Folklore

Among the beautiful stories that grandparents still pass down to grandchildren is the story of the young man whom the king made a knight. The story revolves around a foundling young man who didn’t own anything of this world’s possessions except a barley grain. This was the only inheritance he received from his parents. The young man decided to travel in God’s vast land searching for sustenance and adventure. The young man set off carrying nothing for provisions except the barley grain. Darkness fell after he had walked a long distance. He knocked on a farmer’s door requesting shelter, and before sleeping, he placed the barley grain on the doorstep. Then he said to the house owner: This grain is all I own, and I hope no one steals it from me. The farmer replied: Don’t worry my son. Then he said: Be at ease, nothing is lost with us. Then the young man slept with peace of mind. ...

It is told that long ago there was a city with a strange law. Every year, a different king from the previous one ruled it. The people of this city would choose this king and install him on the first day of each year. After his term ended, they would send him to a distant island to spend the rest of his life there. After that, they would choose another king, and so on. ...

In the famous era of King Arthur, there lived in the land of England, specifically in Cornwall county, an active farmer who had only a son named Jack. Jack was a brave boy who loved hearing stories about giants and fairies, and chasing villains. He enjoyed reading about them, and his favorite time was what he spent with his mother as she told him stories of chivalry and courage, and his father recounted the great deeds of brave knights like King Arthur. ...

In ancient times, there was a great king living with his beautiful queen wife and their beautiful daughter in happiness and prosperity. The king had a wonderful donkey that produced a piece of gold every day. The donkey remained in this state until the king became wealthy and fabulously rich. One day, the beautiful queen fell ill and felt her end approaching. She advised her husband not to marry a woman other than her so as not to mistreat her only daughter. The king promised her that, but after a few years of loneliness, some of the king’s close ones began pressing him to marry another woman. The king agreed and decided to marry. ...

It is told that a cobbler named Asfour lived in the ancient city of Baghdad, and he had a wife named Jarada. She reminded him every day of his poverty and his inability to provide a more comfortable life for her. One day, while Jarada was walking in the market, she saw a lady wearing a luxurious robe, her fingers adorned with diamond rings, pearl necklaces hanging from her chest, gold earrings dangling from her ears, and a group of beautiful maidservants walking around her. ...

The fairies used to go to the fields in spring to help crops grow and color them with beautiful colors, and to help the animals and insects that lived in the fields. However, it was forbidden for fairies to go to the land of humans. Next to the field where the fairies camped was a house belonging to a man who worked as an insect researcher. He would go there and take his little daughter Zizi with him to collect butterflies and conduct research on them. Zizi was a good and beautiful girl, but her father didn’t pay attention to her because he was always busy with his research. So Zizi built a small dollhouse and decorated it, and she would take it out to play in the fields. ...

We will tell today about a little girl named Hydi. Hydi lived with her uncle in his old small house. Her uncle used to work on her a lot, and because his work was continuous without stopping and with trouble for life. For this reason, the uncle decided to take Hydi to live with him in a village of huge birds where he was old and living alone in a small hut far from the village’s people who were living there because he loved the village of huge birds, the high hill. ...

A very long time ago, some people from the village of Nair, a village in South Africa, went hunting. They walked in the jungles but found nothing. When night came, they were very far from the village, so they decided to stay in the jungles to continue hunting the next morning’s morning. They thought of taking shelter and a place to stay among the bushes until they found a good place to sleep. The hunters were not afraid of sleeping in the jungles, even though they knew that elephants, lions, and other animals might kill hunters sometimes while they were sleeping. ...

There was a small family of doves living in a quiet and beautiful village. Since time immemorial, they had not moved to another place. One day, the dove saw something new to her. She saw huge carriages carrying the equipment of a new circus coming to their village. This circus would present entertaining shows for adults and children with its players and their animals. The dove began to watch the carriages until they stopped, then went to stand close to them to explore the place. She was impressed with a carriage painted in red and green colors, and sitting next to it was a large lady talking to people about their present and future and advising them. The circus people called her Lady Amina. The dove also saw on the roof of the colored carriage a cage of a small wooden lion. She said to herself: Beside this small lion, we can build our nest, my husband and I, and live in it for a period to enjoy the atmosphere of this beautiful circus. ...

There was a small boy named Peter living with his mother, father, and nanny in a large house that had a beautiful garden and was surrounded by wide streets. Peter was the only child in this family, so they all cared about him greatly and brought him all the toys and things he requested. On his birthday, they held a big celebration for him, and his father brought him a toy box containing twenty-five men made of metal, wearing soldier uniforms. Among them was only one soldier who had one leg that he stood on, and yet he always stood firmly without shaking or falling. ...