Vietnamese Folklore Novels & Stories

This story is my personal contribution to the folklore I take pride in – the folklore of Kamarsuburi. Like any other folk-tale, in any part of the world, this has evolved through and enriched by the tradition of oral-storytelling over a number of years. My paternal and maternal grandmothers had their own versions of it, my mother her own, which at times, was quite in conflict with the versions of my grandmothers; there were bits and pieces of it that Nisim had passed over to me, just as people in our vicinity, during casual conversations, had passed on certain controversial parts of it. Those controversial parts, for the ease of your understanding, my dear reader, I will call rumours. This s

She finally managed to speak out some words. “It is a story that has been handed down through generations of our kind. We generally find that all folklore comes from a grain of truth but regardless, it is a starting point we can use to begin to decipher your bloodline” Luna carefully places a bookmark between the pages and shut the book, placing it on the small tee table in front of her. Luna suddenly noticed they Valerie is perplexed with all that she has been storying to her, she decided to change the topic. Veda was losing herself in the story.

** My hands were firm on the steering wheel as Mikael and I journeyed through the darkened road. It had been one hour of us in the car, the city turning into country and the road transitioning into dirt and moist earth beneath my car's wheels. We kept conversation minimal the first hour because we were both nervous. Mikael, however, was more anxious than I was. He had never been to the Bayou of the Shunned, but like everyone else, had heard tales about the cursed swamp and the witch that ruled over it as its Supreme Sorceress. Sajida was the bedtime story mambos and houngans told their kids about to keep them in line; in the black community, Sajida was "that" woman that the children of voodo

Diamond tears streamed down his face. Xavier sounded behind me. “Do you know the story?” “What story?” I wanted to touch them, but I knew I couldn’t. “These are the Butterfly Lovers. They’re a Chinese legend. A tragic love story.” “I’ve never heard of this.” I walked around the male sculpture. “It’s one of China's Four Great Folktales.” Still standing in front of the statute, he studied me over the man’s wings. “I would tell you, but it’s sad.”

“Hearing that explains much more about why he has been on edge recently. Do you really think the stories he was told as a kid will help you?” Lindsay asked Wren. “Maybe. Folklore is commonly based on actual events or creatures that were not easily explained. If you haven’t noticed, we have had quite a few things come up without records. If Viktor can even give us an idea about some of them, then that is more than we have now,” Wren explained.