Wisdom Red lacquer cup Once upon a time, a long time ago, in a small house behind the mountain there lived a lonely woodcutter. He was very poor, he cut down trees in the forest and thus survived from day to day. One evenin... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom The most clever liar In the old days, there lived three famous liars in the cities of Edo, Osaka and Kyoto. As soon as all three get together, they immediately begin to lie in a race. One says: “I recently tore the sky fr... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom About how a man turned into a turtle A long time ago, a husband and wife lived in the same village. They lived poorly. That husband was lazy, he didn’t like peasant labor, and all he did was wander around the yard all day. And his wife w... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Thunder God Sombutsu In ancient times, an old man and his granddaughter lived in the same mountain village. They lived poorly, all their wealth was a very small piece of land, the size of a cat’s forehead. Every morning t... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Monkey and crab fight In ancient times, the Monkey and the Crab lived next door. One day they went for a walk together, and suddenly, not far from the river, the Monkey found a grain of the kaki fruit, and the Crab found a... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Molodilnoye Lake A long time ago, an old man and an old woman lived in the same village. They were very old, they could hardly drag their feet, but they lived together and helped each other in everything. Sometimes th... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Straw hat A long time ago, in a small village, there lived a poor old man and his wife. The old man was weaving “kasa” - large straw hats for sale, and his old woman was busy with the housework. One day, on the... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Straw hats for Jizo A long time ago, in one village there lived an old man and an old woman. They lived very poorly. The last day of the old year has arrived. From the neighboring houses all you could hear was “boom!” ye... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom What did the birds say? It was a long time ago. There lived an old man in a village. He walked through the mountains, collected brushwood and sold it at the market. One day he found a red cap in the forest. The old man was d... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Badger and fox Once upon a time, many wild animals lived in the dense forests near the city of Matsumoto. The hunters found out about this and began to go hunting in that forest. From morning to evening, screams and... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Girl, loach and monkey There lived a peasant and his wife in the village of Katano. They had a daughter - a kind, cheerful girl. And then one day the girl’s mother became seriously ill and died. A year later, my father marr... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
Wisdom Wormwood - a remedy for all ills In ancient times, there lived a peasant. And that peasant firmly believed in the magical properties of wormwood. Every summer he collected wormwood, dried it, tied it in bundles and said: - There is n... Fairy Tales Japanese Fairy Tales
