Fairy Tales (Society/Folklore/Literature/Tales/Fairy_Tales)
up Fairy TalesFairy tales (Märchen) are fictional stories which contain elements of magic or the supernatural. Their usual theme is the triumph over difficulty of the one least likely to succeed. Characters are stylized.EntriesSurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring annotated fairy tales, illustrations, and a forum. Cinderella http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella A description of the tale with filmography. Sleeping Beauty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty A description of the folktale. Little Red Riding Hood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood A description of the folktale. Story Origins: Beauty and the Beast http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/StoryOrigin.html On the many tellings of the story of Beauty and the Beast with references to historical origins. The Pied Piper of Hamelin http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/piper/ By Robert Browning (1888), illustrated by Kate Greenaway; e-text at Indiana University Libraries. The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales http://www.bartleby.com/76/ Four fairy tales by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1910); e-text at Bartleby. Propp's Structure of the Magic Tale http://www.uky.edu/~jrouhie/rae370_proppmagic.html Outline of the classical work "Morphology of the Folktale." Beauty and the Beast http://beauty.rivkashome.com/ Guide to on-line resources, images, and bibliography. Free Public Domain http://fpd.iwarp.com/ Online fairy tale books from Andrew Lang, the Grimm brothers, and Hans Christian Andersen. A Scholarly Snow White http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/snowwhite.html Includes introduction, interpretations, bibliographies, and comparisons of different versions, prepared by Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University. Tom Tit Tot - An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ttt/ By Edward Clodd (1898), at sacred-texts.com Bluebeard http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/ssweeney/bluepage.htm Research devoted to the classic European folktale about a serial wife-murderer. A Book of Fairy Tales http://oaks.nvg.org/re1ra3.html A collection of 45 fairy tales. Bearskin http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/bearskin/web%20pages/index.html Texts and analyses of folk tale type AT 361 by students of Carleton College. The Fairy Tales and Fables of Ambassador Parlay http://www.ambassadorparlay.com/ Complete original fairy tales and fables. The Frog Prince http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/frogp/FP_Main_Page.html Texts and analyses of folk tale type AT 440 by students of Carleton College. Rapunzel http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/rapunzel/fairy.htm Analyses of folk tale type AT 310 by students of Carleton College. The Sleeping Beauty Page http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/sleepingb/ Texts and analyses of folk tale type AT 410 by students of Carleton College. The Three Sisters http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/3s/introduction.html Texts and analyses of folk tale type AT 552 by students of Carleton College. SubcategoriesArabian Nights The Arabian Nights, or Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of stories from Arabic literature. The stories became known in Europe through Antoine Galland's translation into French, and Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), linguists, became famous for their collection of folktales, "Grimm's Fairy Hauff, Wilhelm Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German author, who remains most famous for his fairy tales. Jacobs, Joseph Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916), historian and folklorist, compiled several collections of fairy tales and edited Aesop's Journals This category is for publications researching folk literature. Lang, Andrew Andrew Lang (1844-1912), writer and folklorist, was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the study of myth Pentamerone "Il Pentamerone", or "Lo cunto de li cunti" (The Story of Stories), is one of the oldest collections of fairy tales, written down in an embellished style in the Neapolitan dialect by Giambattista Perrault, Charles World Tales This category is for sites on folk literature that focus on a particular country, region, or culture. Related categoriesEsperanto Fabelo estas distra, morala, aŭ filozofiema rakonto pri fiktivaj aventuroj de herooj kun supernaturaj kapabloj. Ĝi estas popola formo de la antikva mito, sed en modernaj, mit-neglektemaj socioj ofte Andersen, Hans Christian Contains sites relating to the life and work of author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). He is mostly known for his fairy tales, which are among the most frequently translated works in all literary Calvino, Italo Fables and Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Folk and Fairy Tales Sites which have online folk or fairy tales for kids or teens. Neigbour categoriesAnimals and Plants Fables Fables are allegorical tales, illustrating a moral or satirizing human behavior. The characters of a fable are usually personified animals. Important collections of fables are those of Aesop, Jean de Fabulous Creatures Fabulous creatures may be beings of folklore, mythology, belief and other animals or monsters of history or legend. In folklore there are frequently long held beliefs, meanings or traditions which Labyrinths Legends Legends are folktales about extraordinary events, often involving meetings with the supernatural, set in a specific time and place, and featuring specific people. Legends may or may not have a Lore This category is for traditional knowledge and beliefs on nature and the human environment: plants and animals, the Sun and Moon Lore This category is for folklore concerning the skies: the sun, moon, planets, stars, comets, and northern light. Wells and Springs This category is for lore concerning water, such as wells and springs, and fountains. (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks) Thumbnails powered by Thumbshots |