Mythology and Folklore UN-Textbook

Overview . The jatakas are ancient stories from India, the "birth tales" of the Buddha, stories of his previous incarnations in t...

Overview . This selection of jataka tales, or "birth stories" of the Buddha, is taken from Shedlock's Eastern Stories and Leg...

Overview . This reading unit contains "Part One" of  The Life of Buddha  by Andre Ferdinand Herold, beginning with the supernatura...

Overview . This is a brief retelling of the Ramayana (as found in Mackenzie's Indian Myth and Legend ), an epic poem from ancient India...

Overview . The  Panchatantra  (the "Five Tantras," the "Five Books of Wisdom") is an enormously influential collection o...

Overview . The collection of stories known as the Fables of Bidpai  is one of the many descendants of the ancient Indian Panchatantra , with...

Overview . The stories in Twenty-Two Goblins (Arthur Ryder's translation of the Sanskrit Vetālapañcaviṃśati ) are tales told by a gobli...

Overview . Raja Rasalu (King Rasalu), hero of the Punjab, is the subject of many legends, and the stories below come from two different sour...

Overview . This wide-ranging collection of  Indian Fairy Tales  by Joseph Jacobs includes stories from the Buddhist Jataka and Hindu Pancha...

Overview.  These stories all come from Bengal, a region now divided between the Indian state of West Bengal and the neighboring nation of Ba...

Overview . The Santal (Santhal, Sontal, Sonthal) are the largest tribal community in India, living primarily in the states of Jharkhand, Wes...

Overview . The Khasi people live primarily in Meghalaya state in India and also in the neighboring nation of Bangladesh. The stories in  Fol...