An older man goes off on a quest through the desert to find a fortune despite there seeming to be no hope.

A man tricks a salesman into chasing buried treasure in order to purchase a new machine he wants.

A man in pursuit of gold comes to learn how an obsession with wealth can tear away all your meaningful connections.

A young Irish girl and her lover decide to retrieve a valuable ring from a grave — but both the girl and her lover are greedy and overwhelmed, and their night of grave robbing does not go as planned.

When he discovers gold near his village, an African man dissatisfied with his lot in life develops new obsessions, flouts old responsibilities, and ultimately loses more than he gains.

In a modern-day world, an old lady with an uneventful life finds the Holy Grail in a pawn shop and buys it, thinking it will look nice on her mantle. The next day, a knight in shining armor shows up searching for it.

After one of her father's notebooks is recovered from an icecap, a woman recalls the love story between her mother, a rural woman who always wanted adventure, and her father, an adventurous explorer who disappeared on a voyage to the Arctic.

A thief and con artist from the city attempts to trick a farmer's wife out of her money.

While citizens ponder whether or not to dig up an unmarked grave, one of them shares a tale passed down for generations about a mysterious wine merchant and what was found in one of his casks.

A crew of global explorers realize they may not be alone in the universe when they encounter a traveler from another world who wants to use his space technology for evil.