The American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940, collection contains typescript interviews from the Federal Writers' Folklore Project offering the recollections of Americans from many walks of life.

The AFRO-AMERICAN Almanac provides an engaging and comtemplative exploration of the origins of the African in America.

Folklore, Aesops fables, panchatantra, Vikram and vetaal, rajasthani folktales, tenalirama, Akbar and Birbal, bedtime stories from india, Kahani, Dadi, Nani, hindi folktales ...

Retellings of American folktales and legends, Native American myths, weather folklore, ghost stories and more from each of the 50 United States of America. Great for school children and teachers.

Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World Welcome to my archive of folk and fairy tales. The stories in this collection represent a small sampling of the rich storytelling art that is the common heritage of humanity. Stories from many parts of the world are included here. Last updated: July 3, 1997. Tales of Wonder has received the following awards: Other Awards Novel Places (regrettably now ...

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Iceland, history, geography, people, vikings, settlers, photos, clickable map, phrases in Icelandic, electronic postcards, sci-fi, humor, humour, ...

Texts of Russian and Ukrainian folk tales traslated into English ...

Sacred Texts African SPECIMENS OF BUSHMAN FOLKLORE BY W. H. I. BLEEK AND L. C. LLOYD Title Page Preface Introduction The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest !Gaunu-Tsaxau (The Son Of The Mantis), The Baboons, And The Mantis The Story Of The Leopard Tortoise. The Children Are Sent To Throw The Sleeping Sun Into The Sky. The Origin Of Death; Preceded By A Prayer Addressed To The Young Moon.

Sacred-Texts Legends and Sagas The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas Preface - The Welsh Fairy Book Notes on Welsh Prounciation The Lady of the Lake Arthur in the Cave The Curse of Pantannas The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred Elidyr's Sojurn in Fairy-Land Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold The Llanfabon Changeling Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales Llyn Cwm Llwch The Adventures of ...

Your guide to Greece and Cyprus! Greek search engine and directory for Greece, Cyprus and Greek or Greek related sites.

Cornwall Select Main Page: Front Door Home Page About Gandolf dot Com Authors Awards Cornish Folklore Gandolf and Gandalf Graphics Guest Book Library (Buy Books) Links Reference Search Gandolf dot Com Shop Bag End dot Com Select a Sub-Page: Cornwall Index to Cornwall Introduction Fairies Giants Legends Occult Places Superstitions Wreckers Bibliography Glossary Index of Cornish Folklore on ...

Maya Stories: legends from don Pedro Miguel Say, a Q'anjob'al Maya from Guatemala, book chapter on Mayan village life. A phrase and pronunciation guide for everyday Yucatec Mayan; a Table of number-glyphs.

TALES OF THE PUNJAB Copyright 1894 by Macmillan & Co. TALES OF THE PUNJAB TOLD BY THE PEOPLE BY FLORA ANNIE STEEL WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. LOCKWOOD KIPLING, C. I. E. AND NOTES BY R. C. TEMPLE London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1894 All rights reserved PREFACE MANY of the tales in this collection appeared either in the Indian Antiquary, the Calcutta Review, or the Legends of the Punjab. They ...

Sacred-Texts Legends and Sagas Fairy Legends and Traditions by Thomas Crofton Croker Dedication to Dowager Lady Chatterton The Legend of Knocksheogowna The Legend of Knockfierna The Legend of Knockgrafton The Priest The Young Piper The Brewery of Egg-Shells The Changeling The Two Gossips The Legend of Bottle Hill The Confessions of Tom Bourke Fairies Or No Fairies The Haunted Cellar Seeing is ...

Sacred Texts African NOTES ON THE FOLKLORE OF THE FJORT by Richard Edward DENNETT, Title Page Preface. Contents Introduction I. The Folklore Of The Fjort. II. How A Native Story Is Told. III. How The Wives Restored Their Husband To Life. IV. How Nsassi (Gazelle) Got Married. V. The Vanishing Wife. VI. Another Vanishing Wife. VII. The Jealous Wife. VIII. Ngomba's Balloon. IX. The Wicked Husband.

