Asian

Resources in this category:

Folk Legends of Japan
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk/index.html

Read the fairy tales that Japanese children hear. Travel to a world of boy heroes, terrible ogres, animal antics, and more.

Indian Mythology
http://www.indianmythology.com/

Find out more about Hinduism through these many tales, including the Panchatantra, stories that were supposed to teach a prince the moral lessons he needed to become a great king.

Korean Myths and Tales: Tangun, The Father of Our Nation
http://www.clickasia.co.kr/about/m1.htm

Most cultures have a story about how their way of life came into being; this one comes from Korea. Read about Hwan-Woong, the son of the king of the heavens who left his father’s kingdom to help the people of the world and how he and his family became the ancestors to all Korean people.