All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How Raja Rasalu Killed The Giants
A rousing Punjabi legend about the hero-prince Raja Rasalu, a grieving mother, and the giants who terrorise the city of Nila until a bold young king ends their reign.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How Raja Rasalu Played Chaupur With King Sarkap
How Raja Rasalu Played Chaupur With King Sarkap: Now, when evening came, Raja Rasâlu went forth to play chaupur with King Sarkap, and as he passed some
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How Raja Rasalu Swung The Seventy Fair Maidens Daughters Of The King
How Raja Rasalu Swung The Seventy Fair Maidens Daughters Of The King: The story of Raja Rasalu has echoed through the ages in Indian folk tradition, capturing
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
How Raja Rasalu Was Born
How Raja Rasalu Was Born: Once there lived a great Raja, whose name was Sâlbâhan, and he had two Queens. Now the elder, by name Queen Achhrâ, had a fair young
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How Raja Rasalu Went Out Into The World
How Raja Rasalu Went Out Into The World: Young Rasâlu lived on, far from the light of day, for eleven long years, growing tall and strong, yet contented to
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How Raja Rasalus Friends Forsook Him
How Raja Rasalus Friends Forsook Him: Now, on the first day, Raja Rasâlu journeyed far, until he came to a lonely forest, where he halted for the night. True
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How The Rajas Son Won The Princess Labam
How The Rajas Son Won The Princess Labam: In a country there was a Raja who had an only son who every day went out to hunt. One day the Rani, his mother, said
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
How The Wicked Sons Were Duped
How The Wicked Sons Were Duped: A very wealthy old man, imagining that he was on the point of death, sent for his sons and divided his property among them.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
Jackal Or Tiger
Jackal Or Tiger: One hot night, in Hindustan, a king and queen lay awake in the palace in the midst of the city. Every now and then a faint air blew through
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
Jwaala Ghat
The night was eerie and the eclipse cast shadows of terror. Jwaala, a young girl, gathered her village and taught them the science of celestial events.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
Kaliya Daman – Krishna Tames The Serpent Kaliya – Indian Mythological Story
Kaliya Daman – Krishna Tames The Serpent Kaliya – Indian Mythologica: In the Dvapara Yuga, Krishna lived in Vrindavan as an incarnation of Vishnu, born to
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
Kupti And Imani
A Punjabi folktale from Andrew Lang's Olive Fairy Book (1907): the younger princess Imani, sent away to live with a poor fakir, builds her own fortune at the loom — and saves the king who would marry her.