Stories and Story Collections

Also see: On Myth and Story | How to Tell a Story | The Seven Seas of Story

Local Stories (on this website)

• Navajo Origin Stories (Yazzie)
• Coyote Stories (Mourning Dove)
• Irish Myths and Legends
• Talmud: The Many
• Hindu Myths and Legends

I am always creating new audio tellings of stories. So far, these include:

• Inanna and Damuzi (Sumerian-Akkadian from about 2350 B.C.E.; 06:35)
• The Taming of Enkidu (Sumerian-Akkadian from about 2100 B.C.E.; 03:59)
• Psyche's Love (Greek story from The Golden Ass; 05:25)
• Lilith (Jewish from The Alphabet of Ben Sira, 10th cent.; 02:14)
• Shiva Destroys Kama (Hindu; 04:57)
• First Man and First Woman Quarrel (Navajo; 07:04)

Offsite Collections.

Prof. D. L. Ashliman taught folklore at the University of Pittsburgh and published several articles and books on folklore and fairy tales. He assembled and maintains an extensive collection of links to stories and story collections.