Khmer Legend

Once upon a time, there was a huge 8ayan tree. Villagers built two images of a man and a woman sitting beside each other and placed them i...

The mountain whose name the Cambodian capital city , namely the present-day city of Phnom Penh, was named after, originated before the con...

If we travel from Phnom Penh by boat or ship along the Tonle Thorn (Mekong River) to Phnom Dei Chral (Dei Chral Mountain) and then turn to...

At the end of a village lived a grandma and a grandpa. They both, while sleeping, did not like noise or any creature to disturb them. Their...

Whenever we arrive at Yeak Lorm Lake, we are always curious to know the cause of this strange name at once. Such curiosity is leading to th...

At Vi hear Thom Pagoda in Ba Phnom province, there were two novice monks, one of whom was called Tum, while the other was called Pich. They...

Once upon a time, there lived a couple. One night the wife dreamt that she could pick the whole bunch of coconuts and saw a full moon. When...

A long time ago, there was a narration of a poor farmer in the remote area. He had a daughter called Neang Kolyan Ney who was sixteen years...

Uncle Sok was a farmer, and his wife was a home-based dress maker. They had two sons. Many years later, his wife fell seriously ill. Losin...

Long, long ago, there was a dreadfully quiet stream near which the local people lived with fear. Day after day, many more people were haunt...

Long time ago, there lived a king called Reamea Thireach. He possessed tenfold qualifications of the king and reigned over Taka Seila king...

Long time ago, there were spouses with a beloved son. They were very proud of their son since he was the only son in the family. The son w...

Long long time ago, there was a coral place under the sea. The sea kind had Severn beautiful daughters. Every day they all liked to go swi...

Ta Cheng was a kind of person who had never felt charitable and generous to anyone. When he was young, he made his living by slaughtering ...

Months went past, Soriya delivered a daughter. She bore living and taking care of her daughter in the forest alone until she grew up. Unlu...

Uncle Sam was a woodcutter. The spouses did not have even a child. Every day, Uncle Sam went out to cut firewood at mountain bases a...

When Neang Ny's belly was slit, There were a lot of baby snakes crawling out of her belly. Some crawled into the water; some into hole...

Once upon a time, there lived a King named Atith Vongsa - the superior King to other 101 kings-and her Queen named Pimpea, along with ...

Long time ago, there was a man with his wife named NEANG NY and a daughter named NEANG ETH. The name was a beads trader. At that time, the...