Khmer Story Lovers

 A view off Phnom Odong, Kompong Speu                                                                                                                                                 Photo: Suksiri Bounchan 

The folktales have a delightful spontaneity, vigour, and realism.  They have seemed to some to be, together with songs, the real literature of Cambodia.  They reveal Khmer character, especially their humour and philosophy of life.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            (Jacob, 1996)

All literature shares the combination of novelty and familiarity.  They show us things we might never have seen by ourselves, or if we saw them, we let them pass.                                                                                                                                                        (Rippere, 1966)

រឿងព្រេងខ្មែរ

Khmer Folktales