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Preface TranslatorOs Notes Acknowledgments About Folk Tales byYanagita Kunio Part One Folk Tales in Complete Form Chapter 1. PropitiousBirths Chapter 2. The Life of Unusual Children Chapter 3. UnpromisingMarriages That Became Happy Chapter 4. Stepchildren Stories Chapter 5.Brothers Not Alike Chapter 6. Finding Treasures Chapter 7. OvercomingEvils Chapter 8. Help from Animals Chapter 9. The Power of Words Chapter10. Cleverness at Work Part Two Derived Tales Chapter 11. Stories aboutDestiny Chapter 12. Ghost Stories Chapter 13. Humorous Stories:Exaggerations Chapter 14. Humorous Stories: Profitless Imitation Chapter15. Humorous Stories: Tales of Foolish Villages Chapter 16. Tales aboutBirds, Beasts, Plants, and Trees Chapter 17. Miscellaneous Stories betweenFolk Tales and legends The Fascination of Folk Tales and Names, Beginningsand Endings Bibliography of Sources Reference Index Glossary AnAlphabetical List of Titles with Tale Numbers Alphabetial List of JapaneseTitles to Tale-Types Geographical Index Maps