Where can i find more interesting moral tales like King Midas ?

Question

Also Is there a specific name for these type of stories ?

I'm seeking sort of interesting short tales which contain a moral in them... and ones which sort of take you back in the the long ancient past or fantasy land.

Answer 1

King Midas is a Greek myth, the is not the same type of story as aesop fables, King Midas teaches of the dangers of greed

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/kingmidas.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology

Myths are not the same as fables, legends, folktales, fairy tales, anecdotes or fiction, but the concepts may overlap. Notably, during Romanticism, folktales and fairy tales were perceived as eroded fragments of earlier mythology (famously by the Brothers Grimm and Elias Lönnrot). Mythological themes are also very often consciously employed in literature,

there is an online collection of here of aesops fables here

http://www.aesopfables.com/

and you can read all about aesop here

http://www.fairytalescollection.com/Aesop_Fables/Aesop_biography.htm


http://www.fairy-tales.org.uk/

http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main

alot of nursery ryhmes are also based on myths and stories

http://myths.e2bn.net/

http://myths.e2bn.net/mythsandlegends/playstory1-humpty-dumpty-and-the-fall-of-colchester.html

http://myths.e2bn.net/mythsandlegends/

some great reading and some of it fascinating

Answer 2

Well there is the story of Superman...I mean he stands for truth,,justice and the American way. He never kills a super villian becasue if he did he would be just like them. He beileves in right and wrong and stands against the odds to always do the right thing even if it cost him in the end. If superman books have no morals to them then I don't know what does.

Answer 3

I always liked The Emperor's New Clothes. As a kid I thought the story was stupid, but looking back as an adult, I can see its value.

there are so many things that go unsaid because of political correctness and such that I am constantly reminded of that story

Answer 4

Aesop's Fables all have morality based morals.

Answer 5

Koran, I had a good look the other night, bloke in the pub, either that or the bird in the burkah had a very deep voice, said all things are made clear in the Koran but I could not find the tyre pressures for a Ford Mondeo in there.

Answer 6

Aesops fables or the stories of "uncle Remus" they usually work well.

Answer 7

grimm's fairy tales, not the sugercaoted version done by disney.
the real book stories. greek myth. king lycin and afrdity and the golden apple.

Answer 8

you are looking for Aesop's fables.