger, Teegra, gives Cabree, a little goat, a magic banjo that later protects her from the dangers of the jungle

The Banza: A Haitian Story (Reading Rainbow)

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Puffin

A lonely young farmer finds an iridescent snail shell that contains the moon goddess, White Wave, and the farmer's loneliness soon disappears, but when he yearns for more than he is given, he loses what he loves.

White Wave: A Chinese Tale

Harcourt Childrens Books

Long ago, when Sun and Moon still lived on earth, they invited their new friend Ocean to visit their home. After many protests (after all, there was a lot of her), Ocean finally agreed to come. Sun and Moon worked and prepared for many days, but when Ocean finally arrived, they discovered that nothing could have prepared them for this visit! Internationally acclaimed storyteller Diane Wolkstein and the celebrated illustrators of Dr. Seuss’s My Many Colored Days spin a magical creation myth that is filled with surprises.

The Day Ocean Came to Visit

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

8,000 stones; a Chinese folktale

Mythology & Folk Tales

DOUBLEDAY

The Cool Ride in the Sky

The monkey gets even with the buzzard for deceiving and devouring two of his friends.

The cool ride in the sky

Knopf: distributed by Random House

Chipmunk's song about Squirrel only "catches" part of him and so the song grows.

Squirrel's song: A Hopi Indian tale

A monkey outwits a deceitful buzzard in this Southern folktale

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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The Banza a Haitian Story (Reading Rainbow Library)

The First Love Stories: From Isis and Osiris to Tristan and Iseult

The First Love Stories: From Isis and Osiris to Tristan and Iseult

The Banza: A Haitian Story (Reading Rainbow)

White Wave: A Chinese Tale

The Day Ocean Came to Visit

8,000 stones; a Chinese folktale

The cool ride in the sky

Squirrel's song: A Hopi Indian tale

The Cool Ride in the Sky