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Folk Tales & Fables

Shahnameh Stories

  • Birth of Zal
  • Roostam’s 7 challenges
  • Roostam & Sohrab
  • Love story of Bijan & Manijeh

Mulla Nasiruddin Stories

The satirical stories from the wise philosopher of the 13th century Mulla Nasiruddin (maybe from Turkey). His stories usually present a joke followed by a moral lesson.

Kalileh o Demneh- stories from the animal kingdom

The real name of “Kalileh o Demneh” is Panchatantra and the fables go as far back as 2500 years ago. According to Shahnameh Panchatantra was brought over from India by Borzuy, physician to King Anushirvan Sassani.