Myths,
Fables, Fairy Tales and Folklore
About Myths
In Search
of Myths and Heros
Join intrepid historian Michael Wood as he goes in search of
the world's greatest myths, seeking the roots of four great legends
-- the Queen of Sheba, King Arthur, Shangri-La and Jason and
the Golden Fleece.
American Indian
Aadizookaanag
Traditional stories, myths, and legends for American Indian youth,
grouped by region.
Miracle,
The Sacred White Buffalo
It was thought with the demise of the great herds of buffalo
that a white one would never be seen again. The birth of this
one in 1994 has given Native Americans new hope.
Plains
Indian Legends, Myths and Heros
Project Gutenberg etexts to read online or download to your own
computer for reading and printing.
Animals
Animals,
Myths and Legends
Tales from Oban the Knowledge Keeper, such as Coyote stories,
Why Bat has No Friends, and What Happened to Unicorns.
The
King of the Snakes
And other stories from Africa. By Mrs. George Baskerville. But
once upon a time Kalungu was a very sorrowful place, for a big
snake called Sesota lived on the hill-side and came down every
day to the village and caught people and ate them.
Story
of the Bat
The birds challenged the four-footed animals to a great ball
play. It was agreed that all creatures which had teeth should
be on one side and all those which had feathers should go on
the other side with the birds. From the Tuggle collection.
Ape Men
Australian
Yowie Research
Ape-man creature sightings in Australia and New Zealand.
Bigfoot Field Researchers
Organization
Even though the Sasquatch myth has been confessed as a hoax,
these folks just don't want a great legend of the Columbia River
Basin to die.
The
Legend of the Yeti
It wasn't until the British arrived in Tibet that anyone started
to make a fuss about the so-called Yeti, which has been more
or less uniformly described as an oversized ape-like creature
not dissimilar to North America's Bigfoot.
The Story of
the Great Ape
Once, the Bodhisatta was born as an ape and lived alone like
an ascetic in a Himalayan forest. Yet, unlike other monkeys he
was kind and virtuous; and survived on leaves and fruits of the
forest trees.
YETI
("MIRGU" in Bhutan)
People are amazed when they hear that Washington State in the
USA has laws against hunting the Sasquatch with guns, but if
you really want to protect a Yeti or Bigfoot you can't beat Bhutan.
The Constellations
& Stars
Myths About the Sky, Stars and Constellations
Multicultural stories, each told 3 ways, depending on your maturity.
Lovely illustrations.
Myths
and Tales Associated with the Constellations
Combine history, literature and science while you gaze at the
night sky and listen to these stories.
Windows
to the Universe - Mythology
For thousands of years people have associated objects in the
sky, the Earth, and aspects of their physical world with the
gods and goddesses of their cultures.
Dinosaurs &
Reptiles
Here Be Dragons
Western dragons are usually portrayed as evil, mean, and bloodthirsty.
Eastern dragons are portrayed as good, kind, and intelligent.
These and other dragons of myth and reality.
Living Dinosaurs
In 1907, Schmidt was travelling along the Solimoes River in Colombia
along with Captain Rudolph Pfleng. Pfleng and Schmidt encountered
some huge tracks along the shores of a small lake.
Loch
Ness Schools workpacks and digital jigsaws
Though this site is designed for local Scottish schoolchildren,
anyone in the world wanting to understand more about the legend
and the research into its origins will enjoy these explorations.
Nessie on the Net!
Loch Ness Monster Live Cam, Scotland
Fact or legend? You decide. You can even view the lake through
their webcam. Pseudo science, but all in good fun.
Reptiles
Throughout Mythology
Reptiles vary in size. Some are carnivorous and others are vegetarians.
Some are dangerous and others are harmless. Yet the traits of
reptiles and their habits have been utilized in the creativity
and mythology of humans. By Norman A. Rubin.
Top 10 Beasts and Dragons: How Reality Made Myth
Despite their differences, many of the mythical dragons found throughout the world all began as vague serpentine ideas modeled after real creatures, beginning with a snake or some other fearsome reptile. Over time, they acquired more definite and exotic shapes as they absorbed the hopes and superstitions of the local people and borrowed the traits of local animals.
