Narratives

Creatures wise and creatures foolish

B003 Background to the narratives. Keith Parsons
M401 The wise toad. Told by Wang Ming-ji
M402 The raven and the toad. Told by Yang Ya-go
M403 The foolish tiger. Told by Wang Ming-ji
M404 The toad and the tiger. Told by Yang Ya-go
M405 The rabbit's great idea. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M406 Disaster for the frogs. Told by Wang Ming-ji
M407 The fox tricks the crow. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M408 The deception of the fox brings bitterness to the goat. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M409 The wise goat. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M410 How the goat saved the deer. Told by Wang Ming-ji
M411 The goldcrest. Told by Wang Ming-ji
M412 The fox and the goldcrest. Told by Yang Ya-go
M413 The chicken and the wildcat, a matter of comparing mouths. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M414 The deception of the rang is bitterness for the bear. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M415 How the rang deceived the tiger. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M416 The rang gets food by deception. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M417 The lad who looked after goats. Told by Yang Xiu-gong

Stories of man and the animals

M421 The Miao man and the seven brothers of the tiger family hold a contest of strength. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M422 The man's great feat. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M423 The foolish monkeys. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M424 Bitterness for the zu-mu of the plain. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M425 The man's great resourcefulness. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M426 How the eagle carried the man out of Dragon-land. Told by Yang Xiu-gong

Good Rewarded

M431 The witch and the Miao lad. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M432 The orphan who gathered firewood. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M433 The Miao lad who went to carry an idol from Sichuan. Told by Yang Xiu-gong

Narratives with a Chinese Setting

M441 The king who sought a son-in-law and found a beggar. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M442 Three cowherds and the teacher. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M443 The wealthy family that chose a beggar for a daughter-in-law. Told by Yang Xiu-gong

Narratives which were or are Songs

Animals which became people, and people who turned into animals

M451 Ndlie-jia is tricked into divorcing Nggu-ra-jio-bang. Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M452 Ndlie-jia and Nggu-ra-jio-ni-bang. (1) Collected by Wang Ming-ji
M453 Ndlie-jia and Nggu-ra-jio-ni-bang. (2) Told by Tao Zi-gai
M454 The Miao man's good scheme for marrying a sky maiden Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M455 The youth who married a sky maiden Collected by Wang Ming-ji
M456 The Sky Maiden Told by Yang Ya-go
M457 Concerning the orphan and the deer Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M458 The Miao lad and the bat Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M459 An orphan goes fishing Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M460 Two Miao lads who caught flat fish Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M461 Nggu-no's mother and father Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M462 The clever younger brother Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M463 The man who went digging and found a fine son-in-law Told by Yang Xiu-gong

The Kha-woman and the Rang-man

M471 Miao lads go to fetch their brides Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M472 The foolish Kha woman Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M473 The orphan that went fishing Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M474 Yeu-rang-zi-lao and the orphan Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M475 The orphan's song A woman from Hmao-zu-mu
M476 Two Miao lads who went to choose brides, together with matters concerning Yeu-rang Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M477 A poor man kills his son, but the son leads him to riches Told by Yang Xiu-gong

About Tigers

M481 Concerning Hmao-chi's youngest daughter and Ndrao-ntlai Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M482 Song of Ndrao-ntlia and Hmao-chi's youngest daughter Collected by Wang Ming-ji
M483 Ndrao-dyu and the Miao girls Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M484 The orphan who went ploughing Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M485 The orphan marries the bride Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M486 Grandfather tiger finds a wife for his grandson Told by Yang Xiu-gong

Miscellaneous Songs

M491 Nbao-chao Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M492 The Yi slave woman Told by Yang Xiu-gong
M493 The man Li-ndang and the woman Ndu-ni-ndang Sung by Pan Xie
M494 Lyu-shao Collected by Wang Ming-ji
M495 Song of the crab-apple tree of Njiao-tai Collected by Wang Ming-ji
M496 The orphan's song Sung by Zhang Wei-qing
M497 Song of a poor man moving house Sung by a man from Hmao-a-gw-gw
M498 How a swallow and a toad went to the king's country to see an elephant Singer not recorded
M499 The song of Nggu-nza and Ndrao-jio-shi-nang Singer not recorded
M500 Song of the Master Hmao-sao's daughter Nggu-bang-nzou Recorded by Wang Jian-guo