Directory of Tales Resources

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Folktales are prose narratives, often transmitted orally and used as cultural entertainment or as a way of passing on traditions. The principal kinds of folktales are fairy tales or wonder tales (Märchen), which are fictitious, legends, which are allegedly true, and myths, which are concerned with the sacred.

Subcategories

• Animals and Plants
• Fables
• Fabulous Creatures
• Fairy Tales
• Labyrinths
• Legends
• Lore
• Myths
• Sun and Moon Lore
• Wells and Springs

Resources in This Category

• Celtic Twilight

  http://www.celtic-twilight.com/
  Online texts of Irish myths and legends, the legends of Camelot and Charlemagne, and the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, with links.

• Fables and Fairy Tales

  http://outlander430.tripod.com/
  A classic collection of fairy tales, fables, and poems from 1909.

• Fairy Stories and Fables

  http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=fables&story=_contents
  By James Baldwin (1841-1925), e-text from the Baldwin Project.

• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

  http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
  Vast collection of folktales, myths, legends, and texts pertaining to folklore, arranged by title and theme, with a focus on northern and western Europe.

• Folktales

  http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE018824.html
  Infoplease.com short overview

Related Categories

• Home > Arts > Humanities > Literature in Art > Fables and Fairy Tales
• Home > Arts > Performing Arts > Storytelling
• Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > English > Literature > Myths and Folktales

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