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 Water Spirit: Germanic Folklore
The Water Spirit: Germanic Folklore About the middle of the sixteenth century, when Zündorf was no larger than it is at present, there lived at the end of the village, hard by the church, one of that useful class of women termed midwives. She was an honest, industrious creature, and what with ushering the new-born into life, and then assisting in making garments for them, she contrived to creep through the world in comfort, if
The Cellar of the Old Knights: Germanic Folklore
The Cellar of the Old Knights: Germanic Folklore There was a poor, but worthy, and withal very merry, fellow at Tilleda, who was once put to the expense of a christening, and, as luck would have it, it was the eighth. According to the custom of the time, he was obliged to give a plain feast to the child’s sponsors. The wine of the country which he put before his guests was soon exhausted, and
Hans in Luck: Germanic Folklore
Hans in Luck: Germanic Folklore Hans had served his master seven years, and at last said to him— “Master, my time is up; I should like to go home and see my mother, so give me my wages.” And the master said— “You have been a faithful and good servant, so your pay shall be handsome.” Then he gave him a piece of silver that was as big as his head. Hans took out
Rabbit and the Indian Chief: Canadian Folktale
Rabbit and the Indian Chief: Canadian Folktale Long ago an Indian Chief was living with his people far in the Canadian forest. Life was good and food was plentiful and the people were all very happy. But one day a wicked giant and his old witch wife came crashing into the land from a far country beyond the prairies. They devoured all the food they could lay their hands on and soon there was little
Karma: Folktale from Japan
Karma: Folktale from Japan The young man, Ito Tatewaki, was returning homeward after a journey which he had taken to the city of Kioto. He made his way alone and on foot, and he went with his eyes bent upon the ground, for cares weighed him down and his mind was full of the business which had taken him to Kioto. Night found him upon a lonely road leading across a wild moor. Upon the
The Nurse: Folktale from Japan
The Nurse: Folktale from Japan Idé the samurai was wedded to a fair wife and had an only child, a boy called Fugiwaka. Idé was a mighty man of war, and as often as not he was away from home upon the business of his liege lord. So the child Fugiwaka was reared by his mother and by the faithful woman, his nurse. Matsu was her name, which is, in the speech of the country, the Pine