Category Archives: Folk Tale

United States In both Iroquois and Wyandot traditions, Flying Heads are ravenous spirits cursed with an insatiable hunger. The physical appearance varies depending on the storyteller, but commonly resembles a […]

Iroquois daughter of the Wind who often took the form of a whirlwind

Australia An old man lived with his two wives, the Mooninguggahgul sisters, and his two sons. The old man spent all his time making boomerangs, until at last he had […]

Italy There was once a poor man who had three daughters; and as the youngest was the fairest and most civil, and had the best disposition, her other two sisters […]

Germany Snow White and Rose Red “There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, […]

Heroine of Negros in the Philippines

There was once a rich farmer who was as grasping and unscrupulous as he was rich. He was always driving a hard bargain and always getting the better of his poor neighbors. One of these neighbors was a humble shepherd who in return for service was to receive from the farmer a heifer. When the time of payment came the farmer refused to give the shepherd the heifer and the shepherd was forced to lay the matter before the burgomaster.

One day the woman was standing by this window and looking down into the garden, when she saw a bed which was planted with the most beautiful rampion (rapunzel), and it looked so fresh and green that she longed for it, and had the greatest desire to eat some.

Once upon a time there was a man and his wife who had seven boys. The children lived in the open air and grew big and strong, and the six eldest spent part of every day hunting wild beasts. The youngest did not care so much about sport, and he often stayed with his mother.