In this retelling of an old folktale, Hosni dreams and talks to his sheep while the other shepherds joke and make fun of him.

The legend of Hyrum is an old folktale about a miner who was blown to pieces in a horrible mining accident.

"Well, it takes a good deal more than an old folktale and a stranger showin' up in the village, claimin' to be a ghost."

Andersen's work sometimes drew on old folktales, but more often deployed fairytale motifs and plots in new tales.

I've heard old folktales, Rique, about occurrences such as this one.

The Crane Wife is an old Japanese folktale.

Levine notes that in a published collection of 300 old folktales and anecdotes, no less than one quarter are devoted to stories about the Alaqa.

An old folktale tells of a bwca who was tricked by a servant girl into drinking urine instead of the customary cream.

This story by Mike Mignola based on an old folktale was first published in Dark Horse Present 100 issue 2.

The Dokkaebi is a mythical being that appears in many old Korean folktales.