Kids Web Japan - Not exactly my cup of tea but it does have a series of traditional Japanese folktales. I find the Japanese folktales fascinating, there are at the same time so many parallels with many European folktales and yet you often hit a perspective or angle of the story that is so different. This site allows you to select a tale which yields an animated slide show of the story with the text below each slide.
The Aesop Prize and Aesop Accolades are conferred annually by the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society upon English language books for children and young adults, both fiction and nonfiction.
Established in 1992.
Our online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed. There are many more on the way. Most were translated into English by Rev. George Fyler Townsend (1814-1900) and Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) the rest are from Jean De La Fontaine in French and translated to English by several good internet souls.
Included are Real Audio narrations, Classic Images, Random Images, Random Fables, Search Engine and much more on the way. Recently added are 127 Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
Nearly as old as the Olympics, bigger than Dinosaur, older than the Titanic, more complex than Pokemon and more of them than Beanie Babies are Aesop's Fables. Every day hundreds of entire classrooms of kids from all over the world stop by to read, learn and enhance their living experience. This website is widely read by all cultures from all over the world. Next time you are using napster and downloading mp3 files, stop by here while that runs in the background.
When we browse the collection, suddenly we are sated with such morals as Clumsy Jesting Is No Joke, A Man Is Known By The Company He Keeps, and Union Gives Strength. It's the place to go when you want sharp insights, gentle humor, and lessons in life. - YAHOO
Come on in and enjoy the ageless and timeless wisdom of Aesop and his Fables - the truest family fun on the Internet.
This site has offered since 1994 a growing selection of short narrative works in German from the late 18th to the end of the 19th centuries, featuring verified texts from documented editions and, whenever possible, English translations.
Welcome to a Europe of tales. This is a web site of European myths and legends for education.
Welcome to Aesop's Fables
Since 1994 Professor Copper Giloth has assigned her students in Art 271, Introduction to Computing in the Fine Arts, the task of illustrating the traditional Aesop's fables along side their own retellings of the fables in a modern setting. This collection gathers together artwork from several semesters.
Over the years the Web has developed to allow for more action and interactivity. In the earlier versions, the stories are illustrated with still images set in simple HTML pages. More recently, students have been working with Macromedia Flash to develop their stories as animations, some with sound and interactivity.
Myths and fables from around the world.
AndersenFairyTales: classic folk stories and fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Web-published children's books with Flash animation and narration. Featuring cartoons, e-learning, biography of Hans Christian Andersen, and links to the fairy tales.
GrimmFairyTales: Folk and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. Read and hear interactive, narrated, animated stories. Children's literature and folklore classics featuring animals, princesses, magic, and fabulous creatures! Grimm Brothers cartoon characters present a biography of Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. Online books link to e-learning, colouring downloads, arts, flash games, and other kidstuff.
Animated Tall Tales presents the heroes of American Folklore and the folk tales from around the United States. Meet the classic characters of tall tales, from Paul Bunyan to Pecos Bill. From the classroom to the campfire, you’ll find these stories, legends, and tall tales fun for the whole family.
The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a "seed power" deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land - its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and water-holes - and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the meta-physical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin. The Aborigines called this potency the "Dreaming" of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming.
--Faces of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime
by Robert Lawlor
This site was designed for the entertainment and education of everyone who finds it. It consists of many classic stories that have carried on through generations. They are reminiscent of time past, but their themes have stayed with us and will carry on in our lives as we go into our future.
Welcome to the Encyclopedia Mythica
Please enter the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between.
The mythology section is divided to six geographical regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Each region has many clearly defined subdivisions that will ease your search.
The Folklore section contains general folklore, Arthurian legends, and fascinating folktales from many lands.
In addition, we feature special interest areas to enhance and refine your research. A Bestiary, legendary heroes, an image gallery, and genealogical tables of various pantheons and prominent houses.
To bring our entities to life, we have created an image gallery, where you will find hundreds of images of all kinds of deities, heroes, and strange creatures of every description.
The encyclopedia will serve the serious researcher, the student, and the casual reader with equal success. Come in and enjoy! Think mythology, think EM!
An online journal for the exploration of myth, folklore and fairy tales and their use in contemporary arts.
Here you will find 32 of our Folk and Fairy Tales. Each one is in at least 2 languages ... and there are quizzes and worksheets to add to the fun.
