And--though Kipling's not popular these days--I grew up hearing Sterling Holloway reading the Just So Stories on LPs. These stories taught me so much about the sound of language. My favorites:
The Elephant's Child ('Satiable curiosity. And "the great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees.") The Cat Who Walks By Himself ("...and all places are alike to him.") How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Also, this isn't counting in the various mythologies I grew up reading.
So one Grimm, one Andersen...and non-traditional everything else.
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Re: Part 2
Date: 2012-08-14 05:35 am (UTC)Favorite stories of mine:
The Prince and His Three Fates (Egypt)
The Bad Wishers (Paraguay) (The first link shows the frontpiece of the book that contains the story)
The Tale of the Name of the Tree (Bantu)
Master of All Masters (Scotland)
Tikki Tikki Tembo (China)
Katie Crackernuts (England) (notable in that the two stepsisters love each other)
The Death of Koshchei the Deathless (Russia)
The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany)
The Ugly Duckling (Denmark)
Baba Yaga (Russia)
Bluejay Visits the Ghosts (Chinook)
The Water of Life (Catalan--and features a very resourceful sister)
The Princess in the Chest (Denmark--kind of a cross between a fairy tale and a ghost story)
Prince Darling (I'm not sure of the origin, but I think it's French)
The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok (Brittany--and features a resourceful heroine)
I had a real thing for sad stories from Japan:
Oshidori
Yuki-Onna (The Lady of the Snows
The Story of Aoyagi
And--though Kipling's not popular these days--I grew up hearing Sterling Holloway reading the Just So Stories on LPs. These stories taught me so much about the sound of language. My favorites:
The Elephant's Child ('Satiable curiosity. And "the great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees.")
The Cat Who Walks By Himself ("...and all places are alike to him.")
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Also, this isn't counting in the various mythologies I grew up reading.
So one Grimm, one Andersen...and non-traditional everything else.