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List of Vietnamese fairy tales

Vietnamese fairy tales includes many stories as Tam and Cam; So Dua; Hundred – knot- bamboo tree... which were spread in folk. Each stories has  its own meaning. I think I can not translate exactly each word into english but I will try my best to convey its meaning to you. Hope you like them!


Tale 183: Reluctant doctor
Tale 182: Bu and Ngoc
Tale 181: Make princess speak
Tale 180: Blind intelligent groom
Tale 179: Rock dog and two men
Tale 178: Monk and shoemaker
Tale 177:  Plan to kill husband
Tale 176: Idiot
Tale 175: Dull boy
Tale 174: The way to become a fairy 
Tale 173: How people wear in funerals
Tale 172: Wife of Truong
Tale 171: Marry with ghost
Tale 170: Friends
Tale 169: The love story of Chuc and Nguu
Tale 168: Rare friendship
Tale 167: Tung, Truc, Mai
Tale 166: The story of whale
Tale 165: Love case
Tale 164: Bich Chau Nguyen Thi
Tale 163: Thi Kinh Bodhisattva
Tale 162: Princess in sea
Tale 161: Rebirth 
Tale 160: The dead revive
Tale 159: Bee girl
Tale 158: Grasshopper lawsuit
Tale 157: Nhu Mai and Xuan Huong
Tale 156: Mr. Short and Mr. Long
Tale 155:  Bride of prince
Tale 154: Wishing pearl
Tale 153: Cuong Bao
Tale 152: Hoang Tin Hau
Tale 151: Quan Tu
Tale 150: Man and tiger
Tale 149: Hide pearl in flesh
Tale 148: Snake revenge
Tale 147: Ghost revenge
Tale 146: The tale of tiger
Tale 145: Chan Tinh
Tale 144: The heir
Tale 143: The hole contains gold or the hole contains silver 
Tale 142: Binh and Dinh
Tale 141: Tam and Tu
Tale 140: Hai Giap
Tale 139: Kill python
Tale 138: Huyen Quang 
Tale 137: Become rain-god a dayTale 136: Cruel second mother
Tale 135: Girl want to marry with prince
Tale 134: Two storks and turtle
Tale 133: Mage save his disciple
Tale 132: An and Nghia
Tale 131: Cat and mouseTale 130: Invisible cloak
Tale 129: Hunter and witch
Tale 128: Fairy Lieu Hanh
Tale 127: The poor and god
Tale 126: Magical vial
Tale 125: Transformed into cricket
Tale 124: Two girls and two tumors
Tale 123: Student and three devils
Tale 122: Tu Thuc and fairies
Tale 121: Marry with frog
Tale 120: Cuoi and resurrection tree
Tale 119: Marry with toad
Tale 118: Marvelous bird
Tale 117. The tale of Da Hoa village hall
Tale 116. God of blacksmiths and blacksmith
Tale 115: Woodcutter and devil
Tale 114: Dao Hanh
Tale 113: Love in dreams
Tale 112: Tu Uyen and magical picture
Tale 111. Magical betel
Tale 110. O Loi Ha, lewd demon
Tale 109. Five-color- rat
Tale 108: Missing woman
Tale 107: Good judge 
Tale 106. Rope finds out killerTale 105: Khoa Dang Nguyen
Tale 105: Khoa Dang Nguyen
Tale 104. Torture a rock
Tale 103: Slandered wife
Tale 102. Innocent boy
Tale 101. Three boys  
Tale 100: Servant and thief
Tale 99: The carpenter in Nam Hoa
Tale 98: King Pig
Tale 97: The third wife of Cai Vang 
Tale 96: Two Tran princesses
Tale 95: Ba Vanh
Tale 94. Hau Tao
Tale 93. Van Khoi Le
Tale 92. Le Loi
Tale 91. Co Bu
Tale 90. Mr. Nam Cuong
Tale 89. Co Duong
Tale 88. Luu and Death god
Tale 87. Dog, cat and boy
Tale 86. Teach husband
Tale 85. Wise wife
Tale 84. Wise rabbit
