Folktales, Legends & Myths

Note: Many folktales have versions across several cultures. Some of these links will take you to the pages of related folktales in which the story also appears.

• The Adventures of Juan (Philippines)
• The Aged Mother (Japan)
• Agkon, the Greedy Son (Philippines)
• All Kinds of Fur (Germany)
• Aschenputtel / The Little Ash Girl (Germany)
• The Ass, the Table and the Stick (England)
• Aunty Misery (Puerto Rico)
• Bluebeard (France)
• The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany)
• Briar-Rose (Germany)
• The Bunyip (Australia)
• Cap O’ Rushes (England)
• Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Germany)
• Cenerentola (Italy)
• Clever Elsie (Germany)
• Costantino Fortunato (Italy)
• Diamond Cuts Diamond (India)
• Diamond Cuts Diamond (Thailand)
• Donkey Skin (France)
• The Egyptian Miracle Worker (Greece)
• Fairy Ointment (England)
• The False Prince and True (Portugal)
• The Feathered Ogre (Italy)
• Federigo’s Falcon (Italy)
• The Fish and the Ring (Scotland)
• A Fish Story (Australia)
• The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany)
• The Frog (Italy)
• Gamani-canda (India)
• God’s Food (Germany)
• The Golden Goose (Germany)
• The Golden Nugget (Japan)
• Gombei and the Wild Ducks (Japan)
• Gudbrand on the Hillside (Norway)
• The Heart of a Monkey (Africa)
• The Homecoming (China)
• How Suan Became Rich (Philippines)
• Hudden and Dudden (Ireland)
• The Indian and the Hundred Cows (American Southwest)
• The Invisible Cloth (Spain)
• The Jogi’s Punishment (India)
• Kate Crackernuts (Scotland)
• King Thrushbeard (France)
• Lazy Jack (England)
• The Legend of Nai Raeng (Thailand)
• Little Ash Girl (Germany)
• Little Brother and Little Sister (Germany)
• Little Red Cap (Germany)
• The Master Thief (Germany)
• The Master Thief (Norway)
• The Mispaired Anklet (India)
• Mr Miacca (England)
• Molly Whuppie (Scotland)
• Momotarō (Japan)
• The Monkey and the Crocodile (India)
• The Monkey’s Heart (India)
• Peter Klaus the Goatherd (Germany)
• Phikul Thong (Thailand)
• Pumpkin Seed and the Snake (Hmong Peoples)
• Rhampsinit and the Master Thief (Egypt)
• Rumpelstiltskin (Germany)
• The Secret Room (USA)
• The She-Bear (Italy)
• The Shifty Lad (Ireland)
• Smells and Jingles (Japan)
• The Stone Cutter (Japan)
• Sweet Porridge (Germany)
• Sun, Moon, and Talia (Italy)
• A Tale of the Tontlawald (Estonia)
• Tam & Cam (Vietnam)
• The Three Sillies (England)
• The Three Wonderful Beggars (Serbia)
• Toads and Diamonds (France)
• Tom Tit Tot (England)
• The Twelve Months (Czechoslovakia)
• The Two Cakes (Italy)
• The Two Frogs (Japan)
• The Voice of Death (Romania)
• Waters of Gold (China)
• We Are All One (China)
• Why Fishes Inhabit the Water (Australia)
• Wise Folks (Germany)
• Wishing-Table, Gold-Ass & Cudgel (Germany)
• Yeh-Shin / Ye Xian (China)