Enlight Anchy-Kara (Magic flowers from the sky) This was a long time ago, when the heat dried up the rivers and melted the beaks of birds. At the mouth of the Kara-Khem there lived an orphan nicknamed Anchy-Kara. His parents died, leaving him three... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Why don't birds talk This was back when birds understood human language. An eagle lived on Mount Darbaity. One day he sat hungry on the top of a mountain and looked out to see if a marmot, a tarbagan, would emerge from it... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Golden bird Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. One day an old man went into the forest to get firewood. He took a fancy to a tall tree and just swung his ax when suddenly a golden bird jump... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Seven mouse brothers Once upon a time, seven mouse brothers lived on earth. They had their own yurt, the size of a palm. One morning they woke up and saw that snow had piled up overnight - the walls were hidden! The broth... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Hungry wolf and fat goat This was when the goat's horns pointed to the sky and the camel's tail dragged along the ground. A hungry lame wolf was walking along the road. His hunger was visible in his sunken eyes. His weakness ... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Kondur-ool and Biche-kys It was a long time ago, in time immemorial. On the banks of the Gustug-Khem River lived a rich man named Bura-Bashtyg. He had a rich white yurt, thousands of heads of cattle and many workers. Among th... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight How the hare saved the sheep Once upon a time there lived a gray sheep. She had two lambs. One day a sheep decided to go and bow to Bogdo-Burkhan. And she went along with the lambs. She walks across the steppe, and a wolf meets h... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Orlan-ool and Chechen-kys Once upon a time, in a distant khanate, there lived a tribe. There were two rich men in the tribe - a big rich man, Ulug-bai, and a small rich man, Biche-bai - and two judges. The first judge was of a... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Painter and carver Among Karata Khan's servants were the woodcarver Ananda and the painter Onanda. Khan valued and praised the carver Ananda, but he often scolded the painter Onanda - this is not so, this is not so. The... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Who's smarter Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. They had a son who had a black mare. Every spring the boy left the caravan—. nom, and returned in the fall, having earned money. One day the b... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Brave goat In a deep forest, in a birch bark tent, there lived a goat. One day a tramp wolf ran into his tent. And asks: -What is that white sparkling thing on your head? “This is my saber with which I kill wolv... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
Enlight Old man Ak-Sal and dujumet Once upon a time there lived a white-headed old man named Ak-Sal. And an evil dujumet lived in the neighboring village. He loved to mock people. He asked riddles and puzzles to everyone who came to hi... Fairy Tales Tuvan Fairy Tales
