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The Legend of Loreley

I do not know what haunts me, What saddened my mind all day; An age-old tale confounds me, A spell I cannot allay. The air is cool and in ...

At the time when there was nothing in the Harz but virgin forest, a knight came here to hunt. Before he could orient himself, he became los...

The Water Horse is named either Nykur or Nennir, and lives in rivers or lakes or even the open sea. He looks just like a horse, usually grey...

A story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonl...

The Goodman of Wastness was a well-to-do young fellow. Handsome and strong, well-liked and with a profitable farm, it was not at all surpri...

Once, long ago, the days and nights were of varying lengths. Brother Sun made some of the days very long and the following nights could also...

Once there lived a kind and gentle maiden in a remote Korean village. She was very poor and barely managed to eke out a living for herself a...

Little Green Turtle lived in a muddy little pond, far across the seas in a country called India. Little Green Turtle liked to swim about in ...

Long ago in the river port city called Novgorod the Great, there lived a young musician named Sadko. Every day, a rich merchant or noble wo...

The Sea King’s Daughter is A Russian Legend In Russia, stories of ancient legendary heroes like the merchant-musician Sadko are preserved i...

The word 'singa' is actually the Indonesian and Malay word for 'lion'. Therefore, Singapore is sometimes referred to as the ...

For the old woman’s sleeping song, any tune will work, but here’s the one she taught Two-Eyes. The Old Woman’s Song Is your eye a-wak...

Once there were three sisters who lived alone in a cottage in the woods. They had been there as long as they could remember, and they never ...

One day when a monkey was climbing a tree in the forest in which he lived, he ran a thorn into his tail. Try as he would, he could not get ...

Once there was a presidente (The headman of the town) who was very unjust just to his people, and one day he became so angry that he wished ...

More about Philippine Folk Tales. This storry telling about The Poor Fisherman and His Wife. Enjoy this story... Many, many years ago a poor...