The legends common to one clan were known all over the continent wherever Indians of that clan lived, and there is little doubt that many of the legends of the Iroquois can be found in some form among those of the Western Indian tribes of the present time.
The Confederation of the Iroquois: A Legend from the Haudenosaunee Indians
The Confederation of the Iroquois: A Legend from the Haudenosaunee Indians
The Ice King and His Wonderful Grandchild: A Dutch Fairy Tale
The Ice King and His Wonderful Grandchild: A Dutch Fairy Tale
The Skoptsy: The Strange 18th-Century Russian Sect That Performed Self-Mutilation In The Name of God
The Skopites, also known as the Skoptsy, Scapets or Scopiti, depending on translations, were a religious sect that emerged in 18th-century Russia. They believed in a radical form of Christianity that involved self-castration for men and mutilation of breasts for women.
Romería Del Rocío in Spain: A Traditional Religious Pilgrimage Originating in 3rd Century AD
Romería del Rocío is Spain’s most important religious celebration and it attracts over a million visitors every year during the weekend before Pentecost Monday and exactly 50 days following Easter.
Anansi and the Wisdom: A Legend from Ghana
Anansi, commonly referred to as the “God of Stories”, is a spider trickster figure in African folklore, particularly among the Akan people of Ghana. Anansi’s name comes from the word in the Akan language for “spider.”
The Legend of the King’s Three Sons: Icelandic Fairy Tales
The Legend of the King’s Three Sons: Icelandic Fairy Tales – A Legend from Iceland
The Stepmother and her Stepdaughter: A Serbian Legend
Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived with her stepmother. The woman hated her stepdaughter exceedingly, because she was more beautiful than her own daughter, whom she had brought with her to the house. She did her utmost to turn the poor girl’s own father against her, and with such success that he soon began to scold and even to hate his own child.
The Stepmother and her Stepdaughter
The Boy Pu-nia and Kai-ale-ale, the King of the Sharks: A Hawaiian Legend
On one side of the Island, there lived a great shark: Kai-ale-ale he was named; he was the King of the Sharks of that place, and he had ten sharks under him. He lived near a cave that was filled with lobsters. But no one dared to dive down, and go into that cave, and take lobsters out of it
The Boy Pu-nia and Kai-ale-ale, the King of the Sharks: A Hawaiian Legend
Connla and the Fairy Maiden: A Celtic Fairy Tale – 12th Century
Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him.
Connla and the Fairy Maiden
The Bag of Stories: A Mongolian Legend
Centuries ago the Black Plague raged among the Mongols, killing thousands, if not millions, of people. Desperate and terrified, the people of their domains fled in every possible direction, hoping to escape.
The Bag of Stories: A Mongolian Legend
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