Below is the complete list of Andersen’s 168 tales, in the chronological order of their original publication. Title variations and Danish equivalents may be found in the cross reference.
Folktales from Japan selected and edited by D. L. Ashliman
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman
HIDY, Folks! You have happened upon FOLKTALES, FOLKLORE, AND OTHER "FOLKSY" STUFF
Looking for a sweet, soothing tale to waft you toward dreamland? Look somewhere else. The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 1800s serve up life as generations of central Europeans knew it—capricious and often cruel. The two brothers, patriots determined to preserve Germanic folktales, were only accidental entertainers.
Once they saw how the tales bewitched young readers, the Grimms, and editors aplenty after them, started "fixing" things. Tales gradually got softer, sweeter, and primly moral. Yet all the polishing never rubbed away the solid heart of the stories, now read and loved in more than 160 languages.
Our presentation brings you 12 unvarnished tales, based on a 1914 translation.
For these stories we give the original 1884 text of Margaret Hunt, by all accounts a good translation, if somewhat old-fashioned by present-day standards. Hunt is based on the last revised edition of the Grimms tales. This electronic text follows Hunt as faithfully as possible and is, so far as we know, the only internet version to do so.
Welcome to my workshop! Here I'll show you how to write a myth — a story that explains a natural phenomenon in a creative way. You'll also find writing strategies and a few warm-up activities to get you started. Last but not least, you'll write a myth of your own.
Welcome to the world of folktales. In this workshop, we will share the magic of clever animals, enchanted kingdoms, and much, much more. Along the way, we'll offer tips, challenges, and guidelines to help you write your own folktales. When you're done with the workshop, you'll be able to publish your writing online.
Discover the stories and traditions of cultures across the globe as you read myths from the world regions listed here.
This Robin Hood site offers a large amount of historical and legendary information on the stories of Robin Hood, England's best-loved outlaw, and his band of Merry Men. This website covers the entire legend from the earliest ballads and May Games to the latest films. Like the adventures of Robin Hood, these resources are intended for everyone: students and scholars, longtime fans and beginners, children and adults.
Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians. From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating children. The stories help to explain how the land came to be shaped and inhabited; how to behave and why; where to find certain foods, etc.
Gathered around the camp fire in the evening, on an expedition to a favourite waterhole, or at a landmark of special significance, parents, Elders or Aunts and Uncles use the stories as the first part of a child's education.
Then, as children grow into young adults, more of the history and culture is revealed. Adults then take responsibility for passing on the stories to the following generations. In this way, the Stories of the Dreaming have been handed down over thousands of years.
All the storytellers you will meet on this site are active in keeping the stories alive and passing them on the next generation.
These are stories of the history and culture of the people, handed down in this way since the beginning of time, since the Dreamtime.
Featuring 46 annotated fairy tales, including histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,400 illustrations. With several full-text books, discover over 1,500 folk & fairy tales from around the world.
Welcome to my archive of folk and fairy tales. The stories in this collection represent a small sampling of the rich storytelling art that is the common heritage of humanity. Stories from many parts of the world are included here. Please note: not every story in this site is appropriate for all ages of children. It is recommended that responsible grownups preview the tales before sharing them with children.
Welcome to Webtime Stories, an annotated collection of web sites for people who love children's literature. Though there is nothing quite like reading a good book, the internet combines the printed word with graphics, sounds, interactivity and animation to create rich and memorable reading experiences. Though there are literally hundreds of web sites on Children's Literature, Webtime Stories is not a comprehensive collection. Instead, think of it as a "best of" list, a gathering of sites that are truly worth a look. Whether your interest is picture books, science fiction, fairy tales or just plain fun, Webtime Stories has something for you. Each site has an introduction that describes its personality and details highlights. Enjoy!
Note: This site began in 1995 as part of the former Pacific Bell Education First Initiative. It remains online as an archived model. No support - including link checking - is provided.
Welcome to Panchatantra Tales
The Center for Story & Symbol offers continuing education seminars on the psychology of fairy tales, mythic stories, creativity, and movies as mythic imagination. Presented at an introductory level, these courses are not just for psychotherapists. They are open to all those interested in archetypal perspectives.
The Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts - An online journal for the exploration of myth, folklore, and fairy tales, and their use in contemporary arts.