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• xi • Acknowledgements (Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters) • (1998) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• xvii • Foreword: The Female Hero and the Women Who Wait • (1998) • essay by Jane Yolen
• xxi • Introduction (Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters) • (1998) • essay by Kathleen Ragan
• xxviii •  Maps • interior artwork by Chazaud
• 3 • The Stolen Bairn and the Sídh • (1962) • short story by Sorche Nic Leodhas
• 11 • The Three Sisters and Their Husbands, Three Brothers • (1895) • short story by Jeremiah Curtin
• 18 • The Corpse Watchers • (1866) • short story by Patrick Kennedy
• 21 • The Crookened Back • (1825) • short story by Thomas Crofton Croker
• 26 • The Horned Women • (1877) • short story by Lady Wilde
• 29 • Whuppity Stoorie • (1975) • short story by Norah Montgomerie and William Montgomerie
• 33 • Molly Whuppie • (1890) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 36 • The Treasure of Downhouse • (1959) • short story by J. R. W. Coxhead
• 38 • The Hand of Glory • (1866) • short story by William Henderson
• 40 • Tamlane • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs
• 43 • The Night Troll • (1972) • short story by Jón Arnason (trans. of Nätt-tröllid 1862)
• 45 • The Grateful Elfwoman • (1864) • short story by Jón Arnason (trans. of Álfkonan pakkláta 1862)
• 46 • "My Jon's Soul" • (1972) • short story by Jón Arnason (trans. of Sálin hans Jóns míns 1862)
• 48 • The Ghost at Fjelkinge • (1888) • short story by Herman Hofberg (trans. of Spöket vid Fjelkinge 1882)
• 50 • Little Red Cap • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 26] • (1998) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Rothkäppchen 1812)
• 54 • The Wood Maiden • (1919) • short story by Parker Fillmore (variant of The Wood Maiden: The Story of Betushka and the Golden Birch Leaves)
• 60 • The Child Who Was Poor and Good • (1970) • short story by Georgios A. Megas
• 63 • The Pigeon's Bride • (1921) • short story by Parker Fillmore
• 73 • How the King Chose a Daughter-in-Law • (1960) • short story by Jean Ure
• 75 • Marichka • (1986) • short story by Yefim Druts and Alexei Gessler
• 77 • Davit • (1946) • short story by George Papashvily and Helen Papashvily
• 81 • Anait • (1971) • short story by Avril Pyman
• 92 • The Fortune-Teller • (1985) • short story by
  Александр Афанасьев^?Aleksandr Afanasiev
  [as by Alexander Afanasiev]
• 96 • The Tsarítsa Harpist • (1916) • short story by
  Александр Афанасьев^?Aleksandr Afanasiev
  (trans. of
  Царица-гусляр^?Tsaritsa-guslyar
  1873) [as by Alexander Afanasiev]
• 101 • The Vampire Skeleton • (1985) • short story by Joseph Bruchac
• 105 • The Flying Head • (1984) • short story by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz
• 107 • Where the Girl Saved Her Brother • (1984) • short story by Richard Erdoes
• 110 • Chief Joseph's Story of Wallowa Lake • (1953) • short story by Ella E. Clark
• 114 • The Origin of the Potlatch • (1953) • short story by Ella E. Clark
• 116 • The Princess and Mountain Dweller • (1980) • short story by Christie Harris
• 126 • The Princess and the Magical Hat • (1976) • short story by Christie Harris
• 137 • The Lytton Girls Who Were Stolen by Giants • (1917) • short story by James Teit
• 139 • The Legend of the Coppermine River • (1977) • short story by Maurice Metayer
• 142 • The Huntress • (1977) • short story by Maurice Metayer
• 147 • Story of a Female Shaman • (1990) • short story by Howard Norman
• 149 • The Magic Eagle • (1966) • short story by Genevieve Barlow
• 153 • "I'm Tipingee, She's Tipingee, We're Tipingee, Too" • (1978) • short story by Diane Wolkstein
• 156 • The Innkeeper's Wise Daughter • (1987) • short story by Peninnah Schram
• 160 • Molly Cotton-Tail Steals Mr. Fox's Butter • (1904) • short story by Anne Virginia Culbertson
• 167 • A Rani's Revenge • (1970) • short story by Shanti Mohanty
• 170 • How Parvatibai Outwitted the Dacoits • (1973) • short story by Indumati Sheorey
• 173 • The Close Alliance: A Tale of Woe • (1894) • short story by Flora Annie Steel
• 177 • The Barber's Clever Wife • (1894) • short story by Flora Annie Steel
• 184 • A Wonderful Story • (1879) • short story by Maive Stokes
• 189 • The Importance of Lighting • (1969) • short story by K. A. Seethalakshmi
• 192 • The Child of Death • (1966) • short story by Ruth Q. Sun
• 195 • The Story of Princess Amaradevi • (1987) • short story by Muriel Paskin Carrison
• 199 • The Tale of the Oki Islands • (1965) • short story by Eric Protter and Nancy Protter
