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Vietnamese fairy tales

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Famous Vietnamese fairy tales include The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree and The Story of Tấm and Cám. Various tales have been translated into English, as well as folk tales containing some elements of fairy tales.

Well known tales

  • "The Wishing Pearl" - a peasant befriends an animal and receives a magic gift
  • "The Heart of Crystal" - a Princess falls in love with a commoner
  • "The Student and the Frog" - about a frog who becomes a beautiful woman
  • Tấm Cám "The Two Sisters" - a dark Cinderella story
  • Từ Thức Gặp Tiên "Tu Thuc and the Fairy Queen" - Từ Thức meets a flower who is really a fairy queen
  • "The Student and the Painting" - a girl in a painting
  • Ba Giai and Tú Xuất are a comical duo in South Vietnamese folk tales

    • References

    Vietnamese fairy tales Wikipedia
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