Educational Web site, designed for teachers, librarians, and students, explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

Korean Folk Tales The Disobedient Frog A young frog lived with his widowed mother in a large pond. A rascal and a trouble maker, he never listened to his mother and caused her much grief and embarrassment. Someday Mother Frog died, and Little Frog did ... The Rabbit's Judgment Long, long ago, when plants and animals talked, a tiger fell into a deep pit while roaming through the forest in search ...

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Sacred Texts Native American Zu i ZU I FOLK TALES by FRANK HAMILTON CUSHING Foreword by JOHN WESLEY POWELL Scanned at www.sacred-texts.com Feb-June 2001 Title Page Table of Contents Introduction The Trial Of Lovers: or The Maiden Of Matsaki And The Red Feather The Youth And His Eagle The Poor Turkey Girl How The Summer Birds Came The Serpent Of The Sea The Maiden Of The Yellow Rocks The ...

Russian Folk Tales and Folk Belief Everything you thought you knew about Russian tales -- -- but did you really Navigate the page: Index Tales with a Female Hero Tales with a Male Hero Animal Tales Tales about Everyday Life Bottom There are no fairies in Russian folklore, so there are no fairy tales. There are tales, though, with male heroes, and with female heroes, with animals that talk and ...

Nasreddin Hodja is not just a joker, he is a clever man who has an answer to every question and is up to every trick.

Sacred-Texts Legends and Sagas Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Preface to Celtic Fairy Tales Connla and the Fairy Maiden Guleesh The Field of Boliauns The Horned Women Conall Yellowclaw Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary The Shepherd of Myddvai The Sprightly Tailor The Story of Deidre Munachar and Manachar Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree King O'Toole and His Goose The Wooing of Olwen Jack and ...

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S. L. SADHU Contents Foreword The Burglar's Gift The Mortal Utensils Preface The Two Thugs The Hydra-Headed The Precious Present The Patwari and the Inexperienced Villager The Physician's Son The Devil Outwitted The Upstart The Professional Wedding Guest Just a Nickname Two Brothers The Village Teacher The Son-in-Law The Merciful Burglar The Opium Smokers Eh! Oh! The Clever Lawyer and the ...

INDONESIAN MYTH Indonesian myth and folktales by Mario Rustan. Basic of Indonesian Myth The mythology of Indonesia is influenced by Indian Mythology. The names of gods in our mythology are the same as in Indian. This is because the great Indian civilization influenced our Indonesian ancestors. The main difference is, the Indians aren't focusing on Five Pandawas, or Pandawa Lima.They are the ...

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Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole (Chicago, 1916) Online Tagalog Ilocano Bilaan (Mindanao) Mandaya (Midanao) Visayan In preparation Tinguian Igorot Bukidnon Bagobo Subanun Moro created: November 1, 1997 updated: November 1, 1997 APSIS Editor Johann Stockinger ...

Sacred-Texts Legends and Sagas More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Preface The Fate of the Children of Lir Jack the Cunning Thief Powel, Prince of Dyfed Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel The Black Horse The Vision of MacConglinney Dream of Owen O'Mulready Morraha The Story of the McAndrew Family The Farmer of Liddesdale The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener The Russet Dog Smallhead and the ...

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Romanian Fairy Tales: Traditional Romanian Fairytales as retold by Marguerite L. M. Wolf ...

Home | Heavens | Earth | Water | People | Plants | Animals | Misc | Links | About Alamat, A Philippine Folktales, Myths and Legends Page Looking for Philippine folk tales We parents got a number of books here in the Philippines to help satisfy our son Adi's growing curiosity about the origin of things. Over the coming weeks, we will search for Philippine folktales to share with you, as retold ...

Editor's Note: On July 20, 1879 an undersized thirty-year-old journalist from Atlanta known as Joe Harris began a journey from relative obscurity to interregional fame. On that day, the Atlanta Constitution published the young copy editor's Story of Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox as told by Uncle Remus. Within months, magazines across the country were reprinting his tales, and after more than 1, 000 ...

FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, TALL TALES: AN INTERACTIVE CASEBOOK FOR KNOX COUNTY, INDIANA SUBMIT YOUR OWN FOLKTALE (SEE BELOW!) Don't forget to click RELOAD to read these frequently updated pages! All students around these parts (and possibly elsewhere in the United States) learn in their fourth grade Indiana History classes about the rich, vibrant past of Vincennes and Knox County (to learn about this ...

Making Hearts Sing! Fabulous, Original, International Tales of Traditional Values Written by Bernadette and Dr. Donald To those who believe in making hearts sing! , especially our parents--Joseph and Louisa; H. Parker and Jeanette. Our special thanks to Dr. Kate Massey for her valuable comments and support of early drafts. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MONSIEUR CORBETT AND MONSIEUR MARMION (French) WHO ...

Utsukushima Fukushima Story Site Map The four seasons of Fukushima The dreamer of Fukushima The folktales in Fukushima The taste in Fukushima KONPEIROKU FOX KONPEIROKU FOX Tomioka Town Once upon a time in a field in Teoka lived a great boss fox named Konpeiroku. Konpeiroku was very good at turning himself into something else, and had won many disguise contests in different places. One day ...

Russian Fairy Tales (RUSS 0090) (See http://www.pitt.edu/~petrov/tales/ for the Spring 2002 CGS Section .) Spring 2002 (02-2) CAS Section (Birnbaum, Criss, Di Bartolomeo, Slevinski, West, Xu) General Course Materials Course Description Syllabus Instructors' Office Hours Course Pack Contents Books on Reserve at Hillman Library Overheads (from Lectures) Tests and Grades General Sample Quiz and ...

Collected by Gabriel A. Cordova, Jr. part of g-world | a virtual theme park | www.g-world.org Introduction My grandfather knew everything. Or so it seemed to me - he was a scholar, he spoke 12 languages, worked for NASA and the State Department, could hook up any kind of stereo equipment, and proved that - despite the opinions of some - no matter how far you go in life, you are helped along that ...

All Books Journals E-Editions The Press A. K. Ramanujan A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India Edited with a preface by Stuart Blackburn and Alan Dundes. Publication Date: ...

A huge collection of Indian children's stories from Akbar and Birbal, folk tales from Panchatantra, legends of Ramayana, Mahabharata and Krishna, and stories of great Indian leaders. We also have Aesop's Fables, Fairy Tales and Arabian Nights.

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LITTLE MOS'-WOMAN (1): THE STORY OF A (FAIRY-)TALE Aado Lintrop In the summer of 1977 I spent some time at Sukyrja village in the north-western corner of a Mansi (Vogul) area, recording a considerable number of local fairy-tales and folk songs. Having as yet no experience in the transcription of texts, let alone texts in a foreign language, I asked Klavdia Sainakhova, a student of the Leningrad ...

Foxtrot's Collection of Kitsune Lore &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Welcome. Please come in and make yourselves comfortable. Over the few years I have spent my time researching information on kitsune, and have taken the time to write down what I have learned, for those who are interested in such matters. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ...

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Learn of faery beings from cultures around the world. Learn from ancient fairy tales of these beings. Multicultural folk tales of magic and faeries, nature spirits, elementals, devas, genii, gnomes, elves, manitou and supernatural beings from around the world. Learn how these beings are a part of earth religions, nature spirituality, and paganism. There are also sections on visionary art, ...

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Home Puerto Rican Folktales by Doris M. Vazquez Contents of Curriculum Unit 93.02.12: Narrative Objectives Myth Legend Guanina Tale Of Enchantment/Fairy Tale Folktale Lesson Plans Notes Annotated Bibliography Students Annotated Bibliography To Guide Entry The folktales of Puerto Rico reflect the culture of the people who have lived or influenced the lifestyle ...

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NINE hundred years ago a remarkable collection of stories called Kathasaritsagara, the ''Ocean of Stories , was produced in Kashmir. Somadeva, its author, is said to have included in this tome many stories which he had heard from others and which, in fact, had their origin in folk-literature. The Kathasaritsagara, which may justly be called a treasure of folk tales, has had considerable ...

