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Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し; lit. "Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man.

"Turtle Island" is a name used by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas to refer to Earth or North America. It is also commonly used among both Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists for Indigenous rights.

Tutinama (Persian: طوطی‌نامه), literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian.

Tuvaluan mythology tells stories of the creation of the islands of Tuvalu and of the founding ancestors of each island.

The ubagabi (姥ヶ火 or 姥火, "old woman's fire") is an atmospheric ghost light in legends of Kawachi Province (now Osaka Prefecture) and Tanba Province (now northern Kyoto Prefecture).

Ubume (Japanese: 産女) (also ubumedori (姑獲鳥) or ubumetori (産女鳥)) are Japanese yōkai, ghosts of women who died in childbirth, but may have borne a child alive. The creature is equivalent to the Chinese Guhuoniao (Chinese: 姑獲鳥, "wench bird") bu…

Umibōzu (海坊主; Japanese pronunciation: [ɯ.mʲi.boꜜː.(d)zɯ, ɯꜜ.mʲi.boː-], lit. 'sea monk') is a yōkai from Japanese folklore that has the form of a giant, black, human-like being. Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a mythical s…

Upiór is a demonic being from Slavic and Turkic folklore, a prototype of the vampire.

An urban legend (sometimes modern legend or urban myth) is a form of folklore consisting of unusual, humorous, or frightening stories that circulate as true accounts but are typically unverified or apocryphal.

Utend̠i wa Tambuka, also known as Utenzi wa Tambuka ("The Story of Tambuka"), Utenzi wa Hirqal or Kyuo kya Hereḳali (the book of Heraclius), is an epic poem in the Swahili language by Bwana Mwengo wa Athman, dated 1728.

The Valþjófsstaður door (Icelandic: Valþjófsstaðahurðin [ˈvalˌθjoufsˌstaːðaˌhʏrðɪn]) is a medieval carved church door in the National Museum of Iceland.

Viking is the name of the son of Vífil and Eimyrja in Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar. Viking is the father of Thorsten and Thorer.

In Slavic mythology, vodyanoy (Russian: водяной, IPA: [vədʲɪˈnoj]; lit. '[he] from the water' or 'watery') is a water spirit.

Wani (鰐) was a dragon or sea monster in Japanese mythology. Since it is written using the kanji 鰐 (from Chinese e 鰐 or 鱷 "crocodile; alligator") wani is translated as "crocodile", or sometimes "shark" (from wanizame 鰐鮫 "shark").

Washing the Ethiopian (or at some periods the Blackamoor) White is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 393 in the Perry Index.

Welsh mythology, also known as Y Chwedlau (Welsh for 'the legends'), consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium.

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is a common riddle joke with the answer being "To get to the other side." It is an example of anti-humor, in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener to expect a traditional punchline, but …

Wild haggis (given the humorous taxonomic designation Haggis scoticus) is a fictional creature of Scottish folklore, said to be native to the Scottish Highlands.

William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell(o); Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a legendary folk hero of Switzerland.

Witch posts are an architectural feature of houses from rural north Yorkshire. They are wooden posts, found near a house's fireplace and decorated with carvings, particularly a St. Andrew's cross.

Witege, Witige or Wittich (Old English: Wudga, Widia; Gotho-Latin: Vidigoia) or Vidrik "Vidga" Verlandsson (Old Norse: Vidrīk + Viðga or Videke + Verlandsson, Vallandsson, or Villandsson) is a character in several Germanic heroic legends, p…

The writing-riddle is an international riddle type, attested across Europe and Asia. Its most basic form was defined by Antti Aarne as 'white field, black seeds', where the field is a page and the seeds are letters.

Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny.

Wang Baochuan and Xue Pinggui (Chinese: 薛平貴與王寶釧), also known by many other names such as Xue Pinggui, The Red-Maned Stallion, Wujiapo, Returning to the Cave, and The Story of the Colourful Tower, is a legend commonly performed in Chinese o…

The Yakshas (Sanskrit: यक्ष, IAST: Yakṣa, Pali: Yakkha) are a broad class of nature spirits in Hindu mythology which are associated with water, trees, forests, wilderness, treasure, and fertility.

Yakshinis or Yakshis (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣiṇī or Yakṣī, IPA: [jɐkʂiɳiː, jɐkʂiː]; Prakrit: Yakkhiṇī or Yakkhī, IPA: [jɐkːʰiɳiː, jɐkːʰiː]) are a class of female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious mythologies.

Yamauba (山姥, 山うば, or 山女郎), yamamba, and yamanba are variations on the name of a yōkai found in Japanese folklore. Mostly said to resemble women, yamauba may be depicted as predatory monsters or benevolent beings.

The yeren (Chinese: 野人; pinyin: yěrén; lit. 'wild man') is a cryptid apeman reported to inhabit remote, mountainous regions of China, most famously in the Shennongjia Forestry District in the Hubei Province.

Yōkai (妖怪; Japanese pronunciation: [joː.kai]) are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. Yōkai are a vast range of beings, including shapeshifters, ghosts, demons, and tricksters.

The Yorùbá religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe [ìʃɛ̀ʃē]), West African Orisha Òrìṣà [òɾìʃà]), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people.

Yūrei (幽霊) are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts. The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit".

Zadonshchina (Russian: Задонщина; could be translated as "the region beyond the Don River") is a Russian literary monument of the late 14th century, which tells of the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.

Zennyo Ryūō (善如龍王 or 善女龍王; lit. "goodness-like dragon-king" or "goodness woman dragon-king", respectively) is a rain-god dragon in Japanese mythology.

Zilant (; Russian: Зилант [zʲɪˈɫant]; Tatar: җылан, cılan [ʑɯˈɫɑn] – lit. 'snake') is a legendary creature, something between a dragon and a wyvern in Tatar mythology.

Zmei m. (Russian: змей, zmej) and zmeya f.

Bhaona is a traditional performing art form that originated in Assam. It is a Hindu religious art form, in which scenes are enacted from various mythological events and folklore.