folklore

An Indian/Pakistani folktale in which an impoverished grass-cutter finds that gifts can be a mixed blessing.

Coyote is tricked by some butterflies who laugh so hard about their joke that they cannot fly straight.

Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes.

An old Chinese couple has a son who never grows any larger than a plum seed, but his size does not prevent him from saving his village from a cruel lord.

A tale which explains how there came to be only one moon in the night sky.

With the help of Iron Hans, the wild man of the forest, a young prince makes his own way in the world and wins the hand of a princess.

When the terrifying Iroko-man tries to take a woodcarver's first-born child as partial payment for bringing fertility to his village, the father must find a clever solution.

With the aid of his magical horse, Ptitsa, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vassilissa.

A retelling of the fairy tale by Charles Perault in which Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

A stingy peddler is chastised for his miserly ways by an old beggar with magical powers.