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Cat-Kin And The Queen Mother Korean Folk Tales All Ages

Cat-Kin And The Queen Mother

Cat-Kin And The Queen Mother: Korea is called the Land of the Plum Blossom, but in winter the rivers freeze over. Then the men cut through the ice which is

A Frog For A Husband Korean Folk Tales All Ages

A Frog For A Husband

A Frog For A Husband: Off in a valley among very stony mountains, lived an old farmer named Pak We and his wife. His land was poor and he had to toil from

Ohia And The Thieving Deer African Folk Tales All Ages

Ohia And The Thieving Deer

Ohia And The Thieving Deer: There once lived upon the earth a poor man called Ohia, whose wife was named Awirehu. This unfortunate couple had suffered one

Quarcoo Bah-Boni African Folk Tales All Ages

Quarcoo Bah-Boni

Quarcoo Bah-Boni: Once upon a time in a certain village lived a man and his wife who were childless. One day, however, when the husband was away hunting, the

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Farmer Mybrow And The Fairies African Folk Tales All Ages

Farmer Mybrow And The Fairies

Farmer Mybrow And The Fairies — a tale of justice and vindication. Farmer Mybrow faces cruel accusations, but justice arrives through supernatural intervention.

The Wonderful Man Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Wonderful Man

The Wonderful Man: There is a certain Prefectural city in the south of China, which has earned a reputation distinguishing it from all such towns throughout

Which Lay A Carbuncle Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

Which Lay A Carbuncle

Which Lay A Carbuncle: Then the king was alarmed and said: “What the fickle boy did was not to be endured, it is true. But still you were a little too rough

The Widow Ho Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Widow Ho

The Widow Ho: One day in the early dawn, a distinguished mandarin was leaving the temple of the City God. It was his duty to visit this temple on the first and

The Vengeance Of The Goddess Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Vengeance Of The Goddess

The Vengeance Of The Goddess: In a certain temple in the northern part of the Empire, there once lived a famous priest named Hien-Chung, whose reputation had

The Tragedy Of The Yin Family Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Tragedy Of The Yin Family

The Tragedy Of The Yin Family: In a certain district in one of the central provinces of China, there lived a man of the name of Yin. He was possessed of

The Spirits Of The Yellow River Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Spirits Of The Yellow River

The Spirits Of The Yellow River: are called Dai Wang Great King. For many hundreds of years past the river inspectors had continued to report that all sorts of

The Reward Of A Benevolent Life Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Reward Of A Benevolent Life

The Reward Of A Benevolent Life: On the banks of a river flowing through the prefecture of Tingchow, there stood a certain city of about ten thousand A

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