Asian (World Tales)

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Shri Badat The Cannibal King: A Buddhist Jataka from Gilgit Shri Badat The Cannibal King: A Buddhist Jataka from Gilgit: Article by John Mock, proposing a new interpretation of a legend from the town of Gilgit in northern Pakistan. (Asian) http://www.monitor.net/~jmko/karakoram/shrib-tc.htm Fairytales from East Asia Fairytales from East Asia: Small collection of Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese tales, compiled by a university class. (Asian) http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/class.pages/1aSp96/ A Beautiful Daughter A Beautiful Daughter: Illustrated Nivkh fairy tale in Nivkh, Russian, and English. (Asian) http://www.sakhalin.ru/Region/crossroads/nivkh_tale.htm Popular Cambodian Folktales Popular Cambodian Folktales: Four folktales, legends and myths. (Asian) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/SoutheastAsia/outreach/CambodiaWebUnit/Folktales.html Nangi Village Folk Stories Nangi Village Folk Stories: Eleven Nepali folktales, legends and myths presented by Mahabir Pun. (Asian) http://rip.physics.unk.edu/nepal/NVD.html#12 Malay Legends Malay Legends: Five Malayan legends from Singapore. (Asian) http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules.php?op=modload&name=Subjects&file=index&req=viewpage&pageid=51 Ak Chechek - White Flower Ak Chechek - White Flower: An Altay folktale translated by Kira Van Deusen from the book "Skazki narodov sibiri". (Asian) http://www.h-net.org/~nilas/seasons/whiteflower.html Introduction to Asian Storytelling Introduction to Asian Storytelling: Tales, proverbs, and riddles with background information. (Asian) http://www.nwlink.com/~spagnoli/asiatell/ Kirghiz Oral Literature in Translation Kirghiz Oral Literature in Translation: Folktales, songs, and proverbs, translated by Elmira Köchümkul, University of Washington. (Asian) http://students.washington.edu/elmira/kproverbs.html Specimens of Ainu Folk-lore Specimens of Ainu Folk-lore: Compiled by John Batchelor, 1888-1893, e-text at Sacred Texts. (Asian) http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/safl/ Women in Vietnamese Folklore Women in Vietnamese Folklore: Overview by Cong-Huyen-Ton-Nu Nha-Trang on the traditional views on women as expressed in folklore. (Asian) http://www.geocities.com/chtn_nhatrang/women.html Sri Lankan Myths, Miracles & Mysteries Sri Lankan Myths, Miracles & Mysteries: Annotated list of links to Sri Lankan mythological topics from WWW Virtual Library - Sri Lanka. (Asian) http://www.lankalibrary.com/myths.html Aino Folk-Tales Aino Folk-Tales: Compiled by B. Chamberlaine, 1888, e-text at Sacred Texts. (Asian) http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/aft/ Western Yugur Folktales Western Yugur Folktales: Tales of the Yugur and other Central Asian peoples. (Asian) http://home.arcor.de/marcmarti/yugur/folktale/folktale.htm Indonesian Myth Indonesian Myth: Indonesian myths and folktales retold by Mario Rustan. (Asian) http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/MYbaseE.HTML Singapore's Myths and Legends Singapore's Myths and Legends: Three legends from Singapore. (Asian) http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/5994/myths.html Legends of Langkawi Legends of Langkawi: Five legends from the Malaysian Langkawi archipelago. (Asian) http://langkawi.insights.com.my/le001.htm Mienh.net: Folktales Mienh.net: Folktales: Three tales from the Iu Mien, a people from Laos. (Asian) http://mienh.net/folktales/folktales.html Twice-Told Tuvan Tales Twice-Told Tuvan Tales: Four Tuvan why-tales concerning animals, retold by Kira van Deusen. (Asian) http://www.fotuva.org/misc/tales.html Ghosts & Ghouls of Singapore Ghosts & Ghouls of Singapore: Brief description of the different ghosts and ghouls, with four scary stories. (Asian) http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/5994/ghosts.html