Nichols Home Page / Index / Creation Tales / Songs/Poems / Printer-friendly Version of this page Native American Trickster Tales Index Introduction to Native American Tricksters Trickster & Coyote Links Great Spirit Names the Animal People: How Coyote Came by his Powers (Okanogan) Manabozho and the Hell-Diver: The Duped Dancers (Menomini) Wakdjunkaga, the Trickster (Winnebago) The Origin of ...

Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 1995) THE PASSION AND THE MAGIC: DISTINCTIONS OF ARABIC FOLKTALES By Fatme Sharafeddine Hassan* A large number of Arabic legends, folktales, and myths reflect the culture's history, social customs, morals, values, and religious beliefs. Since the Arabs share the same geographical conditions, historical experiences, and language, it is quite difficult to specify the origin ...

Autumn 1996 (4.3) Molla Nasreddin Comic Sage of the Ages One day Molla Nasreddin went to a banquet. As he was dressed rather shabbily, no one let him in. So he ran home, put on his best robe and returned. Immediately, the host came over, greeted him and ushered him to the head of an elaborate banquet table. When the food was served, Nasreddin pushed his sleeves up to his plate and said, Eat ...

Mullah Nasruddin The name that every Afghan remembers hearing about in childhood. Here is few of the thousands of humurous and thoughtful stories about Him. His identity is being claimed by three countries. Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. Page 1 of 2 A neighbor who Nasruddin didn't like very much came over to his compound one day. The neighbor asked Nasruddin if he could borrow his donkey.

Online magazine, issue no.7 . How Story-telling Began Among Mongols Along, long time ago, the terrible Black Plague descended on Central Asia and began its assault on the people of Mongolia. Thousands, young and old, died a quick but painful death; those caught in the plague's deadly clutches had no chance of surviving. Men and women who remained healthy tried to save their lives. Fleeing in ...

From Mangajin Issue No. 40 The Japanese world of the supernatural comprises a dizzying array of characters, from the humorously bizarre to the downright terrifying. In the 18th century, Toriyama Sekien attempted to categorize the many different types of ghostly beings that inhabit the Japanese landscape, its heavens and its hells; the results of his efforts filled four huge volumes. Here, Tim ...

Hodja Stories When I was very young my Father often travelled to Turkey for business. Not surprisingly to those who know me, I insisted on a gift every trip. I received my first book of Hodja stories before I could read them, but, thanks to my Mother's willingness to help out, I soon knew them well. And I am glad to say that my taste for the Hodja brand of humour remains strong till today. A few ...

The story of a supernatural snake who transforms into a beautiful maiden who marries an unsuspecting mortal.

True, there is nothing new under the sun. But there is no old story either. For, for a new-born, each tale known so well in the past is entirely new. And so it is for a new reader. This is, I believe, what makes telling and re-telling the stories of Nasreddin Hodja - the Mullah - worth the effort. This and yet another hope I have: stories, these strange undying creatures, become alive every time ...

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Tell me when this page is updated TALES FROM PANCHATANTRA Panchatantra, is a collection of five volumes of stories written by a teacher to help instruct the different aspects of kinghood for princes. The five volumes together serve as a manual for a prospective king, to help him in deciding how to rule, how to choose his fellow friends, fellow ministers, how to conduct himself in daily life etc.

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PROLEGOMENA TO A HISTORY OF STORY-TELLING AROUND THE BALTIC SEA, C. 1550-1800 Jurgen Beyer The following essay was originally presented to a folkloristic conference devoted to the Documentation and Analysis of Baltic Mentality (*1) and was designed to fulfill three purposes: It was to serve as a historical introduction to the theme of the conference, draw attention to some methodological ...

Autumn 1996 (4.3) Children's Folklore As in every society, there are many examples of verbal folklore for children-obviously many created by adults for children and many that children themselves invent spontaneously in response to a situation. We have included some of the most favorite examples which have been carried down for many generations that continue to intrigue and inspire children (and ...

