A collection of traditional tales from around the world each of whose main character is female.Contents:The woman in the moon (Chippewa, North America) A mother's yarn (Saami, Lappland) The nagging husband (Tallinn, Estonia) Gulnara the Tartar warrior (Tartar, border region of west Siberia and Mongolia) Caterina the Wise (Sicily, Italy) Oona and the giant Cuchulain (Ireland) Aina-kizz and the black-bearded Bai (Soviet Central Asia) A pottle o' brains (Lincolnshire, England) The maid who chose a husband (Ghana) Three strong women (Japan) The wonderful pearl (Vietnam) The squire's bride (Norway)The Aztec sun goddess (Aztec)

    It is true? The hair on their chins is hair of the people they used to eat ... It is Terrible to think about those times... But the Creator saw the people's distress and decreed that a contest be held between all the two-legged and four-legged creatures. Who would win, thundering Buffalo or fleet-footed Man? None of the other animals was fast enough, ... The winner was decided long ago, in Sioux and Cheyenne legend. Buffalo -- who lost -- agreed to give up eating men for dinner, and thanks to the cunning of a single magpie, Man became the guardian of the natural world.

    Tales from the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Finland.