by Richard Martin | Apr 10, 2025
Nasruddin’s Nail How the Hodja sold – and bought – a house Mullah Nasruddin In the 800 years since his death, countless tales have become associated with the much-loved figure of Hodja Nasruddin. As is to be expected in folk lore, the stories range...
by Richard Martin | Dec 23, 2024
Nasruddin’s Wager How the Hodja lost a bet – and won Mullah Nasruddin I found this tale in Ioan Tenner’s splendid resource This Reminds Me of a Story, 111 Teaching Stories of Nasreddin Hodja, the Wise Fool of the East (search in the blog for...
by Richard Martin | Feb 13, 2024
Nasruddin’s Optimism A tale of the hodja’s outlook on life Video not yet publicly available This tale has been recorded and will soon be uploaded to the video gallery, where it will be available to watch for free – together with many, many other...
by Richard Martin | Sep 23, 2023
Nasruddin’s Dead Donkey What the Hodja learnt on his search for wisdom and truth Want to download the video?Videos are provided free to view. If you want to download one, I can arrange that. Just send me a mail telling me which story you’d like, and your...
by Richard Martin | Dec 19, 2019
Nasruddin Saves a Man What works once may not work twice Want to download the video?Videos are provided free to view. If you want to download one, I can arrange that. Just send me a mail telling me which story you’d like, and your reason for wanting a download....