Raamatusse on koondatud valik eesti muinasjutte M. J. Eisenilt, J. Kunderilt ja Fr. R. Kreutzwaldilt, samuti paar setu muinasjuttu.

A small selection like this cannot by far represent the whole wealth of Estonian folk tales, still we have put together a multifarious assortment. It contains humorous tales of animals, peacefully developing stories and thrilling situations, jokes and seemingly solemn beliefs, pictures of the sunny side and of the shady side of life. We hope that the book will fulfil its mission and perhaps even arouse the reader's interest to learn more about the culture of a distant nation, the Estonians.
Kristi Salve

Contents:

• Matthias Johann Eisen
  • Changeling
  • Only for Himself
  • The Grey Ones of Lapland
  • The Beggar-woman's Blessing
  • Seven Years Spent in Lapland
  • The Piper
  • A Clever Wife
  • Waiting for Death
• Juhan Kunder
  • Big Peter and Little Peter
  • The Making of the Wolf
  • The Cuckoo
  • The Guardian Wolf
  • The Cat and the Mouse
  • The Swallow
  • The Golden Egg
  • The Stoker and the Devil
  • The Northern Lights
  • The Cunning Stoker
  • The Keen-witted Orphan
• Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
  • Thunderer's Trumpet
  • Woody and Barky
  • The Bold Threshing-barn Stoker
  • A Strange Steer Bartering
  • The Orphan's Hand-mill
  • Good Deed Rewarded
  • The Tender-hearted Wood-cutter
• Three Setu Tales
  • The Tarred Ox
  • The Goat with Two Kids
  • Fox as a Night's Lodger
• In Conclusion