• 203 • The Monkey Bridegroom • (1963) • short story by Keigo Seki
• 206 • The Mirror of Matsuyama: A Story of Old Japan • (1903) • short story by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• 217 • The Tiger and the Coal Peddlar's Wife • (1991) • short story by Suzanne Crowder Han
• 219 • The Plucky Maiden • (1913) • short story by Im Bang
• 222 • The Phoenix and Her City • (1994) • short story by Shujiang Li and Karl W. Luckert
• 228 • Sailimai's Four Precious Things • (1994) • short story by Shujiang Li and Karl W. Luckert
• 230 • A Woman's Love • (1985) • short story by He Liyi
• 240 • Maiden Liu, the Songster (excerpt) • (1998) • short story by Louise Kuo and Yuan Hsi Kuo
• 245 • The Festival of Pouring Water • (1965) • short story by Wolfram Eberhard
• 247 • A Polite Idiosyncrasy • (1893) • short story by Adele M. Fielde
• 248 • The Young Head of the Family • (1893) • short story by Adele M. Fielde
• 252 • Altyn-Aryg • (1925) • short story by C. Fillingham Coxwell
• 254 • The Wife Who Stole a Heart • (1925) • short story by C. Fillingham Coxwell
• 259 • Hiiaka Catching a Ghost • (1916) • short story by W. D. Westervelt
• 263 • Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas • (1916) • short story by W. D. Westervelt
• 267 • A Calabash of Poi • (1924) • short story by Cora Wells Thorpe
• 270 • Rau-Whato • (1963) • short story by A. W. Reed
• 272 • How Pulap Acquired the Art of Navigation • (1980) • short story by William A. Lessa
• 274 • Rola and the Two Sisters • (1980) • short story by William A. Lessa
• 277 • The Old Woman and the Giant • (1958) • short story by I. V. Mallari
• 279 • The Magic Coin • (1969) • short story by Exaltacion Mercado-Cinco
• 282 • The Creation of Lake Asbold • (1990) • short story by Laurens Hillhouse and Marie Mohr-Grandstaff
• 284 • Senan and Aping • (1971) • short story by A. D. Galvin
• 290 • Ubong and the Head-Hunters • (1971) • short story by A. D. Galvin
• 294 • Kumaku and the Giant • (1967) • short story by Inez Hames and A. W. Reed
• 296 • Revival and Revenge (excerpt) • (1985) • short story by John LeRoy
• 299 • Uzu, the White Dogai • (1971) • short story by Margaret Lawrie
• 301 • The Black Snake Man and His Wife, the Dove • (1957) • short story by Ursula McConnel
• 305 • The Mogwoi's Baby • (1994) • short story by Catherine H. Berndt and Ronald M. Berndt
• 307 • Biriwelg (Told by Women) • (1994) • short story by Catherine H. Berndt and Ronald M. Berndt
• 311 • The Woman, Her Husband, Their Children and the Dodo • (1977) • short story by Frank Edgar
• 316 • Ku-Chin-Da-Gayya and Her Elder Sister and the Dodos • (1977) • short story by Frank Edgar
• 320 • Moremi and the Egunguns • (1973) • short story by Harold Courlander
• 324 • The Spider, Kayi, and the Bush Fowl • (1967) • short story by Ruth Finnegan
• 325 • The Story of Two Women • (1967) • short story by Ruth Finnegan
• 331 • The Man Killed for a Spinach Leaf • (1967) • short story by Ruth Finnegan
• 338 • The Leopard Woman • (1983) • short story by Roger D. Abrahams
• 340 • The Midwife of Dakar • (1963) • short story by Charlotte Leslau and Wolf Leslau
• 342 • A Woman for a Hundred Cattle • (1952) • short story by
  C. G. Büttner^?C. G. Buettner
  (trans. of Eine Frau für hundert Rinder 1894)
• 348 • Wacu and the Eagle • (1966) • short story by Ngumbu Njururi
• 352 • Elephant and Hare • (1983) • short story by Naomi Kipury
• 354 • Nonikwe and the Great One, Marimba • (1966) • short story by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
• 359 • How the Milky Way Came to Be • (1963) • short story by Charlotte Leslau and Wolf Leslau
• 360 • Nanabolele, Who Shines in the Night • (1974) • short story by Minnie Postma
• 366 • Jackal and Hen • (1974) • short story by Minnie Postma
• 371 • Women's Wiles • (1986) • short story by Inea Bushnaq
• 375 •
  The Feslihancı Girl^?The Feslihanci Girl
  • (1966) • short story by Ahmet E. Uysal and Warren S. Walker
• 387 • The Story of the City of Nothing-in-the-World • (1919) • short story by D. L. R. Lorimer and E. O. Lorimer
• 389 • The "Pink Pearl" Prince • (1978) • short story by Asha Dhar
• 393 • Who is Blessed with the Realm, Riches, and Honor? • (1963) • short story by Dan Ben-Amos and Dov Noy
• 396 • The Story of the King, Hamed bin Bathara, and of the Fearless Girl • (1952) • short story by C. G. Campbell
• 401 • The Sultan's Daughter • (1978) • short story by Ahmed Al-Shahi and F. C. T. Moore
• 405 • Yousif al-Saffani • (1978) • short story by Ahmed Al-Shahi and F. C. T. Moore
• 413 • The Miser Who Married • (1965) • short story by Sarah Powell Jamali
• 417 • The Sign of the Tassel • (1965) • short story by Sarah Powell Jamali