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77The Legend of Mount Tangkuban Perahu
Courtesy of PDPhoto.org THE LEGEND OF MOUNT TANGKUBAN PERAHU Once upon a time in west Java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Dayang Sumbi. She liked weaving very much. ...
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82The legend of Lake Toba, an Indonesian folk tale
The legend of Lake Toba, an Indonesian folk tale Once upon a time there was a prosperous village in a far away island called Sumatra. In northern part of the island, lived a farmer whose name was Toba. He lived alone in a hut by a...
14 comments79The legend of Crying Stones
THE LEGEND OF CRYING STONES A long long time ago in west Sumatra, Indonesia there was a fisherman and his wife who lived in a village by the sea. They had only one son. His name was Malin Kundang. They lived a...
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75Types Of Stories
A story is a tale which describes a single or many incidents and involves a plot, characters and dialogues. There are many different types of stories but mainly they are of two types: fiction and non-fiction. The fiction stories are based on total...
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79Meet the Caracara: Mexico's National Bird
No, Our National Bird is Not the Fly! Someone once asked me if the national bird of Australia was the fly. It isn’t, of course, although people might be forgiven for suggesting it would make the ideal choice as the pesky insects are everywhere....
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72The Second Atlantis
Atlantis is not the only legend of a lost island civilization. Hy brasil is often referred to as the second Atlantis. What lies behind this legend and is it linked to the country of Brazil?
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76We Who Hunt Werewolves part Two
This is my second in my three part series on the truth behind some of the werewolf legends.
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73Highwaymen
Highwaymen-The legend of Dick Turpin,and other Highwaymen has been romanticised by poets and writers of folk lore, who love to dress up the exploits of criminals as daring highwaymen. He is labelled a gentleman who held women in...
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72The Frog as Prince
Imagine a hero, a tall, handsome, charismatic, dashing figure of a man with a perfect smile, a twinkle in his eyes and charm to spare. Now imagine a slimey-skinned, no-tail creature with protruding eyes, a long sticky tongue, oversized awkward legs...
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82Western Dragon Mythology
What Is A Dragon? What are dragons? Do they actually exist or they just another sample drawn out of a human imagination? For centuries these creatures have influenced the human culture. From the early Mayan and the Chinese culture to the western...
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