Fairy Tale/Folktale from your Country ?

[Retro Doomer]

Esteemed Gentlemen and Distinguished Ladies,
Allow me the honour of inquiring about the enchanting fairy tales from your esteemed nations those timeless legends and stories that have been cherished across generations. I am particularly eager to learn which of these tales holds a special place in your hearts as your favourite.
Furthermore, I cannot help but wonder do any of these stories possess a certain plausibility,of being true ? My dear assistant Hilde and I would be most delighted to hear your fascinating accounts and insights.
With the utmost respect and curiosity, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Retro Doomer

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

We don’t have many fairy/folk tales here but there’s one lore that I’m quite familiar and fascinated with. It’s called the “Tikbalang” an anthromorphic horse like creature. It is said that if you ever captured and tame it, that creature will serve you for the rest of its life. But taming is almost an impossible feat for if you fail you’re going to be its dinner. They say that there 3 pieces of golden hair on its mane and if you are able to get it all the creature is going to be your servant for the rest of its life.

 

[Retro Doomer]

In my Homeland we have the Legend about the Elwetritsch a Creature between Chicken and Fairy if I remember right.
Here is a Wikipedia Article in English about it.Its a Palatine(Pfälzer) Legend so to say

Elwetritsch - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

We have some kind of Elwetritsche Jagd where you can catch them but I never took part in that.You could call it our Co Official National Bird of us Pälzer ;)

and here is a German Video About that.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSLM00EogBc
and some English Video

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

In the state I’m in, we have one of the lesser known cryptids that actually became the namesake of our hockey team

Jersey Devil - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[bjork]

I don't know which state he's supposed to be from, but Paul Bunyan is like a giant lumberjack dude and he has a giant blue ox that I think is named Babe? I don't know the context of the story, I just know it's a thing that exists and I think it's US-specific.

 

[Tonberry]

Like all of them lol
I like trolls the most, though.

 

[Bonkers225]

The Fairy and the Woodcutter is one of the most popular of all Korean folktales. Almost all children in Korea grow up reading a version of this love story. The story has three well-known versions that differ mainly in plot length. The following is a synopsis of the full version of the folktale.

There once was a poor woodcutter who lived with his mother. One day, he helped a wounded deer escape from hunters. As a show of gratitude, the deer informed the woodcutter of a nearby pond where fairies came down from the heavens to bathe every month. The deer pointed out that the woodcutter would be able to marry one of the fairies by hiding the fairy’s winged clothing—her only means of flight. He could then come to the rescue of the stranded fairy. The only proviso: everything was to be kept secret from his wife until they had at least three children. With these instructions, the woodcutter was successful in taking a fairy as his wife, and they had two children together. Content and happy, the woodcutter now felt comfortable enough to prematurely come clean. He showed his wife the winged clothing. Upon seeing her wings again, the wife could not help but feel a pang of yearning for home. She decides to return to the heavens, taking the children with her.

With this unexpected turn of events, the woodcutter was highly distraught and once again turned to the help of the deer. This time, the resourceful deer presented the woodcutter with magic beans that would allow him to reach the heavens by way of a very long beanstalk. The overjoyed woodcutter reunited with his wife and triumphantly passed a series of tests that were required of all mortals who wished to live in the heavens. As time went by, the woodcutter began to worry about his mother, whom he had left behind on earth. The wife, who understood the woodcutter’s feelings, provided him with a winged horse that would safely take him down to earth and back. The wife also warned the woodcutter never to get off the horse at any point.

During the trip, however, the woodcutter spilled his mother’s hot porridge on the horse’s back, and as the startled horse reared up on its legs, he was knocked off its back. The winged horse flew back to the heavens, leaving the hapless woodcutter behind. The woodcutter was never to return to the heavens again. Sad and alone, he later turned into a rooster that crows its grief to the skies.

 

[Bakuma1997]

La Llorona, especially since until a wall in my "Andador" was put, there were legends that she passed though my street (i wasn't born yet so i can't tell...eh* shrugs)

Regarding Myths We also have...well, a ton of tales from the Aztec Lore, my favorite tale is the Myth of the Fifth Sun

 

[J.B’s rabbit den]

Even though I’m Hispanic If we’re talking about any sort of state or country that we’re living in (in my case FL) I’m more over the folklore that’s happening here within the country. The Stikini is a humanoid owl like creature that mimics humans during the day but when night comes it’s said that is begins regurgitating its own innards and reveals its true form. Whoever spots or here’s the sound of it vomiting within the night will be the one to fall victim to it

 

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[Retro Doomer]

 

[Numubunde]

I feel like Spain's coolest folklore comes from the North of the country. I found out about a cool legend from pagan basque folklore about the creation of the Sun and the Moon:

So, when humans first started inhabiting the Earth there was no Sun or Moon, and it was all darkness. Humans were afraid and constantly attacked by creatures of the dark, so they asked Amalur, basque's mythology's personification of Mother Earth, for help. She created the Moon to help the humans, but the creatures of the dark were not deterred by it and kept attacking the humans. So the humans asked Amalur for help again, and so she created the Sun, which was enough to keep the creatures away, However, these creatures still came out at night when the Sun was not shining, so humans asked Amalur for help one last time, and she created the eguzkilore ("sun flower" in basque, scientific name carlina acaulis), a flower which resembled the Sun, so people could hang them on their's home's door to scare off the creatures of the night.