Folk Tales, Fables, Myths and Legends

Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
http://darsie.ucdavis.edu/tales/
These stories are arranged by country.  They are text versions with no illustrations.

Fables & Animal Stories
http://www.thekids.com/kids/stories/fables/

Stories from around the world
http://www.thekids.com/kids/stories/world/

Ancient Chinese  Fables
http://chinavista.com/experience/fable/fable.html
no illustrations

Chinese Myths and Fantasies
http://chinavista.com/experience/story/story.html
no illustrations

Legends & Myths
http://www.gov.nt.ca/kids/legend/legends.htm

The Book of Dene
http://www.gov.nt.ca/kids/legend/dene.htm#anchor202406
The word Dene refers to the native people who live south of the treeline in the NorthwestTerritories. These stories were spoken to a priest called Emile Petitot (1838-1916) who wrote the words down in the Dene language.

Northern Writers:  literacy contest stories
http://www.gov.nt.ca/kids/legend/literacy.htm
Four stories written by children from Canada

Myths and Fables From Around the World
http://www.afroam.org/children/myths/myths.html
They are extensively illustrated and shown over a number of pages.  Each page takes a while to load.

A Collaborative Myths and Legends Project
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/~cook/myths/
Folk tales from around the world: retold by students


Storytelling:

Handbook for Storytellers
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/storyhandbook.htm

Tips on Selection and Learning Stories
http://www.cinenet.net/users/mhnadel/story/tips.html

Effective Storytelling: A manual for beginners, by Barry McWilliams
http://www.seanet.com/%7Eeldrbarry/roos/eest.htm


Compiled by Linda J. Burkhart, linda@lburkhart.com, www.lburkhart.com
Updated Jan. 1999