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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.

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Fables, Fairy Tales, Stories and Nursery Rhymes Ranging from Aesop to Andersen, Grimm, Carroll, and Mother Goose. www.ivyjoy.com/fables

Folktales Infoplease.com short overview www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE018824.html

Fairy Tales & Folklore Textile related tales for those who love spinning yarn. www.applehollow.com/ahf-s.html

Trivial Page of Myths Myths, legends, and folk tales from all over the world, excerpted by Sylvia Volk. www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~volk/sylvia/Myths.htm

Motif Index of Folk Literature Explanation of what a motif index is and what it does, with bibliography. www.folklore.bc.ca/Motifindex.htm

MSN Learning & Research: Folktales Encarta Encyclopedia definition, overview, and links. encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761556135

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

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

Fables Collection Collection of fables of Aesop and others, as well as Philippine and other East Asian folktales; includes section in Tagalog. maxpages.com/fablesite

Crown & Thistle Inn Traditional folktales and myths from around the world, including RealAudio versions. www.fables.org/crown_thistle

Fairy Stories and Fables By James Baldwin (1841-1925), e-text from the Baldwin Project. www.mainlesson.com/..

Bat Folklore Five folktales of different cultures, taken from "Bats, Swift Shadows in the Twilight." www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/folklore.html

Types of the Folktale Overview of the various types of folktales, from "Readings about Children's Literature." www.uwstout.edu/lib/irs/folktale.htm

Fables and Fairy Tales A classic collection of fairy tales, fables, and poems from 1909. outlander430.tripod.com

MythologyWeb - Folklore, Myths and Legends Looking at the origins and evolution of stories and mythical concepts around the world. www.mythology.com

The Endicott Studio Bulletin Board Essays, stories, and musings on folklore as well as modern magical fiction. p090.ezboard.com/bendicottstudioformythicarts

A Bibliography of Feminist Folktales A bibliography of feminist folktales. THSlone.tripod.com/Feminist-folktales.html