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Three myths from human groups on other planets describe the origin of humanity, and the necessity of respecting nature.

A group of explorers take a traveler to tour a cave where ghosts sing songs forgotten by the living. Upon entering, they realize they underestimated the effect the songs have on the psyche.

A curious woman attempts to get to the bottom of an urban legend in her town.

In the land of the dead, two souls try to find the origin of a legend.

An eerie description of characteristic fairy tale elements and how they are embodied in characters.

A researcher delves into the story of a small town ravaged by unusual violence. When tigers massacred the townspeople and hoards of children disappeared into the woods — never to be seen again — the survivors of the event and the generations that came after seek answers and reflect on their history, as well as the prevalence of tigers in their culture and mythology.

In a Thai village, the life of a boy who the head monk believes has unlocked the highest state of enlightenment is jeopardized when the village chief seeks to exploit the local festival of floating lanterns for profit. Upon finding out the Thai village chief's evil scheme for the local lantern festival, a precocious child's life is threatened.

A young girl in a futuristic village in Africa challenges the gender roles of her people's culture, much to the frustration of the village's central authoritative figure, a male witch doctor.

A man recalls his childhood near the woods and the creature which lurked within it.

In 1907, an African porter working for a British hunter starts cataloguing ogres of East Africa with the help of a woman informant. When she reveals she is an ogre herself, he must decide if he can help her fulfill her destiny.