Champ of Lake Champlain
Champ has been most commonly characterized as a plesiosaur, a
prehistoric reptile which was thought to have been extinct for
60 to 70 million years. Some experts believe more than one plesiosaur-like
creature inhabits Lake Champlain today.
Why
Ireland Has No Snakes
Legend has it that St. Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland.
Sometime back in the fifth century he stood on a hill, the story
goes, and used a staff to herd the slithering creatures into
the sea, banishing them for eternity.
Emailed Legends
Urban Legends Reference
Pages
Search for a modern legend by topic or with their seach engine.
Don't be fooled!
Fables
Aesop's
Biography
It can cautiously be said that Aesop was a slave in the sixth
century B.C., that he came from Phrygia and lived in Samos, and
that he was known for his ability to craft "fables"
(logoi).
Aesop's
Fables
Come listen to any of 655+ Fables, and learn about morals that
have been handed down through the ages. RealAudio needed for
listening.
Frankenstein
A fairly modern fable on the perils of medical research. This
link is from National Library of Medicine. Here's where to read
Mary Shelley's fable online.
Fairy Tales
Absolutely Whootie
Stories to grow by. Participate by contributing your illustration
or writing a review of a story. Lesson plans for mom available.
Classic Fairy Tales
Flash versions of Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Grimm Brothers,
The Real Princess, The Brementown Musicians, Faithful John, and
more stories and games.
English Fairy Tales
Bringing Yesterday's Classics to Today's Children
The Fairie Chronicles
What if you discovered you had magical fairy powers? Meet the girls of The Fairy Chronicles, otherwise normal girls like you with special gifts. Their extraordinary adventures will change the world.
Fairy Tales Collection
Features the authors: Hans Christian Andersen, Mark Twain, Aesop,
Frank Baum, and the Brothers Grimm as well as many other favorites.
German Stories - 19th-Century
Web editions for language learning & literary study. In both
German and English. Includes stories by The Grimm Brothers.
Jirtdan
One of the most popular and beloved fairy tales in Azerbaijan.
Jirtdan, meaning "tiny" in Azerbaijani, is about a
child, much smaller than other children his age, who finds strength
in being intelligent.
Snow White
You can read
this story to small folks, or teens can do an in-depth study
of this ancient folktale.
Folklore
American
Folklore
American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales,
weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of
the 50 United States. You can read about all sorts of famous
characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Jesse James, Davy Crockett,
Daniel Boone, and many more.
Campfire
Stories
From spooky to silly, a well-told campfire story will entertain
campers for hours. Eerie flashlight effects are optional.
Chinese
Myths and Fantasies
Ancient Chinese myths were not recorded in a systematic way in
any work, and , as a result, only fragments of them are extant
today. From China Vista.
Indonesian
Myth
The mythology of Indonesia is influenced by Indian Mythology.
The names of gods in our mythology are the same as in Indian.
This is because the great Indian civilization influenced our
Indonesian ancestors.
Paul
Bunyan, Giant Lumberjack
Paul and Babe were so large, the tracks they made galivanting
around Minnesota filled up and made the 10,000 lakes. Lesson.
Games
Hawaiian
Eye
of Hawaii - Hawaiian Legends
Most Hawaiians do not practice their ancient religion today,
yet their are few who are not at least a little superstitious.
Living on an active volcano can do this to you.
Hawaiian
Legends
Legends grow out of humankind's propensity to explain the world
around them, and make a distinction between themselves and nature.
The Hawaiian culture brought forth a myriad of legends, many
of which bear strong similarities to those of other island groups
in the Pacific.
Legends
of Maui
The Maui legends form one of the strongest links in the mythological
chain of evidence which binds the scattered inhabitants of the
Pacific into one nation.
Maui
Myths and Folklore
Come read about Kama Pua'a - The Pig Child, Poisionous Limu,
Birth of Iao Needle, and the Story of Maui.
Pele's
Journey . . . Destination Kilauea
This is the story of Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and
how she settled in the Kilauea Volcano. Pele is forced to leave
her birthplace in Tahiti because of family conflicts and voyages
north across the Pacific Ocean on a canoe with a few brothers
and sisters. Related literature.
