Legends & Parables

Legends, Parables and folk tales from across the world.

Latest Stories in Legends & Parables

A Bandit’s Conscience (A folktale from Kashmir)

Kashmir named Gulab Pandit who had lately grown poor, It was because

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The Origin of Rubies (Folk-tales of Bengal)

There was a certain king who died leaving four sons behind him

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The Story of a Hiraman (Folk-tales of Bengal)

There was a Fowler who had a wife. The fowler's wife said

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The Story of a Brahmadaitya (Folk-tales of Bengal)

What was the Brahman to do? He went to his spirit friend

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A Ghostly Wife (Folk-tales of Bengal)

Once upon a time, there lived a Brahman who had married a

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The Man who wished to be Perfect (Folk-tales of Bengal)

Once upon a time, a religious mendicant came to a king who

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The Strange Crown (A Chinese Tale)

A legend from China about the strange crown and the Jackal.

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The Ghost Brahman (Folk-tales of Bengal)

The story of ghost brahman from the legendary book "Folk-tales of Bengal"

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The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Son (Folk-tales of Bengal) – II

The elder thief and the younger thief had one son each. As

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The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Son (Folk-tales of Bengal) – I

Once upon a time, there lived two thieves in a village who

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Strike but Hear (Folk-tales of Bengal)

Strike but hear. Think before you act. Doubtless a man's head should

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The Origin of Opium (Folk-tales of Bengal)

Origin of Opium is a story of a mouse, cat, dog and

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