Vietnamese Tale
The Carambola Tree and the Magic Raven
In this traditional Vietnamese tale you will find out about a magic raven and about why it’s not worth being greedy. You’ll also learn about a tasty exotic fruit.
This is a story from ancient
One temple the people built was for the most beautiful of all the Greek goddesses, the goddess of beauty and love, whose name was Aphrodite. They offered her the ripest fruit and golden ears of corn, worshipped her and prayed to her, and Aphrodite helped
At that time, in a distant kingdom, there lived a king and a queen who had a daughter called Psyche. She was a kind and clever girl, but she had one big problem. Believe it or not, the problem was her
As Psyche grew up, however, people’s fear transformed into reverence. Word of Psyche’s beauty spread far and wide, and crowds of people began to come to the kingdom to worship Psyche and make offerings to her.
The more people worshipped Psyche, the more they forgot about