Trickster tales: forty folk stories from around the world

Africa. Why Anansi owns every story : a tale from the Ashanti people of Ghana

Hare and Tortoise : a tale from the Thonga people of Mozambique

Glara saves his sons : a tale from the Ju/'hoan people of Botswana

Tortoise's debt and Pig's grunt : a tale from Cameroon

Hlakanyana : a tale from the Xhosa people of South Africa

Europe. The Hedley Kow : a tale from England

The leprechaun's gold : a tale from Ireland

The lutin's pranks : two tales from France

Tyl Eulenspiegel and the marvelous painting : a tale from the Netherlands

Tyl Eulenspiegel and the wager : a tale from Germany

Hershele's feast : a tale from the Jews of Eastern Europe

The leshy : a tale from Eastern Europe/Russia

The Near East. The poor man of Nippur : a tale from ancient Babylonia

Djuba's guests : a tale from Morocco

Two legs or one? : a tale from Egypt

The caliph's questions : a tale from Iraq

The khoja in court : a tale from Turkey

The Effendi and the riddles : a tale of the Uygur people of Central Asia and China

Asia and Polynesia. The two tricksters : a tale from India

The trickster in the underworld : a tale from China

Liar Mvkang and the rich folk : a tale from the Rawang people of Burma

Hare, Otter, Monkey, and Badger : a tale from Japan

The theft of fire : a tale of the Ilocano people of the Philippines

The snaring of the sun : a tale from Hawaii

Meso- and South America. The magic burro : a tale from Mexico

Guinea Pig and Fox : a tale from Peru

The mare's egg : a tale from Chile

Tokwah : a tale of the Mataco people of Argentina

Fire-taking : a tale of the Makiritare people of Venezuela

North America. Raven steals the light : a tale from the Inuit people of Alaska

Coyote goes hunting : a tale of the White Mountain Apache people of Arizona

Saynday was coming along : a tale of the Kiowa people of the Great Plains

Eye-juggling : a tale of the Blackfoot people of the Great Plains

The trickster's revenge : a tale of the Menominee people of Minnesota

Rabbit and Wildcat : a tale of the Algonquin people of the Northeast

Trickster immigrants. Lutin or not? : two tales from French Canada

Jack the varmint killer : a tale from the Appalachian Mountains

John and his freedom : a tale from the African-American people of the Southern United States

Lapin and the little tar man : a tale from the Creole people of Louisiana

Anansi returns : a tale from Jamaica.