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Links to Tree Stories Online
The links here cover a variety of tree tales from around the world — funny and wondrous, educational and consoling, mythic and mundane. The quality of the material varies tremendously. Some, like those in Section I, are from contemporary storytellers, posted at their websites. Others are found at websites of teachers or museum programs, tied in with lesson plans. Still others appeared originally in old-fashioned collections and are presented in somewhat outdated language. When exploring these links, keep in mind that in retelling a tale, it is always advisable to look for more than one source and also to do some research into the culture of origin. Beware of material that has been watered down. Find ways to retell the stories in your own voice. You may also use of the Search function to narrow down the stories by country of origin, type of tree, thematic category.
Note: Despite an ongoing attempt to monitor this collection, some links may have become inactive.
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Angry Forest (Transylvanian)
www2.h-net.msu.edu
Atalanta and Hippomenes - 2 links (Greece)
www.thanasis.com/store/atalanta.htm
www.users.globalnet.co.uk
Baucis and Philemon (Greece) (Two Links)
etext.lib.virginia.edu
www.thanasis.com/store/baucis.htm
Bamboo Princess (Japan) (2 links)
www.rice.edu/projects
www.blackmask.com/books54c
Bones of Djulung (Phillipines/Pacific region...)
www.classicreader.com
Brave Little Parrot (India)
www.healingstory.org
The Buffalo Boy and the Banyan Tree (Vietnam)
www.thingsasian.com
Cedar Tree Legend (Native American)
www.zicahota.com/Lores/Legend_of_the_Cedar_Tree.html
Cherry Tree of the Sixteenth Day ("Jiu-Roku-Zakura")(Japan)
www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai14.htm
Creation Myth, Bushmen (San peoples of Africa)
www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_14.html
Creation Myth, (Iroquois)
www.dreamscape.com/morgana/oberon.htm
Crooker (British)
www2.h-net.msu.edu
Daphne and Apollo (Greek)
etext.lib.virginia.edu
Death of Cyparissus (Greek)
www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk
Dream of Akinosuke (Japan)
www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai15.htm
Egle, Queen of the Serpents (Lithuania)
(Versions in both English and Lithuanian)
www.eurobajki.org
Enchanted Apple Tree (France)
www.civprod.com/storylady/stories
Enchanted Canary (Holland)
etext.lib.virginia.edu
Erysichthon Myth (Greece) (E. fells Ceres Sacred Oak; Ceres sends famine to E; the Fate of E. and his Daughter Maestra)
www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk
First Pine Trees (Native American/Micmac)
www.mainlesson.com
"Forest Tale: Traditional Tale with an Australian Flavour"
www.storyteller.net/stories/text/17
Gift of Ku (Hawaii)
www.carenloebelfried.com/read.html
Hertha Lake (German)
www.pitt.edu/~dash/hertha.html
Heracles and the Golden Apples of Hesperides - 2 links (Greece)
www.steliart.com
homepage.mac.com
How Coyote Stole Fire (Native American/Crow)
www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/hcsf.html
www.ilhawaii.net
coloradokickin.com/earth/dw006.html
www.angelfire.com/ma3/mythology/coyotefire.html
How Maple Sugar Came (Native American/Salteaux)
www.mainlesson.com
How the Watarah Became Sweet (Australia)
www.yidaki.com.au
How the Watarah Was Made (Australia)
www.yidaki.com.au
Hunting the Great Bear (Native American/ Iroquois--explains autumn color)
www.earthbow.com/native/iroquois/hunting.htm
Inannna and the Huluppa Tree (Sumerian) Two Versions
www.piney.com/BabHulTree.html
www.jelder.com/mythology/huluppa.html
Indian Cinderella (Native American/Micmac) (3 links)
www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/cinder3.html
expedition.bensenville.lib.il.us
hazel.forest.net
Isis, Osiris and the Tamarisk Tree (Egypt)
www.theamazinginstitute.org
Juniper Tree (Germany)
www-2.cs.cmu.edu
King and the JuJu Tree Africa/ Southern Nigeria
www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fssn/fsn30.htm
The King With Horse's Earswww.pitt.edu
Krishna and the Parijatak tree (India)
members.aol.com/parijata/parijata2.html
Krishna and Kalpatura Tree, "Wish-fulfulling Tree" (India)
www.angelfire.com/ms/krishnapage/bk321.html
Krishna, the Gopi girls and the Kadamba Tree ("Chir-Harana" or "Vastraharan Lila")
www.exoticindiaart.com/product/DC90/
www.asianart.com
Krishna subdues the serpent Kaliya (India)
www.is.svitonline.com/anatolik/krshn03.htm
