| Aesopica
|
The full text
of thousands of the fables in Greek, English, and other languages.
Includes a search engine to find specific fables
Source: Myth
and Folklore Web site. |
| Aesop's
Fables |
Brief tellings of some
of the fables.
Source: MIT English Server.
|
| Aesop's
Fables |
Brief tellings of more
than 300 fables. Source: University
of Virginia Electronic Text Center. |
| Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland |
Lewis Carroll (Charles
Dodgson, 183298). Carroll's works are modern original stories,
but often fit well into storytelling venues.
Source: MIT English Server.
|
| Andersen's Fairy Tales
|
Hans Christian Andersen,
1805-1875. Andersen's works are well known, but they are modern original
stories rather than folk tales. Many are morality teachings about
his own culture and politics.
Two sources: |
| Andersen's
Fairy Tales and Stories |
Source: Zwi
Har'El. |
| Andersen's
Fairy Tales |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| Arabian
Nights Entertainments, The |
Compiled by Andrew Lang,
1844-1912. This is Lang's extract and compilation for children. Project
Gutenberg also has volumes 3 through 12 of the full Arabian Nights.
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| Beowulf
|
Source: MIT
English Server. |
| Bulfinch's
Mythology |
Thomas Bulfinch, 1863.
Source: Bob Fisher.
|
| Cinderella |
|
| The
Cinderella Project |
Multiple versions of Cinderella
published between 1729 and 1912.
Source: University of
Southern Mississippi. |
| Variations
on the Story Cinderella |
Source: David
Brown, University of Calgary. |
| Fairy Books |
The series of compilations
by Andrew Lang,
1844-1912. |
| The
Blue Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Brown Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Crimson Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Green Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Grey Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Lilac Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Orange Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Pink Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Red Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Violet Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| The
Yellow Fairy Book |
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
Text
and Indexes to Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
Laura Gibbs. |
Source: Myth
and Folklore Web site |
| Good
Stories for Great Holidays |
Frances Jenkins Olcott
1914. Folktales, myths, and historical stories. Source:
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center. |
| Grimm's
Fairy Tales |
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
First published 1812. Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| Indian
Legends, Old |
Zitkala-Sa [aka Gertrude
Simmons Bonnin] 1901. Stories of Iktomi and other legends of the Dakotas.
Source: University
of Virginia Electronic Text Center. |
| Irish
Fairy Tales |
James Stephens, 1882-1950.
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| Jack
and the Beanstalk and Jack the Giant-Killer Project, The |
Multiple versions of the
story.
Source: University of
Southern Mississippi. |
| Japanese
Fairy Tales |
Ozaki, Yei Theodora. Source:
Project
Gutenberg. |
| Little
Red Riding Hood Project, The |
Multiple versions of the
story.
Source: University of
Southern Mississippi. |
| Ninteenth-Century
German Stories |
Source: Virginia
Commonwealth University Foreign Language Department. |
| Scottish
Folktales |
Source: Dalriada
Celtic Heritage Society gopher server. |
| Sioux,
Myths and Legends of the |
Marie McLaughlin 1916.
Source:
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center. |
| Snow
White |
Multiple versions of the
story.
Source: Rutgers
University. |
| Through
the Looking-Glass |
Lewis Carroll (Charles
Dodgson, 183298). Carroll's works are modern original stories,
but often fit well into storytelling venues. Source: MIT
English Server. |
| Uncle
Remus, His Songs and Sayings |
Joel Chandler Harris.
Source: Project
Gutenberg. |
| Verne's
Stories |
Jules Verne (18281905).
Verne's works are well known, but they are modern original stories
rather than folk tales. Source: Zwi
Har'El. |
Other
Lists of Story Links |
| Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts |
This is a collection of
hundreds of texts of individual stories, indexed by story type.
Source: University
of Pittsburgh |
| SurLaLune
Fairy Tales |
A comparative study of
27 fairy tales, including full texts of hundreds of versions and variants. |
| Tales
of Wonder |
Archive of story texts
by Richard Darsie.
Source: Richard
Darsie |
Sources
for these Collections |
| Carnegie
Mellon University |
| MIT
English Server |
| Myth
and Folklore Web site |
| Project
Gutenberg |
| Rutgers
University |
| SurLaLune
Fairy Tales |
| David
Brown's Stories and Folk Tales page at University of Calgary |
| University
of Southern Mississippi. |
| University
of Pittsburgh Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts |
| University
of Virginia Electronic Text Center |
| Virginia
Commonwealth University Foreign Languages Department |