Tagged: Henry Altemus

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...

January 6, 2018

Best 7 Fairy and Folk Tales about Lying

Top 7 Fairy and Folk Tales about Lying 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...

July 11, 2017

The King and the Fisherman (A Book of Persian Fairy Tales, 1906) By Henry Altemus

THE countries washed by the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates were once ruled by a certain King who was passionately fond of fish. He was seated one day with Sherem, his wife, in the...

June 30, 2017

The King’s Treasure (A Book of Persian Fairy Tales, 1906) By Henry Altemus

Accurately relating how a marked advance in material and political prosperity accrued to Abdul Karim, and the part played by a monarch whose philosophy included the immediate advancement of a worthy subject. A LABORING...

June 16, 2017

The Son of the Soap Seller (A Book of Persian Fairy Tales, 1906) By Henry Altemus

THERE once dwelt a poor but worthy man named Abdullah in Meshed, the Holy City, the place of pilgrimage, whose beautiful mosque with the golden dome is the glory of the kingdom of Persia....

June 2, 2017

The Cat and the Mouse (A Book of Persian Fairy Tales, 1906) By Henry Altemus

ACCORDING to the decree of Heaven, there once lived in the Persian city of Kerman a cat like unto a dragon—a longsighted cat who hunted like a lion; a cat with fascinating eyes and...