Folk Tales on Zine5




		Folk tales are an integral part of all cultures - starting from the fables that are told to children by their mothers to myths, legends and stories that tell a proverb. So vast and varied are these tales that they constitute a form of literature by themselves. They also allow a peek into the behaviours and attitudes of the people who tell them. Here we present retellings of folk tales from around the world.


		Asia ~ India ~ North America ~ South America ~ Africa ~ Europe

		*Asia* [back to top] Kiyai Sentar and the Moustache - An Indonesian Tale Saving the Moon - An Iranian Tale The Wisdom of God - An Iranian Tale One Finger - A Chinese Tale Chinese Sparrows - A Japanese Tale The 'Honest' Mandarin - A Vietnamese Tale The Doctor's Greed - A Korean Tale The Golden-haired Girl - A Russian Tale Dream Come True - An Arab Tale The Mean Master and the Clever Servant - An Iranian Tale The Two Frogs - A Japanese Tale The Story of the Red Fox- A Siberian Tale The Golden Fish - A Russian Tale The Looking Glass - A Korean Tale The Clever Little Girl - A Russian Tale Why the Vulture is Bald - A Burmese Tale Tsar Saltan - A Russian Tale The Kind Old Man and the Jizos - A Japanese Tale The Plot of the Stories - A Vietnamese Tale One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes - An Ukrainian Tale Mushkil Gusha - An Iranian Tale Udoga and Chubak - A Russian Tale The Four Puppets - A Burmese Tale *India* [back to top] Who are You to Say No? - A Rajasthani Tale Panihari - A Rajasthani Tale How the Sun Became Hot - A Malai Malasar Tale How the Sky Became So High - A Malwa Tale How the Hill Saora Started Eating Cows - A Hill Saora Tale The Crow and the Fox - A Tamil Tale The River and the Porridge - An Oriya Tale The Origin of Siva Chaturdasi - An Assamese Tale Tschitranga Returns Home - A Panchatantra Tale How the World Came to be - An Apa Tani Tale The Lesson of the Chatterbox Tortoise - A Jataka Tale The Power of Bib Garazmaej - A Kashmiri Tale How Men came to have Fire - A Moklum Tale Why the Python is not Poisonous - A Wancho Tale How the Moon and Stars Were Made - A Minyong Tale *North America* [back to top] How the Choctaw Came To Be - A Choctaw Tale The Traveller and the Farmer - A North American Tale The People in the Next Town - A North American Tale How the Prince Found a Bride - A Costa Rican Tale Matshishkapeu and the Caribou Master- An Innu Tale *South America* [back to top] How the Yanomamo Got Plantains - A Yanomamo Tale The Rascally Rabbit - A Mayan Tale *Africa* [back to top] The Clever Farmer - An Eritrean Tale Why There is Day and Night - An African Tale Why Women Do Not Have Beards - An African Tale Abu Nuwasi and the Thieves- An African Tale The Daughter of Sun and Moon - An Angolan Tale *Europe* [back to top] The Town Mouse and the Field Mouse - A Romanian Tale The Razors - An English Tale The Beauty and the Beast - A European Tale The Truth About Lies - A Greek Tale Grandfather, Father, Son - An Irish Tale The Boy and the Fox - A Swedish Tale The Wicked Old Woman- A German Tale Old Man Meets Death - Aesop's Fables The Raven - A Yiddish Tale The Barber Plays a Trick - A German Tale King John's Bell - An Italian Tale The Hunter and the Snipe - A Norwegian Tale What Ulf Knew - A Danish Tale Thumbie - A Norwegian Tale