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• - Four folktales, legends and myths.
  
• - Tales of the Yugur and other Central Asian peoples.
  
• - An Altay folktale translated by Kira Van Deusen from the book "Skazki narodov sibiri".
  
• - Illustrated Nivkh fairy tale in Nivkh, Russian, and English.
  
• - Three tales from the Iu Mien, a people from Laos.
  
• - Five Malayan legends from Singapore.
  
• - Tales, proverbs, and riddles with background information.
  
• - Brief description of the different ghosts and ghouls, with four scary stories.
  
• - Compiled by John Batchelor, 1888-1893, e-text at Sacred Texts.
  
• - Indonesian myths and folktales retold by Mario Rustan.
  
• - Overview by Cong-Huyen-Ton-Nu Nha-Trang on the traditional views on women as expressed in folklore.
  
• - Four Tuvan why-tales concerning animals, retold by Kira van Deusen.
  
• - Small collection of Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese tales, compiled by a university class.
  
• - Three legends from Singapore.
  
• - Annotated list of links to Sri Lankan mythological topics from WWW Virtual Library - Sri Lanka.
  
• - Article by John Mock, proposing a new interpretation of a legend from the town of Gilgit in northern Pakistan.
  
• - Compiled by B. Chamberlaine, 1888, e-text at Sacred Texts.
  
• - Folktales, songs, and proverbs, translated by Elmira Köchümkul, University of Washington.
  
• - Eleven Nepali folktales, legends and myths presented by Mahabir Pun.