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Animals in Fables

“Fables, inspired by Aesop, in this respect have generally posed a question that was at the heart of Aesop’s tales: Can human …

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“Though many ancient tales might seem magical, miraculous, fanciful, superstitious, or unreal to us, people believed them, and these people were and …

How to Tell a Fairy Tale

“We are all misfit for the world, and somehow we must fit in, fit in with other people, and thus we must …

Socrates+Stories

In my Ancient Greek Philosophy class we’re reading The Republic, and at one point Socrates argues that the stories told to children …

Philippines Origin Story

I really wanted to find a story from a culture I was not very familiar with.  I came across this creation myth …

Origin Story

http://www.creationmyths.org/xingu-creationmyth.htm I picked the Xingu Indian story of the creation of man. I picked this story because it is not a typical …

Origins Story

Since I was 4 years old I have lived with my disabled brother. My brother is a big part of mine and …

Origin Story

My grandpa was born and raised in China. He used to always tell us grandchildren about the Chinese calendar and which animals …

Origin Post

I was just googling random short stories when I remember one my mom used to tell me as a kid about rainbows. …

Origin Story

https://books.google.com/books?id=NvdAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false   Chinese folks tales are as innumerable as the shinning stars in the sky. Among those moving tales, my favorite one …