Category: Asia

September 7, 2022

THE TWO MISERS (Fairy Tales From All Nations) [Hebrew.]

Amiser living in Kufa had heard that in Bassora also there dwelt a Miser—more miserly than himself, to whom he might go to school, and from whom he might learn much. He forthwith journeyed...

August 7, 2022

Favorite international folk- and fairy tales about cats

Animal characters often play important roles in fairy- and folk tales. Sometimes they act as companions, sometimes even as the main characters of our stories. Several characters get special attention and are mentioned frequently...

July 7, 2022

The Badger’s Money (Tales of Old Japan) by A. B. Mitford

It is a common saying among men that to forget favours received is the part of a bird or a beast: an ungrateful man will be ill spoken of by all the world. And...

May 7, 2022

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day Let us celebrate Mother’s Day with our most beloved folk tales about mothers! The Boy whom Seven Mothers Suckled – Folk Tales from Bengal Once on a time there reigned...

April 3, 2022

THE BETROTHED OF DESTINY (The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia, 1898) By A.G. Seklemian

Once upon a time the King of the West had a son who, one night, dreamed a dream in which destiny betrothed him to the daughter of the King of the East. In the...

April 3, 2022

THE GOLDEN MAIDEN (The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia, 1898) By A.G. Seklemian

A.G. Seklemian Once upon a time there was a wicked widow who had an ugly daughter. She married a second husband who had a beautiful daughter and a son by his first wife. The...