Topics: Literature : Tales
Folktales are prose narratives, often transmitted orally and used as cultural entertainment or as a way of passing on traditions. The principal kinds of folktales are fairy tales or wonder tales (Märchen), which are fictitious, legends, which are allegedly true, and myths, which are concerned with the sacred.
Animals and Plants
Birds,
Black Dogs,
Cats,
Trees,
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Fables
Fables are allegorical tales, illustrating a moral or satirizing human behavior. The characters of a fable are usually personified animals.
Aesop's Fables,
La Fontaine, Jean de,
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Fabulous Creatures
Fabulous creatures may be beings of folklore, mythology, belief and other animals or monsters of history or legend.
Centaurs,
Dragons,
Fairies,
Mermaids,
Unicorns,
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Fairy Tales
Fairy tales (Märchen) are fictional stories which contain elements of magic or the supernatural. Their usual theme is the triumph over difficulty of the one least likely to succeed.
Arabian Nights,
Brothers Grimm,
Hauff, Wilhelm,
Jacobs, Joseph,
Journals,
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Legends
Legends are folktales about extraordinary events, often involving meetings with the supernatural, set in a specific time and place, and featuring specific people.
Arthurian,
Don Juan,
Faust,
Robin Hood,
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Lore
This category is for traditional knowledge and beliefs on nature and the human environment: plants and animals, the elements, heaven and earth, wells, bridges, and roads.
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Sun and Moon Lore
This category is for folklore concerning the skies: the sun, moon, planets, stars, comets, and northern light.
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Wells and Springs
This category is for lore concerning water, such as wells and springs, and fountains.
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