Krishna and the Serpent Kalya Hinduism – India Krishna, the eighth incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu and the supreme god of Krishnaism, loved his job as a cowherd, as it allowed him to roam the forests with his cows. He was greatly attracted to trees for, growing up as the adopted son of…
The Man Who Morphed into a Fox Ainu People – Japan and Russia A moneylender and trader in furs and feathers was travelling along a lonely road towards a cluster of villages, where he intended to stock up on goods for sale in the trading fortresses of the southern part of the island. He…
Justice Algeria A humble peasant one day found that the water from the well, from which his entire family drank, reeked of cattle urine. It didn’t take long for him to understand that the problem came from a nearby pen of goats, sheep and lambs. A few months before these animals had been driven…
The Man Who Stole Maize Zulu Nation – South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Eswatini One day a villager came to see the tribal elder. He told him someone has been stealing his maize, a little at a time, but in the long run it has been adding up. Last night, he had been lurking…