- Windsor Castle - http://oaks.nvg.org/index.html
Extensive collection of traditional and modern wisdom, tales and lore (in Norwegian and English).
- Traditional Literature - http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/lis/lis6585/class/tradlit.html
Outlines the origins and characteristics of folktales, and the various genres of traditional literature.
- Forms of Traditional Literature with Links - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/form2.htm
Provides some definitions of common forms of traditional literature, such as folktales, tall tales, fables, proverbs, myths, and epics.
- Oral Lore - http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~clandrum/orallist.html
Listing of categories and examples of oral lore.
- The Solar Wheel Award - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/2791/
List of links to 1998 and 1999 award winning websites for folklore, myth and legend.
- Fool's Paradise - Tons-o-Trickster! - http://members.aol.com/pmichaels/glorantha/foolsparadise.html
Bibliography and large list of links exploring the complex mythic/archetypal figure of Trickster.
- Becka's Mythology Pages - http://www.rebecca.sutton.care4free.net/
Covering mythical creatures, retellings of folktales, and a section on lost lands.
- The Encyclopedia Mythica - http://www.pantheon.org/
On-line encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend, containing definitions of deities, fabulous creatures and places, as well as images and stories.
- Children's Folklore - http://digilander.libero.it/cfgames2000/
Multicultural and multilingual anthology published on the web by children, parents and teachers from around the world; contains rhymes, customs, and games.
- Small Forms of Verbal Folklore - http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/verbalf/smallfolk.html
Discussing several minor forms such as proverbs, riddles, oaths and calls, with examples from Lithuanian folklore.
- My Folklore Courses Home Page - http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~zharuna/
Online course materials including overviews and definitions, from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
- Folklore - http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~mmagouli/folklore.htm
Online course materials by Mary Magoulick, Georgia College and State University.
- Folklore Home Page - http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/engl12/
Online course materials offered by the College of Siskiyous.
- Terror and Taboo in Russian Childlore - http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~jl2j/Terror/slfk203.htm
Course materials on Russian and American folklore, focussing on childlore, to determine the role of folklore in society.
- Forms of Folklore, The Verbal Arts - http://www.elearn.arizona.edu/sfair/eng449home.html
Arizona University lecture course examining form and function of the traditional verbal arts.
- Oral History Online - http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/oralhist/
Research tool indexing oral history collections in English around the world, linking through to the full text where available.
- An Introduction to Folktales - http://www.geocities.com/folk_king2003/
Discusses the dichotomy between myths, legends, and fairy tales with examples of each.
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