Completed in 2555 in the Pytharnian language and later presented to the Imperial Court of Pytharnia, Tales of Old Pytharny is a rich collection of children's stories told and retold among the generations of the rural and working poor of High Pytharnia. Aliskémon Tharstros gathered the tales from his neighbors in High Pytharnia. It is well-known for its inclusion of numerous accounts thought to originate from the experiences of orphaned youths who dwelt for sometime in the palace of of Lord Kualotha of the Groaning Earth and then fled to the countryside when his bizarre enchantments and habits rendered his largesse intolerable. Over two hundred short tales and legends abound in Tales of Old Pytharny and it has inspired dozens of children's storybooks in the 27th century (2600's).

Tales in the Original 2555 Edition

incomplete list

The Piebald Fox
Dragon Egg Soup
The Scullery Maid and the Golden Pan
The Cat that Swatted at the Stars
The Knight and the Squire
The Daughters of Erriagsa

Barren mother uses magic to produce daughters, but she fails to follow the magical instructions correctly and thus one is made beautiful and the other ugly. The account includes their eventual betrothals.

Glaibhe and the Mirror Well
Lord Ogdugain and the Rogues
Glaibhe and the Council of the Magi
Rheigluma and the People of the Lake
Rheigluma and the Giants (Geddamin Rulers of Trevirs)
Gwebaline
The Swine and the Suitor
The Strongest Rat
The Red Priests and the Caves of Magdaia (The College of the Flamens of Chaos)
The Baby of the Earthquake (account of the birth of Kualotha)
The Seven Lads of Kiaburra
The Standing Stones of the Aitiaobh
Lady Tamein's Mirror
The Skyness and the Princess

Medibgóëse Duke invites aristocrats and a poor boy from the surface to his Skyness palace. After a slew of adventures and mishaps, the poor farm boy is betrothed to the Duke's Princess.

Ithravaine and Seven Autumns
The Dance of Lord Kualotha

Tales of Old Pytharny

Tales in the Original 2555 Edition

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