Directory of Asian Resources

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• A Beautiful Daughter

  http://sakhalin.ru/Region/Tales/tale_nivkh_2.htm
  Illustrated Nivkh fairy tale in Nivkh, Russian, and English.

• Aino Folk-Tales

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/aft/
  Compiled by B. Chamberlaine, 1888, e-text at Sacred Texts.

• Ak Chechek - White Flower

  http://www.h-net.org/~nilas/seasons/whiteflower.html
  An Altay folktale translated by Kira Van Deusen from the book "Skazki narodov sibiri".

• Indonesian Myth

  http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/MYbaseE.HTML
  Indonesian myths and folktales retold by Mario Rustan.

• Popular Cambodian Folktales

  http://seasite.niu.edu/khmer/writingsystem/subscripts/subcripthtm/folklore.htm
  Four folktales, legends and myths.

• Shri Badat The Cannibal King: A Buddhist Jataka from Gilgit

  http://www.mockandoneil.com/shrib-tc.htm
  Article by John Mock, proposing a new interpretation of a legend from the town of Gilgit in northern Pakistan.

• Specimens of Ainu Folk-lore

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/safl/
  Compiled by John Batchelor, 1888-1893, e-text at Sacred Texts.

• Sri Lankan Myths, Miracles & Mysteries

  http://www.lankalibrary.com/myths.html
  Annotated list of links to Sri Lankan mythological topics from WWW Virtual Library - Sri Lanka.

• Twice-Told Tuvan Tales

  http://www.fotuva.org/misc/tales.html
  Four Tuvan why-tales concerning animals, retold by Kira van Deusen.

 

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