Tales of Old Pytharny
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 AI).
Tales in the Original 2555 Edition
- The Piebald Fox
- Dragon Egg Soup
- The Scullery Maid and the Golden Pan
- 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.
- Lord Ogdugain and the Rogues
- 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
- 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.
- The Dance of Lord Kualotha