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The Nix of the Mill-Pond | 磨坊池塘的水妖
A miller, tricked by a water nymph into promising his newborn son in exchange for wealth, lives i...
Tom Hickathrift | 巨人杀手汤姆·希卡思里夫特
Tom Hickathrift, a simple but immensely strong giant of a man from English folklore, rises from l...
The Bachelors and the Python | 单身汉与巨蟒
A tale of two contrasting bachelors who encounter a magical python. The kind Kalemeleme's compass...
Dogedog and the Magical Cat | 多格多格与魔法猫
A lazy but lucky man, Dogedog, catches a cat that transforms into an unbeatable fighting cock. On...
The Runaway Pancake | 逃跑的煎饼
A pancake, hearing it will be eaten, escapes from the frying pan and rolls away. It outruns the f...
How the Bear Lost His Tail | 熊是如何失去尾巴的
A proud bear, tricked by a cunning fox into fishing with his magnificent tail on a frozen lake, f...
Lu Ban's Magpie | 鲁班造鹊
Lu Ban, a legendary craftsman, built a mechanical magpie that could fly for days. However, Mo Zi ...
The Cowherd and the Weaving Girl | 牛郎织女
This is the classic Chinese folktale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl, a celestial weaver. The...
Dingbo Sells a Ghost | 定伯卖鬼
A man named Song Dingbo outwits a ghost he meets at night by pretending to be one, cleverly answe...
Kua Fu Chases the Sun | 夸父追日
This ancient Chinese myth tells of the giant Kua Fu's relentless pursuit of the sun, his immense ...
The Ghost-Fearing Man of Chu | 楚人畏鬼
A thief exploits a man's intense fear of ghosts by imitating ghostly sounds, then robs him. Even ...
Coyote Brings Fire | 郊狼盗火
A cunning Coyote leads the animals in a daring heist to steal fire from the selfish Fire Beings, ...
The Foolish Coward | 愚蠢的懦夫
A foolish man mistakes his own shadow and hair for ghosts while walking at night, becomes terrifi...
The Lazy Spinner | 懒惰的纺纱女
A lazy wife devises clever tricks to avoid spinning and winding yarn, first by frightening her hu...
The Lazy Spinner | 懒惰的纺纱女
A lazy woman devises clever tricks to avoid spinning and winding yarn, first by frightening her h...
The Nomad Wolf Ankakumikaityn | 游牧之狼安卡库米凯廷
A cunning fox impersonates the nomad wolf Ankakumikaityn to deceive two sisters, stealing their f...
Yunus and the Well of Sweetness | 尤努斯与甘甜之井
Yunus undertakes a perilous quest to fetch magical water from the Well of Sweetness to cure his i...
How Kangaroo Got His Tail | 袋鼠如何得到尾巴
A tale of friendship turned to rivalry between a kangaroo and a wombat. Their disagreement over w...
The Tale of Schlauraffen Land | 懒人国的传说
A whimsical, first-person narrative recounts a series of fantastical and impossible sights in the...
Kotura, Lord of the Winds | 风之主科图拉
A father sends his three daughters to appease Kotura, the wind lord, during a deadly blizzard. Th...