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Folktales and Morals
Folktale | Moral |
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“How Spider Obtained the Sky God’s Stories” | Everyone needs stories |
“The Parson and the Sexton” | What comes around, goes around |
The Man Who Had No Story | Everyone needs stories |
Helping to Lie” | Keep your lies little so they don’t get away from you |
The Tall Tales” | What comes around, goes around” |
Glooscap and the Baby” | Pride goes before a fall |
The Fly | A lie can help trick the truth out of a person |
"The Two Pickpockets” | You don’t always get what you expect |
Wagging My Tail in the Mud” | The best answer to a difficult question is a parable |
“The Old Man and His Grandson” | Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” |
“Nauru and the Shark” | “Trickiness can get a person what he wants” |
“Talk” | “Seeing is believing” |
“The Old Woman in the Vinegar Bottle” | “Be grateful for what you have” |
“The Magic Pear Tree” | “Be a little generous now, or a lot generous later” |
“Being Greedy Chokes Anansi” | “Be careful that your tricks don’t get used against you” |
“The Master Thief” | “If you’re gonna be bad, be the best at it” |
“The King’s Son Goes Bear Hunting” | “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” |
“Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitch” | “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” |
“Li Chi Slays the Serpent” | “Unlikely people can be brave” |
“The Longwitton Dragon” | “Watch, and you shall learn” |
The Flying Head” | “Unlikely people can be brave” |
Vasilisa the Beautiful” | People mostly get what they deserve” |
“Then the Merman Laughed” | “Appearances can be deceptive” |
“How Mosquitoes Came to Be” | “Sometimes when you fix one problem, you create another” |
“Truth and Falsehood” | “Better to be poor but honest” |
“It Could Always Be Worse” | “Be satisfied with what you have” |
“Djuha’s Sleeve” | “Don’t judge based on appearance” |
“The Missing Axe” | “Don’t judge based on appearance” |
“What Melody Is Sweetest” | “Be open to possibilities” |