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Ancient Hindu myths and stories are filled with images of horrible monsters, demons and fierce animals. The god Shiva has eight arms and is sometimes depicted as half man, half woman. Parvati, Shiva’s wife rides on a

Imagine living in a city where the homes sat close together, separated only by small alleys. Now imagine that the alleys sometimes ran right through a house. Would people come through your backdoor and go out again through your front door? What if you were in the middle of eating dinner? Or...

Do you love the movie Mulan? Then you’d probably enjoy visiting the old town of Lijiang, in China. This town looks a lot like it did 800 years ago when people first began...

French food or French cuisine has a reputation for being fussy and hard to make. Some of the dishes are very elaborate and take a lot of time to make. Other foods go together simply with just a few ingredients. The main thing to remember if you want to cook or enjoy French food is to always use...

Is there something you’re good at making or doing? Maybe you’re the best cookie maker on your block. Perhaps your best friend is an expert bracelet maker. You could sell or trade your cookies for a bracelet. Your friend will tell other friends about your fabulous cookies and soon you’ll...

What would you do if you had no television, no computers, no soccer team and no video games? You’d work during the day, of course, but when the work was done, you’d probably invent your own games. That’s how many of the world’s games and sports began. Schwingen, or Swiss wrestling, dates...

In the hills of Armenia lies a monastery that has been there for almost 2,000 years. The Monastery of Geghard was a monastery built by Christian monks in the 4th century. Some of the...

What if you were put on a ship and sent thousands of miles from your parents to a strange land? There you were forced to work as a servant, farm worker or factory worker. The reason you were sent away was because you had been convicted of a crime. The crime might range from something very...

The Empty Pot a Chinese folk story is a fun story teaching kids about honesty. It was published on September 15, 1996 under the title "The Empty Pot (An Owlet Book)". The book was written and illustrated by Demi. In this fun story for kids, we learn about a boy and how he showed his honesty to...

Have you ever ducked underwater in the bathtub or swimming pool and timed yourself? How many seconds could you stay underwater? 6 seconds? 10 seconds? Perhaps even 20 seconds? Off Jeju Island in

For thousands of years, pre-humans and humans lived nomadic lives. They moved from place to place, hunting wild game and gathering plants, roots, seeds and berries....

The Clever Girl is an Italian folk story. Folk stories usually means legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs included in the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. Sometimes "folklore" is