Tag: based on myths, legends or folklore

Serpent's Lullaby

A reclusive woman holds the secret to a series of...

Goblin

A childless woman adopts an abandoned infant but when disturbing...

Mistr Pleticha a pastýř Jehňátko

The Touch

On her way to the Promised Land, a blind girl...

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

Jestřábí moudrost

A gloomy tale about a king whose pride robbed him...

Faust

A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the...

Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the...

It's The Same Story

Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of...

She and Sea

A contemporary take on the Biblical fable 'The Prodigal Son'.

Siegfried

Many hundreds of years ago, Siegfried snatched his invisibility cloak...

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning...

Tales from the Golden Age

Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the...

Tisíc a jedna noc

Faust

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust"...

W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth

A folklorist researching an 'urban legend' becomes caught up in...

Sita Sings the Blues

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic...

Pocahontas

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in...

Belarusian Sayings

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious...

Yokai Dai Seiki

'Yokai Dai Seiki' is an ominous work about 10 Yokai's....

La rubia de Kennedy

The ghost of a young German colonist, who died a...

Nikita the Tanner

Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent.

Tree of Blood

Done in the style of an African folk tale, this...