Top Myth Stories on FabulaHub

Rooted in ancient cultures, myths explain natural phenomena, origins of the world, or human behavior through stories of gods, goddesses, and heroes. They offer insights into the beliefs and values of past civilizations.

Myth Stories

The Story of the Kuntilanak

A haunting tale of a woman’s sorrow, a village’s memory, and a spirit that returns with the moon

The Myth of the Kinnari and Kinnara

Tales of the celestial musicians — half-human, half-bird — who sing along Himalayan ridges in Hindu and Buddhist lore

The Legend of the Garuda and the Naga

An Indian myth of the eternal enmity between the celestial bird Garuda and the subterranean serpent Naga

The Story of Phra Mae Thorani

How the Earth Goddess Wringed Her Hair and Drowned Mara to Protect the Buddha

The Legend of the Cheonjiwang Bonpuri

How the Sky King Brought Order to the Waters, the Mountains, and the First Rulers of the Island

The Myth of Princess Bari

A Korean shamanistic tale of the abandoned seventh princess who journeys to the underworld to find the water of life.

The Story of the Haetae

Haetae, the scaled guardian of justice in Korean folklore and cultural memory

The Myth of Dangun's Grandson

A lesser-known tale from the roots of Gojoseon, tracing inheritance, exile, and the secret river that remembers names.

The Myth of the Silkworm Goddess

Leizu and the discovery of silk: a lyrical retelling of the Yellow Emperor's wife and the birth of sericulture

The Legend of the Nüwa Mends the Heavens

How the creator goddess Nüwa repaired the broken pillar of heaven with five-colored stones and saved humanity

The Myth of the Heavenly Weaver (Zhinü) - Alternate Versions

Exploring regional Chinese variations of the celestial weaver girl and mortal cowherd separated by the Milky Way

The Story of the Mountain God and the Water God (Son Tinh & Thuy Tinh)

A sweeping Vietnamese myth of love, rivalry, and the yearly flood—how a bride's wedding sparked the eternal struggle between mountain and flood.

The Story of the Yakut Creation Myth

A poetic retelling of the Sakha tale of a great white creator and a world rising from the primeval ocean

The Myth of the Korpokkur

Ainu whispers of the little people who lived beneath the moss and bartered with humans under moonlit pines

The Story of the Tungusic Creation Myth

How the loon dove to the bottom of the primordial sea and, with Buga's gentle power, raised the first earth from the deep

The Myth of Phra Lak Phra Lam

Laos' national epic retold: a Lao Ramayana woven with Buddhist insight, Mekong landscapes, and the rites of a people

The Myth of Kupe's Voyage

Kupe, the great Māori navigator whose journey across the vast Pacific brought the first whispered knowledge of Aotearoa

The Myth of the Menehune People

Hawaiian legends of tiny master builders who shaped shores and temples in a single night

Degei, the Creator God

The serpent of the mountains whose coils shaped islands and whose breath became people

The Legend of the Two Brothers and the Great Serpent

How the sea, two brothers, and a monstrous serpent shaped the islands and the people of Fiji

The Myth of Qat and Marawa

How Qat shaped the islands of Vanuatu and bound the death-bringing Marawa to the shadows

The Story of Tinilau and His Wives

A complex Tongan myth of love, jealousy, and the tangled fate of a handsome god and his many wives

The Myth of Tagaloa

Discover the Samoan creation myth of Tagaloa, the supreme god who formed the islands, the sea, the sky, and all living things from his own being.

The Myth of the Sigbin

A Philippine creature that walks with its head between its hind legs and drinks blood from the shadows