Myth and Folklore Blog

Photo:  Timur Romanov on Unsplash  Story Source: The Little Hunting Dog   There once was a boy, Ernest, who lived on a farm with his parents. He had not many friends, and he kept to himself for the most part. The farm that he lived on was very desolate, not too many people around and he had to be homeschooled. One night his parents were sitting at the dinner table talking closely when Ernest walked in nervously.  "Ernest, go to sleep sweetheart," his Maw exclaimed, "your Paw and I are just discussing adult matters, you don't need to worry about."  "Maw, I am an adult though!" Ernest looked at his parents, upset that they would keep things from him like this. "We're selling our farm, son." Paw said, unable to look his boy in the eyes.  "But Paw.... what about the animals? Where will they go?" Ernest was beginning to worry because his animals were his only company. His parents looked away from him, ashamed at the lengths they had...

  Photo:  Annie Spratt on Unsplash The Little Hunting Dog *Similar story to king of the ants* A Scholar was a bit anti social, so he made his home in a buddhist temple. One night he saw two little nights enter his room. They were about 2 inches tall and rode horses the size of grasshoppers. A tiny army fought and nearly all had disappeared, but he was astonished and didn't know where they came from. His tiny dog bit to death any vermin it would find. When he woke the dog was dead. Fox-Fire A fox was preparing for the elixir of life, when the fox breathed fire into the air the man hid and when it came back down the man swallowed the elixir into his stomach. The fox saw and grew angry, from then on the boy could turn invisible, he earned much money from these gifts. One night the ball of fire leaped back from his throat, the fox took it and left.  The Talking Silver Foxes An archer killed the fox spirit's form and sold him for his pelt. He received 5000 copper pieces from ...

  Photo Source: Duck Eggs Reading Source: Chinese Fairy Book by R. Wilhelm The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck: The daughter had bad luck, and when she was to marry she threw a ball to the suitors and whoever caught it would marry her. The beggar caught the silk, and her father was furious. Her husband went to search for fortune, and she waited 18 years. Her father would not care for her, but her mother fed her secretly. The beggar became an emperor, and saw that she remained faithful, he tested her but she stayed loyal. After she became empress after 18 days she fell ill and died.  The Cave of the Beasts: A father brought home duck eggs intending to eat them himself, but his wife offered them to the girls. They ate them and the father was angry and intended to leave them in the woods to die. He said he would take them to their grandmothers, and then left them. They went into a cave and slept there for the night. A wolf and a fox lived there and got trapped in ...