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Folklore, Myth, and Legend

Aesops Fables

Brief versions of over 300 fables, from the edition by George Fyler Townsend. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AesFabl.html

By Hans Christian Andersen

Texts and some links to H.C. Andersen information. http://hca.gilead.org.il/

Blue Fairy Book

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/LanBlue.html

Red Fairy Book

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/LanRedF.html

Yellow Fairy Book

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=LanYell&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0

Violet Fairy Book

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=LanViol&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

Edited and/or translated by D.L. Ashliman. An interesting miscellany af little-known tales; mostly oriental and Nordic. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Good Stories for Great Holidays

This 1914 book by Frances Jenkins Olcott includes folktales, myths, and historical stories. The Web version is from The University of Virginia Electronic Text Center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/OlcGood.html

Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=BryStor&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0

How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell

Books by Sara Cone Bryant, with a good selection of traditional tales, and old favorites. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=BryTell&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0

Myths and Legends of the Sioux

Compiled by Marie L. McLaughlin (1916) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html

Old Indian Legends

Zitkala-Sa [aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin]. Stories of Iktomi and other legends of the Dakotas (1901) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/ZitLege.html

19th-Century German Stories

Struwwelpeter, Busch, Grimm Brothers in German- and English-language versions, often with illustrations. From the Foreign Language Department - Virginia Commonwealth University. http://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html

Puppetry

the Puppetry Home Page

The Puppetry Home Page is a free resource for the puppetry community and is dedicated to helping people connect with the world of puppetry. http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/