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fairy tale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic (paranormal), magic, incantation, enchantments, and mythical ...

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The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree (also The Bamboo of 100 Joints) ( vi, Cây tre trăm đốt) is a Vietnamese fable and parable, Vietnamese fairy tale and part of Vietnamese oral tradition. The story is included in anthologies of Vietnamese stories. T ...

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The Story of Tấm and Cám The Story of Tấm and Cám ( vi, Truyện Tấm Cám) commonly known as Tấm Cám () is an ancient Vietnamese fairy tale. The first part of the tale's plot is very similar to the European folk tale Cinderella. Plot Tấm's life before she marr ...

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folk tales Oral literature, orature or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung as opposed to that which is written, though much oral literature has been transcribed. There is no standard definition, as anthropologists have used vary ...

containing some elements of fairy tales.

Well known tales

* "The Wishing Pearl" - a peasant befriends an animal and receives a magic gift * "The Student and the Frog" - about a frog who becomes a beautiful woman * '' Tấm Cám'' "The Two Sisters" - a dark Cinderella story * '' Từ Thức Gặp Tiên'' "Tu Thuc and the Goddess" - A mandarin meets a girl at a Buddhist temple who is really a goddess. * "The Student and the Painting" - a girl in a paintingKay Nielsen ''The wishing pearl, and other tales of Vietnam'' 1969 "Five traditional Vietnamese fairy tales: The Wishing Pearl; The Heart of Crystal; The Student and the Frog; Tu Thuc and the Fairy Queen; and The Student and the Painting." * Ba Giai and Tú Xuất are a comical duo in South folk tales * Cây Tre Trăm Đốt "The Hundred-Knot Bamboo Tree" - a laborer struggles to triumph above his exploitative employer

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