Three Boons [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 6, Hits: 481]
Merchant realized his mistakes and he repented his greediness...
Updated On: 11/2/2009
Tags: Small town stories, Rich merchant, Neighboring house, poor farmer, Miser Merchant, Traveler, Tired and hungry, Inn, Beautiful mansion, Farmer prosperity, Cock crowed, Realized mistakes, Greediness, Lord, Almighty
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When Goddess Lakshmi Begged [Rajasthani Folktale] [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1247, Hits: 13272]
Long Long ago there was a king in Jaiselmer whose name was Rawal Prithvi Singh...
Manpreet Malik Updated On: 10/17/2009
Tags: Latticed Windows, King of Jaisalmer, Rawal Prithvi Singh, Haveli, Goddess of wealth, Lord Vishnu, Diwali Story, Rajasthani Short Folktales, Best Indian Folktales, Diwali Folktales for Kids, Folktales about Diwali, Jaisalmer, Folktales about Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess Lakshmi
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Aniz the Shepherd [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 124, Hits: 3209]
A Xinjiang (Uygur) Chinese Folktale...
Updated On: 5/8/2009
Tags: Landlord, Shepherd Boy, Bamboo Flute, Rabbit, Wonderful Instrument, Forest, Tree Stump, Strings of Cash, Bears, Snakes, Wolves, Foxes, Poor Folk, Chinese Folktale
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The Gold Colt and the Fire Dragon Shirt [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 153, Hits: 2836]
A Han(Chinese) Folktale...
Updated On: 4/29/2009
Tags: Chinese Folktale, Gold Colt, Fire Dragon Shirt, Smallest Coin, Peasant Tenants, Granaries, Maggots, Miser, Power of Talking, Whiskers, Little Horse, God of Wealth, Taels, Silver and Gold, Muck of Sweat, Birthday Greetings
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The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1984, Hits: 10721]
My mother told me it was the Lord Jesus Christ who was represented by these roses. Then the priest announced, 'Christ is risen,' and all the people greeted each other...
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/28/2007
Tags: Anastasia, Aphtanides, Lord Jesus Christ, Delphi, Forest of Dwarf Firs, Mount Parnassus, Half-naked Girl, Gulf of Lepanto, Farewell Stories
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What the Moon Saw [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1905, Hits: 14091]
My face was mirrored in the waters of the Ganges, and my beams strove to pierce through the thick intertwining boughs of the bananas, arching beneath me like the tortoise’s shell
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/27/2007
Tags: St. Christopher carrying Infant Jesus, Lord hung bleeding on the great cross, Postillion wound his horn, Copenhagen, Group of Laocoon, Bertel Thorwaldsen, Melancholy, Banks of Stoxen
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The Palace of The Cats [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 214, Hits: 1059]
Latvian Folktales: The two clever brothers prepared to set out in search of the kerchiefs. They took the best horses and plenty of money and they rode out of the yard through two different gates. But the fool stayed behind and never turned a hair...
Irina Zheleznova Updated On: 4/16/2007
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The Ox, The Ram And The Cock [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 270, Hits: 1029]
Ukrainian Folktales: Geese had dropped down on a hilltop where they meant to spend the night, and the leader of the flock, an old Gander, came up to the Ox and his two friends and greeted them with a bow...
Volodimir Boyko Updated On: 4/16/2007
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Pea-Roll Along [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 328, Hits: 1055]
Ukrainian Folktales: Pea-Roll Along grew very fast, he grew and grew, and though young in years was big and strong...
Volodimir Boyko Updated On: 4/16/2007
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Prognostication [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 217, Hits: 956]
Tenalirama's wit - Tenali reached near the pitcher and began to observe them minutely. He also heaved a long sigh to make the onlookers believe that he is facing a really ticklish problem...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/16/2007
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