Top Legend Stories on FabulaHub

Legends blend historical fact with fictional embellishments, often focusing on heroic figures or extraordinary events. They may celebrate cultural heroes, commemorate historical battles, or explain the origins of places and customs.

Legend Stories

The Legend of the Imugi

A Korean tale of a lesser dragon that must endure a thousand years to ascend into the sky and become a true dragon.

The Tale of the White Snake - Deeper Cuts

A layered retelling of love, transformation, and the moral currents beneath the Jinshan waters

The Legend of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea

A vivid retelling of the Eight Taoist immortals who crossed the sea using their unique gifts, a timeless lesson in unity and ingenuity.

The Story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl - Regional Variations

Altair and Vega across landscapes: how the Qixi love story changes from village to village

The Tale of the Indochinese Water Dragon

A river-born legend of rồng who command rain, currents, and the fortunes of villages along the Mekong and the Red River

The Legend of the Nivkh Fire God

A Siberian tale of warmth, respect, and the rituals that hold winter at bay

The Epic of Ural-batyr

A Bashkir legend of a hero who fights demons and uncovers the spring of life

The Legend of Korkut Ata

Dede Korkut, the wise elder whose epic counsel shaped the hearts and courage of Turkic peoples

The Epic of Alpamysh

A heroic Uzbek epic of love, loyalty, and the steppe's ancient courage

The Legend of the Weza

How guardian spirits and esoteric arts kept the Dhamma alive in the jungle pagodas of Myanmar

The Tale of the Two Brothers, Mahagiri and Hnamadawgyi

A tragic Myanmar legend of princely brothers unjustly executed who rose to protect the city of Bagan as powerful nat spirits

The Legend of the Khun Borom: Origin of the Lao People

How a figure from the heavens shaped rivers, languages, and the first Lao kingdom along the Mekong

The Legend of the Pouakai

A Maori mountain legend of a colossal, man-eating bird said to haunt the peaks of the South Island

The Legend of Rata and the Tree

A Māori tale from Aotearoa about a young hero, a sacred forest, and the lesson of asking permission

The Story of the Night Marchers

A chilling Hawaiian legend of ghostly warrior processions that stride under the moon, a sacred and fearsome sight for mortals.

The Legend of the Fire Goddess Pele's Sister, Hi'iaka

Hi'iaka's island-spanning odyssey to reclaim Lohi'au, facing spirits, songs, and the raw heart of Hawai'i.

The Legend of Nafanua

How a warrior goddess born from a blood clot rose from the sea and forest to unite a people and win a great war.

The Tale of the Turtle and the Shark (Samoa)

A Samoan legend of a mother and daughter who become ocean guardians after a time of famine

The Legend of Lam-Ang

The extraordinary hero of a pre-Hispanic Filipino epic who possessed strength and courage from birth

The Legend of the Kahina, Berber Queen and Prophetess

A sweeping, immersive tale of Dihya, a desert queen who saw beyond suns and swords

The Legend of the Yazatas

Hosts of good and venerable beings in Zoroastrianism, divine agents of Ahura Mazda in the fight against darkness

The Legend of the Nyami Nyami River God

A serpent god’s vigil over the Zambezi, torn from his wife by a human-made breaking of old rivers and longed-for reunions

The Tale of the Abiku

A Yoruba Legend of Spirit Children, Life, Death, and Rebirth

The Tale of the Wagadu

An epic of the four-times-rebuilt Wagadu, a chronicle of glory, vanity, debt, and sorrow told by the Soninke of Mauritania.