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Momotaro: The Peach Boy

The legend of Momotaro, the "Peach Boy", is one of the most famous folktales to come out of Japan. What exactly is the legend of Momotaro? This hub explores that and more!

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Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves" as Folktale Variation

An examination of Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves," from the perspective of its inversion of the most familiar versions of Little Red Riding Hood.

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Lao Folktales : The Mango Tree

A real mango tree! There once was a beautiful mango tree that grew in the jungle near a village. Each and every year when its fruit was in season, the children from the village would run into the jungle and harvest its delicious fruit. ...

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The Leprechaun: An Irish Legend

The legend of the Leprechaun. A look at the legend and myth surrounding the Leprechaun.

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The Banshee: An Irish Legend

A look at the Irish legend of the Banshee. A look at one aspect of Irish folklore.

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The 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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Spasibo said the Hedgehog

One of the animated shorts in his hub was “Hedgehog in the Fog,” an endearing tale of friendship between a young hedgehog and a young bear cub.

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The Tale of Three Trees, A Christmas Story

A review of the book, The Tale of Three Trees, as retold by Angela Elwell Hunt, and how it relates to the meaning of the Easter story.

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The Story of the Poor Mason - Spanish Folktales

In Madrid, having gone to bed too early after a day of sightseeing with grandchildren and their mothers, I found myself wide awake a few hours after retiring. Outside the world was alive, with both young and old in the revolving doors of nearby clubs and restaurants. Slipping out to the balcony in a silent joyful escape from the sweet snoring of my husband -- I soon found myself thinking about a Spanish speaking woman who taught me as a child, about cuentos folklóricos -- folktales and keeping s

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The Legend of Rhampsinitos - Egyptian Folktales

In 450 B.C. Herodotus was struck by the fact that Egyptians paid strict attention to religion, and he dubbed them the most religious of all of mankind. It was his opinion, that they surpassed all nations in the reverence they paid to their gods of antiquity. Herodotus was fascinated with the treasures of King Rhampsinitos, and wrote about how no other fortune could compare to it. It is because of the ancient Greek historian and cultural preservationist -- that several versions of this folktale

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