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• - Encarta Encyclopedia definition, overview, and links.
  
• - Collection of fables of Aesop and others, as well as Philippine and other East Asian folktales; includes section in Tagalog.
  
• - Online texts of Irish myths and legends, the legends of Camelot and Charlemagne, and the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, with links.
  
• - Textile related tales for those who love spinning yarn.
  
• - Ranging from Aesop to Andersen, Grimm, Carroll, and Mother Goose.
  
• - Traditional folktales and myths from around the world, including RealAudio versions.
  
• - Myths, legends, and folk tales from all over the world, excerpted by Sylvia Volk.
  
• - Infoplease.com short overview
  
• - A bibliography of feminist folktales.
  
• - A classic collection of fairy tales, fables, and poems from 1909.
  
• - Overview of the various types of folktales, from "Readings about Children's Literature."
  
• - By James Baldwin (1841-1925), e-text from the Baldwin Project.
  
• - Five folktales of different cultures, taken from "Bats, Swift Shadows in the Twilight."
  
• - Looking at the origins and evolution of stories and mythical concepts around the world.
  
• - Explanation of what a motif index is and what it does, with bibliography.
  
• - Essays, stories, and musings on folklore as well as modern magical fiction.