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• ix • Introduction (The Giant Book of Myths and Legends) • essay by Mike Ashley
• 3 • The Ever-Living Ones • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 13 • The Star Maids • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 17 • Bearskin Woman and Grizzly Woman • (1994) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 21 • The Quest for Discovery • short story by Andrew Lang
• 43 • The Strange Tale of Caribou and Moose • (1918) • short story by Cyrus Macmillan
• 47 • The Hero Makóma • short story by Mr. Fairbridge (variant of The Story of the Hero Makóma 1906) [as by Kingsley Fairbridge]
• 55 • Prince Yamato Take • (1908) • short story by Yei Theodora Ozaki (variant of The Story of Prince Yamato Take 1903) [as by Theodora Ozaki]
• 71 • The Lad with One Sandal • (1907) • short story by Winifred Hutchinson
• 95 • The Sons of Tuirenn • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 109 • My Lord Bag of Rice • short story by Yei Theodora Ozaki [as by Theodora Ozaki]
• 115 • Prince Seyf El Mulouk • short story by François Pétis de la Croix (trans. of Histoire du Prince Séyf el Mulouck 1712)
• 129 • The Journey to Constantinople • short story by
  H. Shück^?H. Shueck
  [as by
  Hans Shück^?Hans Shueck
  ]
• 145 • Huon's Quest • short story by A. R. Hope Moncrieff [as by A. R. Hope-Moncrieff]
• 169 • Perseus and the Gorgon • short fiction by Charles Kingsley
• 193 • The Chimaera • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of
  The Chimæra^?The Chimaera
  1851)
• 213 • Hercules in Hell • short story by Mike Ashley
• 223 • Siegfried and the Dragon Fafnir • [Die Nibelungen] • short story by James Baldwin (variant of Fafnir, the Dragon 1882)
• 233 • The Slaying of Grendel • short story by Alfred Church [as by Alfred J. Church]
• 257 • The Lambton Worm • (1912) • short story by Jessie Adelaide Middleton
• 265 • The Shadowy One • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 273 • Bran and Branwen • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 281 • King Laurin's Rose-Garden • short story by Wilhelm Wägner
• 295 • The Children of Loki • short story by Annie Keary and Eliza Keary
• 313 • When the Woman Chief Was Young • (1994) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 321 • Tewdrig, Tyrant of Treheyl • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 335 • Red Wolf's Daughter and Bloody Chief's Son • (1995) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 351 • East of the Sun and West of the Moon • short story by Madalen Edgar and William Morris [as by William Morris]
• 371 • The Barnacle Maid • (1992) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 377 • Battle on the Bridge of Gods • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 383 • The Story of Three Strong Men • short story by Charles Godfrey Leland [as by Charles G. Leland]
• 389 • The Lay Mom Who Gave Herself • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (variant of The Lay Nun Who Gave of Herself 1991)
• 393 • The One-Handed Girl • (1910) • novelette by Edward Steere (variant of Blessing or Property 1870)
• 407 • Rayamati, the Savioress • (1991) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 413 • Echo and Narcissus • short story by A. R. Hope Moncrieff [as by A. R. Hope-Moncrieff]
• 417 • Vasadatta the Courtesan • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (variant of Vasavadatta, the Courtesan 1991)
• 423 • The Courtesan Who Worked a Miracle • (1991) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 425 • The King's Son and the White-Bearded Scolog • short story by Jeremiah Curtin
• 437 • The Adventure of the Holy Grail • short story by Alfred Church [as by Alfred J. Church]
• 447 • The Prince Who Sought Immortality • short story by Elisabet Sklarek (trans. of Der Königssohn, der sich nach der Unsterblichkeit sehnte 1901) [as by Leonora Lang (in error)]
• 457 • The Changelings • (1995) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 463 • The Story of a Gazelle • short story by Edward Steere
• 477 • Yuki-Onna • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 483 • Bhadra and the Mendicant • (1991) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 491 • The Reborn Divinities • (1991) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 495 • Island of the Ocean God • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 505 • The Rover of the Plain • short story by Henri-A. Junod (trans. of Le Gambadour-de-la-Plaine 1898) [as by Henri Junod]
• 513 • Uraschimataro and the Turtle • (1897) • short story by David Brauns (trans. of Uraschimataro 1885)
• 517 • How the Serpent-Gods Were Propitiated • short story by R. H. Busk [as by Rachel Harriette Busk]
• 523 • Koshchei the Deathless • [
  Народные русские сказки^?Narodnyye russkiye skazki
  • 158] • (1873) • short story by
  Александр Афанасьев^?Aleksandr Afanasiev
  (trans. of
  Кощей безсмертной^?Koshchey bezsmertnoy
  1863) [as by Alexander Afanasief]
• 531 • The Circumvention of Fate • (1991) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 535 • The Destruction of Ker-Ys • short story by Peter Tremayne