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Once three soldiers decided to run away from the army as their pays were too little. They hid themselves in a cornfield. But the army didn’t leave the place for two days and the soldiers were starving. Then appeared a dragon. He promised to take them far away and gave them a whip, which, when you...

American folklore binds traditions of Native Americans and Europeans. It includes founding myths of America that feature Christopher Columbus and Pilgrims, leaders of the American Revolution, but the fundamental of the American folklore are tall tales with the famous John Henry and Paul Bunyan. Tall...

One man with a long bow sat upon the top of a little hillock. He was waiting for the chieftain's men to spy him. He heard far voices: "He is the avenger come to shoot the red eagle!" Soon four strong men ran forth from the center wigwam toward the hillock, where this man was sitting with...

The Brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm were German academics, linguists and authors specializing in collecting and publishing folklore. The first volume of Grimm’s Fairy Tales was published in 1812 and was criticized for not being suitable for children and in later editions certain amendments were...

Hans Christian Andersen was a famous Danish author of XIX century. "Tinderbox" is a fairy tale about a brave soldier. An old witch lets the soldier bring her a tinder-box. He must let himself down to a depth. As the soldier reaches the bottom, he finds a door. Behind the door a big dog sits....

Lyman Frank Baum, better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, children's author, actor and independent filmmaker. First published in 1909, The Road to Oz is the fifth book in L. Frank Daum's Oz book series. Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto meet the Shaggy Man, and while she is showing him the way, they...

In a mill lived a miller and his three workers. Once he said that that one who would bring the best horse home would become the new mill's owner. The third boy Hans was a drudge and nobody believed he could find the best horse. They came out and when Hans fell asleep in a cavern other two left him....

The Wonderful Musician or The Strange Musician or The Marvellous Musician is a German fairy tale collected by German brothers, academics, linguists, and cultural researchers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm under number 8 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and...

Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist, writer and folklorist. His is best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories written form the African-American oral story-telling tradition. They represent animal stories with the main character Br‘er Rabbit, whom no one could outwit. Br‘er...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. His collections contain dozens of old stories, myths, fables, and legends including "Little Red Riding Hood", "Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted", "The Story of Three Bears",...

Richard Wilhelm (10 May 1873 – 2 Mar 1930) was a German sinologist, theologian, and missionary. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works and collecting Chinese folk tales, fables and fairy tales. His translation of the I Ching is still regarded as one of the finest, as is...

This is a Slovenian fairy tale. Today children around the world love Eastern Slavonians' fairy tales because they are full of wonders and miracles, kind and brave heroes. Once upon a time was a great famine all over the world. Nowhere in the world was even a grain of corn and what people sowed was...

Fairy tale is a typically short folkloric story with elves, fairies, giants, trolls, goblins and witches as main characters. Fairy tales often reflect the soul and character features of a folk. The Cat and the Mouse is one of the most popular English fairy tales, it has been translated to many languages....