Folklore

The events of the story take place in ancient times when one of the farmers visited Juha and presented him with a gift. Juha accepted the hare from him and thanked him, then gave him advice. This is what followed from that visit: Beginning of the story: It is told that one day, a farmer carried a rabbit on his back and went to Juha, knocked on his door. Juha opened the door and asked the man: “Who are you?” The man replied: “I am one of the strangers who know your wisdom, oh Juha, and I came to you because I want you to accept this rabbit as a gift for you.” ...

There was a wolf named Chandrava. One day, Chandrava was very hungry and couldn’t find any food in the forest. Therefore, he decided to wander in a nearby village looking for food. Immediately, he set off to this village, almost starving from hunger. But he didn’t expect what he saw there. As soon as he reached the village, a group of dogs from every direction gathered around him, kept barking, and attacked him with their sharp teeth. The wolf decided to save his life by fleeing far from this fortified village by dogs. ...

Long ago, in a small village, an old woman lived with her daughter. The old woman worked hard all the time, while the girl was very lazy and extremely selfish. They had a bull, and the old woman always told her daughter: “You must take good care of the bull.” The girl always mocked her old mother’s words and told her: “The bull is an animal, an animal that must serve us and we benefit from it, not us serving it.” There was a pond at a distance from the old woman’s house. Every day at noon, the old woman would take the bull to this pond and give him a drink herself, making him drink from the pond. Meanwhile, the lazy girl would only eat and sleep. ...

In the kingdom of Vidagan, there was a kind and wise king. All the citizens of the kingdom were happy, but the king was always worried and sad, for a devilish snake had entered his son the prince’s body. Neither medicine nor magic could save the prince or heal him from the devilish snake. When the prince grew up and became a young man, he thought that his father felt sadness and worry because of him. One day, the prince decided to leave the palace. He wandered through the kingdom and went to another kingdom. There, he found an abandoned temple and decided to live inside it. He would beg for his food. ...

Once there was a miller who had a beautiful daughter. Her father always praised her, but unfortunately, he often lied about his daughter’s abilities. The daughter was often angry with her father because of his lies. He would apologize to her and promise her that he wouldn’t lie again, but he soon went back on his promises. One day, the miller went to the king and began telling him about his daughter. He told the king that she could spin gold from straw. The king was very happy and asked the miller to bring his daughter to the palace. The miller was confused and feared for himself and his daughter. When he told her, the girl didn’t know what to do. But they had no choice but to go to the king’s palace, otherwise he would kill them. ...

In Singapore, there is a small mountain known to people as the Red Mountain. When you ask the elderly people of the place about the reason for the mountain’s redness and its being called by this name, they tell you this story: In ancient times, the sea around Singapore was filled with large fish called Siyaf, which the high waves brought with them to the sea. People at that time couldn’t swim or walk along the beach, fearing those fierce fish that prevented fishermen from earning their livelihood, destroyed their boats, and attacked many of them. ...

It is told that there was an old man who had three young sons. The man owned a mill, a donkey, and a cat. When the man became ill and was on the verge of death, he distributed his property among his three sons. He gave the first the mill, and gave the second the donkey. As for the third, he gave him the cat. The two older brothers mocked their younger brother because he inherited something of no value. The boy was sad and sat crying, carrying the cat and looking at him. He talked to him and asked him, “What is your use? You are a tame animal, and there’s no benefit from you.” Suddenly, the cat stood up and answered the boy, saying, “I can do many things. I can make you richer than your brothers.” ...

The little red hen lived in the yard. She spent almost all her time walking around the yard searching everywhere for worms. She loved worms very much; their taste was delicious, and she considered them essential for her chicks’ health. In the coop was a lazy cat lying at the barn door, not bothering even to scare the mice running here and there. As for the sheep, he was uninterested in what was going on around him as long as he found his food. ...

There was a peasant named Jaber who lived in a village. He had a small plot of land. On a hot day, the peasant Jaber was digging in the ground when suddenly his pick struck something. The peasant decided to continue digging, then he found a large pot inside the ground. The large pot was rich because it would provide the peasant with food for a hundred people. The peasant thought the pot wouldn’t be of any use to him, so he decided to dig deeper, hoping he would find something else. The peasant continued digging. ...

It is told that in ancient times, Juha decided to give the Sultan a wonderful gift on his birthday. So he chose to give him a cooked goose. So he brought a fat goose and slaughtered it and cleaned it well, then placed it in a pot with water on the fire, and put on it the spices and water to make it tasty, and all the goose needed so that its meat would cook. And indeed, when its meat cooked, Juha looked at it for a long time, then said: And now, oh my dear goose, the Sultan will eat you alone, with enjoyment and health. ...