Lies and liars have always been an important theme in fairy tales and every tradition has got it’s own takes on the morality of lies. There are countless portrays of liars in fairy and folk tales. Therefore fairy tales provide us with a lot of insight into the world’s cultures. There are so many tales that…
Category: Asia
THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY (Tales of Old Japan) by YEI THEODORA OZAKI
Long, long ago there lived in Kyoto a brave soldier named Kintoki. Now he fell in love with a beautiful lady and married her. Not long after this, through the malice of some of his friends, he fell into disgrace at Court and was dismissed. This misfortune so preyed upon his mind that he did…
THE shinansha, OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE (Tales of Old Japan) by YEI THEODORA OZAKI
The compass, with its needle always pointing to the North, is quite a common thing, and no one thinks that it is remarkable now, though when it was first invented it must have been a wonder. Now long ago in China, there was a still more wonderful invention called the shinansha. This was a kind…
THE FARMER AND THE BADGER (Tales of Old Japan) by YEI THEODORA OZAKI
Long, long ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains, far from any town. Their only neighbor was a bad and malicious badger. This badger used to come out every night and run across to the farmer’s field and spoil the vegetables and the rice which…
THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD (Tales of Old Japan) by YEI THEODORA OZAKI
Long, long ago in the province of Tango there lived on the shore of Japan in the little fishing village of Mizu-no-ye a young fisherman named Urashima Taro. His father had been a fisherman before him, and his skill had more than doubly descended to his son, for Urashima was the most skillful fisher in…
THE GREAT BELL (A CHINESE WONDER BOOK) BY NORMAN HINSDALE PITMAN
A party of visitors had been seeing the sights at Hsi Ling. They had just passed down the Holy Way between the huge stone animals when Bamboo, a little boy of twelve, son of a keeper, rushed out from his father’s house to see the mandarins go by. Such a parade of great men he…