(abbreviated story, painting) www.krsnabook.com/ch16.html
Krishna, Yashoda and the Mouthful of Fruit
ompage.net/ChristKrishna/krishna.htm
Lau Ka Ie Ie (Hawaii)
www.sacred-texts.com
Legend of the Bread Fruit Tree (Hawaii)
www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hloh/hloh08.htm
Legend of the Coconut (Hawaii)
www.coffeetimes.com/coconut.htm
Legend of the Coconut Tree (Guam)
ns.gov.gu/coconut.html
Legend of the Flute (Native American/Brule Sioux)
www.zicahota.com/Lores/Legend_of_the_Flute.html
Legend of Ohia and Lehua (Hawaii)
library.thinkquest.org
(This site includes horticultural details of plant)
Legendary Canoe-making (Laka's canoe) (Hawaii)
www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hlog/hlog10.htm
Little Tree Who wished for Different Leaves
www.civprod.com/storylady/stories/LittleTree.htm
Magic Tree Trunks (Iceland)
hazel.forest.net
Man and the Oak (Native American/Sioux)
www.sacred-texts.com/nam/indexfr.htm
Man with the Coconuts (Phillipines)
www.pitt.edu/~dash/philippines.html
Melusina (Germany)
www.pitt.edu/~dash/melusina.html
Mishosha or The Enchanted Sugar-Maple (Native American/Chippewa)
www.mainlesson.com
Name of the Tree (Africa; posted in audio form)
www.oddsbodkin.com
Nature's Beauty (Japanese/zen)
www.rider.edu/users/suler/zenstory/nature.html
Peddler of Swaffham
www.pitt.edu/~dash
Pomegranate Queen (India)
texts.cdlib.org
Pomona and Vertumnis (2 links) (Greece)
ancienthistory.about.com
homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Vertumnus.html
Proud Oak (Greek/Aesop fable)
etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin
Odin and Yggdrasil and the discovery of runes:
www.nordzeit.de/odinreng.htm
Old Woman in the Wood (Germany)
www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/093.txt
Origin of the Trees (Japan/Okinawa)
www.jahitchcock.com/folktale.html
Red Bud Tree
(many cultures, oral tradition, originally a Jataka tale from India)
(other versions posted online as "The Whatnot Tree"; "People Who Saw the Judas Tree")
www.mainlesson.com
Red Watarah (Australia)
www.dreamtime.net.au
(there are also audio and video versions of this story at this museum-sponsored site)
Rhoecus and the Dryad (Greek)
etext.lib.virginia.edu
Romarishi's Sacred Tree (India)
beaskund.helloyou.ws/askbaba/stories/s1049.html
Secret Heart of the Tree (Africa)
www.wisdomtales.com/id15.htm
Seven Dancing Brothers (Cherokee)
www.sacred-texts.com
Seven Dancing Brothers (or sisters) (Native American/Iroquois)
www.askeric.org/Virtual
Silver Plate and the Transparent Apple (Russian)
www.pitt.edu/~dash
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (British/Celtic)
www2.h-net.msu.edu
Sleep Tree (Brazil)
www.treelink.org
Story of Colors, The Ceiba Tree (Latin American - Mexican)
www.angelfire.com/biz2/nanasbooks/especial.html
Tawalpin and Kowinka (Australia)
expedition.bensenville.lib.il.us
The Thunder Oak (Scandanavia)
www.rickwalton.com/folktale/holid093.htm
(Tale appears after "The Three Purses")
Tree of Sorrow (India)
www.hinduonnet.com
members.aol.com/parijata/parijata2.html
Tree That Absorbed Tears (Romania/ Jewish)
laurasimms.com/TreeTears.html
The Tree that Bore Rice Cakes (Korea)
www.korea-np.co.jp
Tree Trunk for a Boat (India)
texts.cdlib.org
Trushanka and the Origin of the Coconut (India)
www.gurjari.net
Twelve Dancing Princesses (France)
www.surlalunefairytales.com/twelvedancing/stories
Ubazakura or The Cherry Blossom Nurse (Japan)
www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai05.htm
Unfruitful Tree (English)
etext.lib.virginia.edu
Why Artapudapuda Hides Away
www.yidaki.com.au
Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves (Native American/ Cherokee)
www.loe.org/archives/971219.htm
Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves (Danish)
www.rickwalton.com/folktale/bryant63.htm
Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves
An Audio version of this tale by Odds Bodkin at
www.oddsbodkin.com
Why Flowers are Fragrant (Native American/ Sioux)
www.zicahota.com/Lores
Why Kava Drinkers have Rough Skin (Samoa)
www.choohoo.com/wkdhrs.htm
Why Leaves Have Colors (Native American/Wyandotte)
www.zicahota.com/Lores
Willow Wife (Japan)
www.pitt.edu
Wood Fairy (Czechoslovakia)
www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/wood.html
Woodcutter of Gura (Africa)
www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/gura.html
Woman and the Pear Tree (Italian)
www.pitt.edu/~dash
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