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The Indian fairy book

from the original legends

Also known as The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Cornelius Mathews, John McLenan, Florence Choate (Illustrator) & Elizabeth Curtis (Illustrator)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

"The Indian Fairy Book" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a collection of Native American fairy tales written in the early 20th century. This anthology features enchanting legends passed down through generations, capturing the essence of indigenous culture and mythology, often focusing on magical elements and moral lessons intertwined with nature. At the start of the collection, the foreword introduces Schoolcraft as a pioneer in documenting Native American stories, having immersed himself in their communities for decades. The opening tale, “The Boy Who Set a Snare for the Sun,” recounts the adventures of a young boy determined to catch the sun to avenge a burned bird-skin coat. His journey explores themes of courage, determination, and the natural balance between humanity and the divine, setting the stage for a captivating series of stories rooted in cultural traditions and values. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Folklore”, “folklore”, “mythology”, and 1 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the subtitle, “Legends” in the alternative title, “Fairy tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • Folklore· via Internet Archive
    • Folklore· via The Online Books Page
    • Folklore· via Open Library
    • folklore· via Project Gutenberg
    • mythology· via Project Gutenberg
    • tales· via Project Gutenberg

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Editions

Open Library reports 8 editions; 5 cataloged here.

from the original legends

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1856-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : Mason BrothersEnglishPublic digitized item

The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

New York: F. A. Stokes and Co., c1916

1916Source listed online copy

The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends

1869Allen brothersPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Illustrators: Choate, Florence; Curtis, Elizabeth
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 8 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: scribe3.il.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): E98 .F6 S35
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: F. A. Stokes and Co., c1916
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