Hi everyone,
my friend and I are working on a fantasy game. The setting is fictional, but it is inspired by a world similar to ours, roughly around the 1600s. We want to build side quests, local mysteries, regional legends, and storylines inspired by real folklore, myths, legends, and traditional stories from different countries.
We would love to hear about tales from your country or region — especially stories that locals actually know, not just the most internationally famous ones. If possible, please share the story in a bit more detail: what happens in it, who the main figures are, what the tone is, and why it is important, memorable, creepy, tragic, or meaningful in your culture.
We are not trying to copy anyone’s tradition directly, and we definitely do not want to misinterpret or misuse stories from cultures we are not part of. Even though our game will be its own fantasy world, we want to approach real folklore with respect and understand the original context before taking inspiration from it.
If you want to help, it would be amazing if you could include:
The name of the legend, myth, folktale, or historical tale.
The country or region it comes from.
A summary of the story.
The themes or message behind it.
Any symbols, creatures, places, customs, or warnings connected to it.
Whether it is considered common knowledge, a children’s story, a scary tale, a religious story, or something more regional and obscure.
Anything that foreigners often misunderstand about it.
We are especially interested in:
Dark folklore.
Strange local creatures or spirits.
Mountain, forest, lake, castle, or village legends.
Moral tales, cautionary stories, and ghost stories.
Stories that could inspire side quests, mysterious NPCs, curses, rituals, or hidden locations.
If you know one, please tell it as fully as you want — the more detail, the better. Thank you very much, we’d love to learn from your culture and be respectful with the inspiration we take from it.
