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Folk Tales"Folk tales are real," writes Italo Calvino in Italian Folktales. "Taken together, they offer...a general explanation of life preserved in the slow ripening of rustic consciences; folk stories are the catalog of potential destinies of men and women, especially for that stage in life when destiny is formed, i.e., youth-beginning with birth, which itself often foreshadows the future; then the departure from home, and finally, through the trials of growing up the attainment of maturity."The following folk tales were recorded by Peace Corps Volunteers. Africa
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Americas and the Caribbean
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