Japanese · 8 min read
Yuki-Onna
A young woodcutter is spared by the snow-spirit on one promise: that he never speak of her.
retold from Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan (1904)The
You came here with two names.The moss has kept the spare.
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Festivals, and the beings in their stories.
The realms
Folk tales
Slavic · 8 min read
The Firebird & the Grey Wolf
A prince who plucks one burning feather is set on a quest, aided by a wolf who ate his horse.
retold from Afanasyev’s Russian Fairy Tales
Greek · 8 min read
Odysseus in the Cyclops’ Cave
Trapped by a man-eating giant, a hero must win free by wine, a burning stake, and a lie about his own name.
retold from Homer, The Odyssey (Book IX)