Storytelling Resources

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Sources, texts and variations of traditional folktales, fairy tales, legends, myths and fables. All these works are in the public domain.

Texts of stories

Links to full-text stories available on the Internet..

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