All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Indian Folk Tales
Princess Aubergine
A tiny fairy girl who steps out of an aubergine is lured to the palace by a jealous sorceress-queen determined to discover the secret of her life.
Indian Folk Tales
Princess Pepperina
A princess hatched from a bulbul’s green egg is raised by a gentle Jinn and marries a king, but jealous rivals wait for her truth-telling emerald to slip.
Indian Folk Tales
Punchkin
At fourteen, Balna's son searches for his missing family, follows the secret of a magician's life in a parrot and works with several helpers to free the captives.
Indian Folk Tales
Ranavirasing
A dying king leaves his young son in the care of his faithful servant Ranavirasing, for a greedy minister is waiting to seize the throne for himself.
Indian Folk Tales
Raja Rasalu
A guide to eight linked Raja Rasalu episodes, their reading order, source versions and recurring questions about strength, help and responsibility.
Indian Folk Tales
The Birth of Lord Krishna
Warned that his sister’s eighth son will destroy him, wicked King Kansa locks her away, but on a stormy midnight the baby Krishna is carried to safety.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Demon with the Matted Hair
Every weapon the brave Prince of the Five Weapons strikes with sticks fast in a demon’s hair, yet the trapped prince still refuses to be afraid.
Indian Folk Tales
The Faithful Prince
When his fairy bride flies away to her father’s enchanted Emerald Mountain, Prince Bahramgor sets off through Demonsland to find her, whatever it costs.
Indian Folk Tales
The Farmer and the Money-lender
The god Ram gives a poor farmer a wish-granting conch, but a greedy money-lender steals it and demands double of everything the farmer ever wishes for.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Fish Prince
A prince transformed into a fish is cared for by a queen. Maya, brought as his bride after her father accepts payment, receives a cobra's help to end the spell.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Foolish Weaver
A new shepherd misapplies instructions with serious consequences; later, seven travelling weavers share a counting mistake because each leaves himself out.
Indian Folk Tales
The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess
An exiled prince and his devoted friend reach Gulizar's Ivory City through secret signs and dangerous escapes, but poisoning and a fabricated accusation complicate their royal happy ending.