The Tale of Fenrir | Norse Mythology
Thanks to movies like Thor many people are becoming better acquainted with Thor, Loki, and Odin, but there’s a whole world of Norse mythology that [...]
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The Hare of Inaba | Japanese Folklore
This folktale involves eighty-one princes and a hare. It can be found in the oldest surviving chronicle of Japan, the Kojiki, which dates from the early-8th [...]
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07, 2017
Shooting Of The Red Eagle | Native American Folktale
Author: Zitkala-Sa Published: 1901 Publisher: Ginn and Company, Boston, London A man in buckskins sat upon the top of a little hillock. The setting sun [...]
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07, 2017
How Jakhals Fed Oom Leeuw | African Folktale
Author: Sanni Metelerkamp Published: 1914 Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London “One day in the early morning, before any people were awake, [...]
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07, 2017
The Widow Ho | Chinese Folktale
Author: Rev. J. Macgowan, D.D. Editor: Andrew Lang Published: 1910 One day in the early dawn, a distinguished mandarin was leaving the temple of the [...]
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03, 2017
Kappa: A Japanese Myth Explained
The Kappa, otherwise known as the kawatarō, komahiki, or kawako is one of the yōkai (demons) of Japanese mythology. Silly enough, they would probably be [...]