Greek folk tales descend from Aesop and Greek antiquity, as well as medieval storytelling in the pivotal south-east Mediterranean world that linked Christianity, Islam and Byzantium. These tales, told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times, are wondrous, whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters, resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs, characters, and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche.

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New tunes
The twelve months
Myrsina
The king's apple tree
Maroula
Poppies
Lord frumenty
Fairies
Goblins
The fisherman's child
The golden-green eagle
The owl and the partridge
Crab and snake
Boughs of gold
Sun and moon
The almond tree and the cicada
The papadia and her firewood
The eggs
Three pieces of good advice
Poulia and Avgerinos
The poor, kind child
Music makers
The Quern
The luckless princess
Wolf, fox and ass