N a s r e d d i n H o c a M u l l a N a s r e d d i n Hoja in Deathbed With his last breath, Nasreddin Hoja scandalizes his wife by making fun of the grim angel of death, Azrael, when he sees him already hovering near his bed. Put on your very best clothes, my dear wife, Hoja says. Do your hair nicely, and put some colour on your face. Try to make yourself as beautiful as possible. Then perhaps ...

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These are Bura folktales taken from missionary Albert Helser's 1930 book on his teacher experiences in Garkida.

This site is an invitation to discover the continent of Africa, its people, their past, aspirations, views of the Global Village and more...News and Analysis of African Events, Culture and African Views, Impressions and Reflections, Meet Africa's Pacemakers, Find out about Projects bringing World cultures together ...

Civil War Folklore Folklorists have given rather little attention to the folklore of the Civil War, probably because the paradigms underlying the study of folklore in the United States generally have been ahistorical ones, with emphasis placed on collecting contemporary folklore and upon emphasizing the folklore of contemporary groups such as ethnic groups. Of course folklore collecting projects ...

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Tell me when this page is updated TALES OF KING VIKRAM AND BETAAL THE VAMPIRE Once upon a time there was a king named Vikramaaditya who ruled Pratisthana on the river Godavari. He was a mighty and glorious king. Everyday when he used to hold public court, a beggar used to come along and present a fruit to the king and this went on for a couple of years when curiosity got the better of the king.

Women betrayed by love and lovers. Lost souls wandering the night, haunting the rivers of memory.

This page contains numerous Mullah Nasruddin Jokes, very funny!

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Cornwall Folklore and Legend Cornish legends centre on Giants and Piskies. It is thought that the tales have evolved from the meeting of the tall Celts (the Giants) with the small Bronze Age peoples (the Piskies). St Michael's Mount is said to have been constructed by a Giant. Another fabulous Giant was Bolster, pictured here on the left, whose stride spanned six miles and who fell in love with ...

Standing Stones in Cornwall The Cheesewring Natural, rather than man made, the Cheesewring near Minions on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor, is a series of giant flat boulders, some over 30 feet in circumference, with the largest ones sitting on the smaller ones.Although formed by natural erosion, the Cornish folklore blames Giants for them being there The tale is that the Giants were annoyed ...

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7 images available The story of the bear and his Indian wife: a legend of the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's Island, B.C. Deans, James, 1827-1905. 6 pages. (S.l. : s.n., 1889 ) Subject : Folk literature, Haida.; Folklore, Indian.; Folklore, Haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida. Native Studies - ...

7 images available The story of the bear and his Indian wife: a legend of the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's Island, B.C. Deans, James, 1827-1905. 6 pages. (S.l. : s.n., 1889 ) Subject : Folk literature, Haida.; Folklore, Indian.; Folklore, Haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida. Native Studies - ...

7 images available The story of the bear and his Indian wife: a legend of the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's Island, B.C. Deans, James, 1827-1905. 6 pages. (S.l. : s.n., 1889 ) Subject : Folk literature, Haida.; Folklore, Indian.; Folklore, Haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida. Native Studies - ...

7 images available The story of the bear and his Indian wife: a legend of the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's Island, B.C. Deans, James, 1827-1905. 6 pages. (S.l. : s.n., 1889 ) Subject : Folk literature, Haida.; Folklore, Indian.; Folklore, Haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida. Native Studies - ...

7 images available The story of the bear and his Indian wife: a legend of the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's Island, B.C. Deans, James, 1827-1905. 6 pages. (S.l. : s.n., 1889 ) Subject : Folk literature, Haida.; Folklore, Indian.; Folklore, Haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida. Native Studies - ...

7 images available The story of the bear and his Indian wife: a legend of the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's Island, B.C. Deans, James, 1827-1905. 6 pages. (S.l. : s.n., 1889 ) Subject : Folk literature, Haida.; Folklore, Indian.; Folklore, Haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida.; Litterature populaire haida.; Folklore indien.; Folklore haida. Native Studies - ...