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• - Online course materials by Mary Magoulick, Georgia College and State University.
  
• - Folktales and proverbs from around the world, and reference lists of deities and legendary creatures and lands.
  
• - Provides some definitions of common forms of traditional literature, such as folktales, tall tales, fables, proverbs, myths, and epics.
  
• - Study by Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1896) into the history of childhood (PDF files).
  
• - Multicultural and multilingual anthology published on the web by children, parents and teachers from around the world; contains rhymes, customs, and games.
  
• - Arizona University lecture course examining form and function of the traditional verbal arts.
  
• - Course materials on Russian and American folklore, focussing on childlore, to determine the role of folklore in society.
  
• - Discussing several minor forms such as proverbs, riddles, oaths and calls, with examples from Lithuanian folklore.
  
• - Discusses the dichotomy between myths, legends, and fairy tales with examples of each.
  
• - Extensive collection of traditional and modern wisdom, tales and lore (in Norwegian and English).
  
• - Bibliography and large list of links exploring the complex mythic/archetypal figure of Trickster.
  
• - Listing of categories and examples of oral lore.
  
• - Covering mythical creatures, retellings of folktales, and a section on lost lands.
  
• - Online course materials including overviews and definitions, from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
  
• - Online course materials offered by the College of Siskiyous.
  
• - Research tool indexing oral history collections in English around the world, linking through to the full text where available.
  
• - Outlines the origins and characteristics of folktales, and the various genres of traditional literature.
  
• - List of links to 1998 and 1999 award winning websites for folklore, myth and legend.