Folktales and Fairy Tales

A form of made-up folklore told primarily for entertainment and sometimes containing a message.

Sub-headings:

Fables and Animal Tales

An ancient and widespread form of folklore. Fables are animal tales with a clear moral.

Resources in this category:

Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault.html

Charles Perrault was the first person to collect traditional folktales under the title of "Mother Goose" in 1697. Read the electronic text of his book here.

Fairy Tales: Reading & Research
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48473

This IPL pathfinder describes and categorizes Fairy Tale resources. For hundreds of years, fairy tales have been read by children and adults alike, instructing, fascinating, and horrifying us by turns. The print and Internet resources listed here are geared toward recreational readers, parents, teachers, and students

Grimm Brothers' Homepage
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html

All about the Grimm brothers and their contributions to the world of folklore. This webpage has timelines, biographical information, lots of links and some of the stories in English and German.

Grimm's Fairytales
http://myweb.dal.ca/barkerb/fairies/grimm/

An electronic text based on the original 1884 translations of Margaret Hunt.

Grimms' Fairy Tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

Come on an expedition with the National Geographic Society into the original Grimm's Fairy Tales.

The Real Mother Goose
http://www.fidella.com/trmg/

This popular collection of Mother Goose stories was penned in 1916 by Blanche Fisher Wright. Now it’s available online with complete illustrations. Includes a text-only version.

SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

This is a site dedicated to the study of fairy tales and folklore, from "Beauty and the Beast" to "Puss in Boots." It includes annotated stories, the history of each story and cross cultural tales.