Plant
Legends of Hawaii
Tour the National Tropical Botanical Garden with Briggy, and
through Flash animations, learn the legends behind the native
plants.
Legends
Ancient
Amazons
Women ruled their society, and two queens, one for defense and
one for domestic affairs, shared the country, but they made numerous
conquest expeditions into neighboring territories.
A Beginner's
Guide to Robin Hood
Who's who of the Robin Hood story. How the characters have changed
through the ages and retellings.
Electronic
Beowolf
This ancient Viking epic poem was recently made into the movie,
"The 13th Warrior."[DVD]
Homer's Illiad and Odyssey
And so begins this tragic tale of the resourceful Odysseus, that
great man, who was struck with misfortune and spent 20 years
trying to make it back to his homeland of Ithaca. Take this link
to travel the stories of the Odyssey and Illiad. [Buy the Book]
Legends
From King Arthur to Zorro, these legendary heros have captured
the imagination of folks through the centuries.
Make
A Hero
George Lucas, of Star Wars, lets you dynamically create your
own super hero and a myth to go along with him or her.
Queen
Calif
Queen Califa commanded not only Amazon forces but also an airforce
of five hundred griffins, powerful creatures with the wings and
head of eagles and the body of a lion. The griffins had been
trained to keep California free of men and were sometimes fed
human males by their Amazon keepers.
Shangri-La
This lost Tibetan paradise is a valley cut off from the world.
The wisdom of the human race is being conserved there against
the threat of imminent catastrophe.
Myths
Bulfinch's
Mythology
A prize winning site about the Age of Fable.
Creation Myths
The question that faced Pennsylvania's Dover School District was whether or not the imposition of one creation belief on a multi-ethnic, secular student body is in keeping with the law that prohibits the creation of a state religion. If they allow one belief system to be taught, surely they must also teach others? To help out with this dilemma, LiveScience presents a list of those Creation Myths that helped define civilizations both past and present.
Creation
Stories and Myths
As part of our study of ancient peoples, a Grade 6 class decided
to make an investigation into some of the creation myths and
legends from their own cultures which have been passed down from
generation to generation.
Jason
and the Golden Fleece
Determined to reclaim his throne, Jason agrees to retrieve the
Golden Fleece. Jason assembles a team of great heroes for his
crew and they sail aboard the Argo.
Encyclopedia
Mythica, The
A epic effort on mythology, folklore and legend.
MythWeb
This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek
mythology.
Norse Mythology
At the beginning of time there was nothing but a great void called
Ginnungagap, a void filled with powerful magic forces.
Star
Wars: The Magic of Myth
How is this modern film like the myths of old? How is the plot
similar. Lots of illustrations and sounds you'll enjoy.
Russian
Russian Fairy
Tales
An eBook with many classic Russian stories.
Russian
Folk Tales
44 folk tales from Russia and the Ukraine such as those about
Sister Fox, the Frog Princess, Baba Yaga and others.
The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf
Once upon a time in a far away land, there lived a mighty tsar. A Russian fairytale.
Story Collections
The Moonlit Road
Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told
by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
Story
Telling
A fine collection of shaggy dog stories, ghosts stories, Indian
legends, etc. from MacScouter.
Tales of Wonder
A huge collection of folk and fairy tales from around the world.
Zen
Stories to Tell Your Neighbors
Fun to tell stories that have reflected human nature for hundreds
of years.
Superstitions
Animal
Superstitions
From albatrosses to wolves, animals have been thought to have
special powers.
Ceremony
for Renaming Your Boat
Everyone knows that renaming your boat will bring nothing but
bad luck and make your boating experience something that you
will want to forget. By Capt. Pat. (Who says people don't still
believe in myths?)
Superstitions
Old Wives Tales Beliefs & Misconceptions
Bring luck or bad luck, predict your future or your death. Through
the ages these superstitions have persisted.
Taboos
and Superstitions of Chinese New Year
The entire house should be cleaned before New Year's Day. On
New Year's Eve, all brooms, brushes, dusters, dust pans and other
cleaning equipment are put away.
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