Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 126-127).

INTO THE WOODS: Hansel and Gretel (Germany) -- Grandfather's Eyes (Czech Republic) --Vasilissa the Beautiful (Russia) -- The Treasure Thief (Egypt) -- Little Red Riding Hood (Germany). DOWN BY THE WATER: The Story of the Yara (Brazil) -- The Cold Lady (Japan) -- The Bunyip (Australia) -- The Snake Prince (India) -- Morag and the Water Horse (Scotland). ENCHANTED PLACES: Tam Lin (Scotland) -- The Dance of Death (Canada) -- The Lady of the Lake (Wales) -- The Water Witch (France) -- The Maiden in the Pagoda (China) --The Talking Skull (West Africa). STRANGERS AT THE DOOR: The Enchanted Apple Tree (France) -- The Blacksmith and the Demon (Russia) -- The Girl and the Chenoo (Native American (Passamaquoddy)) -- The Horned Women (Ireland) -- The Blind Man and the Demons (Korea) -- The Clever Goldsmith (Syria). IN FARM AND FIELD: Yallery Brown (England) -- Old Nick and the Girl (Norway) -- The Elder Tree Witch (England) -- The Snake (India) -- The Bogey Beast (England). HOME OF THE SPIRITS: The Spirit of the Singing House (Canada (Inuit)) -- The Ghost Land (Alaska) -- Herne the Hunter (England) -- The Night on the Battlefield (China). GRAVEYARD: Teig O'Kane and the Corpse (Ireland) -- The Grave Mound (Germany) -- The Place where There were No Graves (Egypt) -- The Ghost and the Moneybox (Iceland) -- Counting out the Bodies (Bermuda). UPON THE OCEAN, UNDER THE SEA: The Giantess and the Stone Boat (Iceland) -- The Sea Goblins (New Zealand) -- The Sea Nymph (Sweden) -- The Specter Ship (Germany) -- The Seal Wife (Scotland). FROZEN LANDS: The Red Skeleton (Alaska) -- The Ice King (Canada (Mi'Kmaq)) -- The Guest (Canada). IN CASTLE HALL: Esteban and the Ghost (Spain) -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England) -- Rumpelstiltskin (Germany). ON A MOUNTAIN PATH: The Old Ogre (Tibet) -- Amin and the Ghoul (Persia) -- The Girl Who Turned to Stone (Chile).