Preserving Timeless
Folktales for Generations
Explore stories that connect us to our roots, carrying the voices and wisdom of our ancestors across generations. These timeless tales not only preserve cultural traditions and values but also reveal the universal themes, emotions, and lessons that shape the human experience. Through the art of storytelling, they bridge the past and the present, allowing us to see ourselves in the lives of those who came before and reminding us of the shared journey that unites all people.
The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi: Folktale from Japan
The Story Of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi is from the book “Kwaidan: stories and studies of strange things, by Lafcadio Hearn; 1904; Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.” Deriving its title from the word for “ghost story” in Japanese, Kwaidan is a book by scholar and translator Lafcadio Hearn in which are compiled an array of ghost stories hailing from Japan. Though this particular story is a longer read, I found it truly engrossing, a real page-turner, or in
The Adventures of the Rich Youth: Arabian Folklore
The Adventures of the Rich Youth: Arabian Folklore In a land of wide steppes and wind-worn mountains, a great and just king once ruled over many people. He had everything—wealth, warriors, and wisdom—but he had no son. Long he prayed, and at last the gods answered. A son was born to him, strong and bright-eyed, and as the boy grew, he became wise in books and brave with the bow. The people called him the
The Seven Stages of Roostem: Arabian Folklore
The Seven Stages of Roostem: Arabian Folklore Persia was at peace, and prosperous; but its king, Ky-Kâoos, could never remain at rest. A favourite singer gave him one day an animated account of the beauties of the neighbouring kingdom of Mazenderan: its ever-blooming roses, its melodious nightingales, its verdant plains, its mountains shaded with lofty trees, and adorned to their summits with flowers which perfumed the air, its clear murmuring rivulets, and, above all, its
The Cobbler Astrologer: Arabian Folklore
The Cobbler Astrologer: Arabian Folklore In the great city of Isfahan lived Ahmed the cobbler, an honest and industrious man, whose wish was to pass through life quietly; and he might have done so, had he not married a handsome wife, who, although she had condescended to accept of him as a husband, was far from being contented with his humble sphere of life. Sittâra, such was the name of Ahmed’s wife, was ever forming
The Barber and the Demon: Folktale from India
The Barber and the Demon: Folktale from India Once there lived a barber who was very idle. He would do no work and devoted his time to preening himself with an old mirror and a broken comb. His old mother rebuked him all day for this, but it didn’t touch him. At last, one day in a fit of anger, she struck him with her broom. The young barber felt humiliated by this and left
Meamei the seven sisters: Australian Folktale
Meamei the seven sisters: Australian Folktale Wurrunnah had had a long day’s hunting, and he came back to the camp tired and hungry. He asked his old mother for durrie, but she said there was none left. Then he asked some of the other tribesmen to give him some doonburr seeds that he might make durrie for himself, But no one would give him anything. He flew into a rage and he said, “I will