Folk tales of the world

Can a small bag that two gentlemen are fighting over really contain two spotted leopards, the entire city of Baghdad, and three camels?.

An Algonquian Indian tale in which the animals try to bring warmth to Earth from the Land Above in order to help Wolf's sick son.

Retells the Aboriginal tale about what happened when the giant frog Tiddalik had such a great thirst that he drank a lake, a river, and all the other water he could find until there wasn't a drop of water left anywhere.

Brer Anansi uses a boat race with Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear as an opportunity to perform his usual mischief.

The generosity of Little Peacock causes him to be selected by the Peacock Fairy as the recipient of her magic, which creates for him a blaze of new tail feathers like the fireworks of the Spring Festival.

At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time, because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner, until the curiosity of three men sets night free.

Raven, Chicken Hawk, Coyote, and other animals vie for the honor of being the sun and bringing light to their dark world.

Four animals challenge a traveller to a tale-telling contest, which Princess Learned-in-the-Law must adjudicate.