| Like all good folk tales these are stories of human ingenuity and stupidity, the worst of human nature and the best. |
| Conflict is then almost endemic to a good story, and literature, mythology, folk tales, and even religious texts are full of violent narratives. |
| Resonant of medieval folk tales, it conjures up the image of a wizened old hag casting spells on innocent children lost in a tangle of forests. |
| The story of the two brothers Hungbu and Nolbu is one of the most typical and popular of all Korean folk tales. |
| Early Indonesian literature consisted largely of local folk tales and traditional religious stories. |
| Another popular figure in myth and folk tales is Aligouran, a character in a series of adventures involving an uncle and his nephew. |
