Myths, Legends and Tales for a Greener World

Rosalind Kerven, “connoisseur of myths and folk tales,” according to The Independent, is a narrative folklorist and the author of over seventy books published in twenty-two countries. She has specialist knowledge of world myths, legends, and folk tales and is on a mission to bring these wonderful old stories back to life for modern readers. Her best-selling titles include English Fairy Tales and Legends, Viking Myths & Sagas, Faeries, Elves & Goblins, and Arthurian Legends. She lives in Northumberland National Park. Her website is: workingwithmythsandfairytales.blogspot.com

• THE WORLD AND ITS STORIES PART 1WHERE DID WE COME FROM, HOW DID WE GET HERE?Beginning –TibetCreation – Cheyenne people (Native American)Growing – TahitiSeasons – Scotland PART 2THE WORLD IN TROUBLEGood and Evil – Mapuche people (Chile and Argentina)Man-made Climate Disaster – ChinaGlobal Warming – Cherokee people (Native American)Wildfire – HawaiiDrought – SomaliaFamine – IrelandLitter – ColombiaPolluting the Sea – NetherlandsHarming Animals –  ArabiaWar – Sioux people (Native American and Canadian First Nation)Extinction – Nigeria PART 3RESPECT THE EARTH!The Earth is Our Mother – Nespelem people (Native American)Beware of Consequences – MyanmarValue Everything – Maya people (Central America)Live in Harmony with the Wild – Bangladesh and IndiaClear Up Your Own Mess – ancient Babylon and modern IsraelLeave Some for the Future – Ainu people (Japan)Don’t Waste Food – Ojibwe people (Native American and Canadian First Nation)Take Responsibility – Bali Aga people (Indonesia)Protect the Water – Trinidad and TobagoKeep the Song Alive – Mbuti people (Democratic Republic of the Congo) PART 4OUR ANIMAL RELATIONSIn the Time of the Ancient Ones – Aparai people (Brazil)Animals have Feelings Like Ours – San people (southern Africa)Never Hurt a Fellow Creature – Menominee people (Native American)Dogs Show how to Cooperate – Sami people (Arctic Sweden)People and Elephants Helping Each Other – ancient India and Southeast AsiaLearning to Live with Mouse Neighbours – Pueblo people (Native American)Loyalty to a Whale – Māoripeople (New Zealand)Wolves as Protectors – JapanLearning from Bears – Wyandot people (Canadian First Nation and Native American)Sharing a Jaguar’s Power – Manchineri people (Brazil) PART 5WORLD WITHOUT END The Wild Ones Fight Back – PortugalThe Earth Fights Back – Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq)The Earth Reborn – Norse people (ancient Scandinavia)The Cycle of Renewal – Aztec people (ancient Mexico)Flowers Bloom Again – Aboriginal people (Australia)Accept the Ways of Nature – EthiopiaThe Stream of Life –Tunisia NOTES TO THE STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHOR