Author:Eric S. Rabkin

Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories
This is an academic reference work rather than a pure anthology. Title 35913 on ISFDB.

Note that this Table of Contents has been corrected to match the body of the publications as the TOC, as stated, has minor errors.

Corrections to the Table of Contents
While these corrections are for the trade paperback edition it's believed the hardcover is identical and thus the table of contents above and corrections would apply to both editions. The number at the start of each bullet-point is the page number the story appears on.


 * 266 - The Hand is listed as being on page 265 in the Table of Contents but it starts on page 266.
 * 284 - Lost Hearts - While the date of this story is stated as 1904 it first appeared in the December 1895 Pall Mall Magazine.
 * 365 - The Table of Contents lists The Star by H. G. Wells on page 365 and The Star by Arthur C. Clarke on page 385. However, these are reversed in the body of the publication with the Arthur C. Clarke story appearing on page 365 and H. G. Wells' on page 385.
 * 424 - Axolotl - The Table of Contents states the date as 1951 but the copyright page states the copyright as 1967, 1963. The publications available in ISFDB support 1967. The source of 1951 unknown and is assumed to be a typo.

ISFDB Notes
As ISFDB is a database entry of records needs to follow a fixed structure that the editors did not need to follow. The following are notes on how ISFDB's recording of the publications differs from what's stated.


 * 41 - Genesis (King James Version) - The publication does not credit an author for this story while ISFDB credits "Unknown."
 * 47 - The Blackfoot Genesis - The publication does not credit an author for this story while ISFDB credits Blackfoot Myth.
 * 53 - The Eye of the Giant - The publication credits Togoland for this story while ISFDB credits Togoland Myth.
 * 56 - How I Brought Death Into the World - The publication credits Yoruba, 1953 for this story while ISFDB credits Amos Tutuola. While Amos Tutuola work is based on Yoruba folktales the stories are largely his own creation rather than an English interpretation or translation of Yoruba folktales. (source: Wikipedia article on The Palm-Wine Drinkard which contains the story How I Brought Death Into the World.)
 * 80 - The Ghost Wife - The publication credits Pawnee for this story while ISFDB credits Pawnee Folktale.
 * 82 - The Magic Swan Geese - The publication does not credit an author for this story while ISFDB credits Russian Folktale
 * 424 - The publication lists the author of Axolotl as Julio Cortazar. The author is in ISFDB as Julio Cortázar as ISFDB's name matching considers Cortazar and Cortázar to be equivalent and thus a pseudonym can't be added to handle Julio Cortazar.
 * Prior to verification ISFDB listed On Fairy-Stories (1939) essay by J. R. R. Tolkien. However, I could not locate this essay in the publication. It's possible records got mixed up with another publication as several stories were missing from ISFDB and needed to be added to get it to match the publication.

Other Notes

 * xi - The Preface is signed "E.S.R" but it's clear this is the editor, Eric S. Rabkin.
 * 179 - The story Ritter Gluck is listed without the sub-title A Recollection from the Year 1809 in the Table of Contents but is listed that way in the body of the publication. Some sources may list this story as just Ritter Gluck.
 * 284 - The story Lost Hearts (1895) is M. R. James in the Table of Contents and as by M(ontague) R(hodes) James in the body of the book. As M. R. James is the canonical name I left it as M. R. James rather than creating a variant title.
 * 311 - The story The Sword of Welleran is listed as by Lord Dunsany. The body of the publication lists the same but adds "(Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany)".
 * 380 - The story The Third Level is listed as by Jack Finney. The body of the publication lists the same but adds "(Pseudonym of Walter Braden Finney)".