Tale 83. Rabbit and tiger
Tale 82. Rabbit, hen and tiger
Tale 81. Starling and landlord
Tale 80. The swindler
Tale 79. The thief teach his follower.
Tale 78. Cam Ho Bui.
Tale 77. Ghost of holding
Tale 76. Honorable thief
Tale 75. Singer and enemies
Tale 74. Thief meet thief
Tale 73. The god regains what belong him.
Tale 72. Nhu Ho Le
Tale 71. Khong Lo molds a bell
Tale 70. The generals of heaven
Tale 69. Bay Giao, Chin Quy
Tale 68. Yet Kieu
Tale 67. Trong grandpa, the saints are worshiped in Chem village
Tale 66. A great king named Hai
Tale 65. Four talent men
Tale 64. Five-brother-in-born
Tale 63. Lía
Tale 62. The liar Cuội
Tale 61. People died because of money, birds died because of food
Tale 60. Elephant, tiger, rabbit and monkey.
Tale 59. The tree, the accused
Tale 58. Well-matched
Tale 57. Faithful wife with two husbands
Tale 56. Cai Kien complain about the yam
Tale 55. The dangerous thing existing inside a person
Tale 54. Incomplete love
Tale 53. Kill a dog to give an advice
Tale 52. “Vạn Lịch” coins
Tale 51. Clever wife has idiot husband
Tale 50. Chom, the Le king' s offspring
Tale 49. Thien and Dia
Tale 48. Not yet been a mandarin, daring to threaten others
Tale 47. Bearing son before bearing father, bearing grandson then bearing grandpa
Tale 46. Truong Ba's soul inside Butcher's body
Tale 45. Thu Huon
Tale 44. "Lồi" citadel
Tale 43. Mực swamp
Tale 42. Cao Biền
Tale 41. Fat cow or bony cow
Tale 40. The tale of "Nhất Dạ" swamp and "Tự Nhiên" dump
Tale 39. The tale of waiting - husband stone
Tale 38. The tale of "Gươm" lake
Tale 37. The tale of lime-jar
Tale 36. The tale of broom
Tale 35. The tale of mosquito
Tale 34. The tale of frog
Tale 33. The tale of partridge
Tale 32.The tale of "Cây nêu"
Tale 31. The tale of Coot
Tale 30. The tale of Dracaena
Tale 29. The tale of "Tu Hú" bird
Tale 28. The tale of "Banh Chung" and "Banh Day"
Tale 27. The tale of Betel, Areca and Limestone
Tale 26. The War of The Duke and The God of water
Tale 25. The tale of watermelon
Tale 24. The tale of a doctor
Tale 23.Clever Boy
Tale 21. Thach Sanh and Ly Thong Chapter 2
Tale 22. Thanh Giong Tale
Tale 20. Thach Sanh and Ly Thong Chapter 1
Tale 19. If Toad croaks, it will rain
Tale 18. The Tale of Geckos
Tale 17. The Tale of Ba Bể Lake
Tale 16. The Tale of God of Kitchen
Tale 15. Crow and Peacock
Tale 14. Why Geese never eat Shrimps or Why Crabs always take sands
Tale 13. Why the “Tachypleus Tridentatus” always live with another?
Tale 12. The Tale of Catfish
Tale 11. The tale of monkey
Tale 10. The Tale of Ngu Hanh moutain
Tale 9.
Tale 8.
Tale 7. My Chau and Trong Thuy
Tale 6. The Tale of the Hundred - knots Bamboo tree
Tale 5.
Tale 4. So Dua - Coconut boy
Tale 2.
Tale 1. Tam and Cam

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Thanh Giong

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So dua - Coconut boy

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2. Black dragon, the abandoned son of dragon family

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6. Blue rose

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