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Historically the Nusantara folklore studies are included into the main course for IAAS students from Indonesian language groups. The renewed course of folklore paves the way for future deeper understanding of Indonesian literature and culture. The course is planned to be published, it consists of 10 lectures on the topics as following: 1) Spirits, Shamans and Were-Demons: Spells and Incantations 2) Gods and Hero’s: Mythological texts 3) Shadows, Puppets, Masks and People: Rituals, Sacred Performances and Story-Telling 4) Giants, Hermits and the Royals: Fairytales 5) Indonesian Cinderella’s and Sleeping Beauties: Folk-Tale Motives and Archaic Reconstructions 6) The Cunning Mouse-Deer and Si Kabayan: Tales about Tricksters 7) Riddles, Pantun’s, Jokes and Proverbs: Minor Folklore Genres 8) Ghosts and Ghouls: Indonesian Demonology 9) Séance: Child-lore and Games 10) Epilogue: Urban-lore & Internet-lore. The course includes group discussions and creative homework. The list of the literature for students includes Indonesian and Malay original sources, translated texts as well as theoretical works by prominent folklorists, philologists and anthropologists.