Movies: Folktale

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Once upon a time there was a farmer who had three sons: the youngest was a bit slow. Nevertheless, he acquires the golden slipper of the princess and hides it....

The smallest son of the king has to find a bride for himself in the forest. But he finds only a kitty cat....

During a tour of his country, King Matthias the just, comes across a sign in a village: The judge of this village does not have a care in the world! Well, the King gives him an assignment, saying if he does not solve it, he will be beheaded. The judg...

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World....

A stop-motion gothic folktale. A starving young boy eats a human toe that he finds in the ground. Later that night, something comes to his bedroom wanting it back....

How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with an Indian myth of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style....

A woman has 12 daughters and they were so cheeky that once their mother said in anger: "I wish you turned into jackdaws". Immediately the 12 girls turned into jackdaws and flew away. Later on, a son was born to the woman, who heard the story of his s...

Each one of the poor man’s four sons learns a craft. The dragon kidnaps the princess. The four young men bring the princess back to the king with the help of their crafts. In his thankfulness, the king presents them with four provinces of the country...

The son of a poor man allows their three piglets to graze at the foot of the King's garden. The princess likes the piglets. The boy refuses to accept money for them, and asks the princess to pull up her dress. One day the boy hears that the princess ...

The poor man’s three sons wanted to get married but their father allowed marrying first only that boy who obtains the most beautiful flower, shawl and girl....

The stepmother sends the hard-working girl to serve somebody. After a year she returns home with gold, silver and other treasures. As the bad-hearted woman sees this she sends also her own daughter to serve somebody, but she is lazy therefore she ret...

When asked by her father, the youngest daughter of the king answers: I love you like people love salt. The king is very annoyed and chases his daughter into the forest. The young king of the neighbouring country finds her, and they decide to get marr...

The painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. He created 'Ways to Sketch', a series of picture books illustrating humans and animals, all richly expressed. One day he was sketching out a carp, just at that moment he slept and he became a carp...

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale....

Once upon a time there was a king who had a beautiful daughter. A sky-high tree stood in the middle of their garden. One day the wind caught the princess and lifted her to the top of the tree, into the castle of the three-headed dragon. A swineherd s...

Jack Crow sets out in search of a job as a servant. He helps the ant, the crow and the fish on the way. For his help, each one of them gives him a whistle as a present; when he needs them he should just blow the whistles. He hires himself out to the ...

In the old days it was all murder and mayhem around Llanymawddwy as this renactment of an old legend shows but, never fear, peace now reigns....