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Urban Legends
- Aesop's Fables - Online Collection
Fables and fairy tales by Aesop, La Fontaine, Anderson, and others.
- American Folklore.net
Folklore and tall tales from all over the U.S.
- Arthurian Legends
- Bulfinch's Mythology
- Best of Legends
Examines the history, literature, folklore, and artistic representation of figures of popular legend such as King Arthur, D'Artagnan, Beowulf, etc.
- The Big Myth
"A sociology textbook for the comparative study of world creation mythology." Some of the myths are only available if you buy the CD-ROM, but several of them are available free at this site.
- The Camelot Project
"Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information."
- Classical Mythology
Website accompanying a college course, this site includes a glossary, links, study guides, and other materials.
- Encyclopedia Mythica
"This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 6000 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world."
- Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts
"An online journal exploring myth, folklore, fairy tales, and their use in contemporary arts." Includes both fiction and non-fiction archives.
- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Legends from around the world "edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman", a retired professor of folklore.
- Folktexts: Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Collection of folklore links arranged by theme.
- The Genesis Project
"A resource for creation myths" from the ThinkQuest Library. With summaries, discussion of parallel myths, and reference section.
- Greek Mythology: from the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Brief descriptions of some of the most prominent figures in Greek mythology with a handy list of where in the Iliad and the Odyssey they may be found.
- GreekMythology.com
Information about the Olympians, Titans, other gods and myths, and an online library of books including the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- Greek Mythology Link
"The Greek Mythology Link is a collection of myths retold by Carlos Parada.... The mythical accounts are based exclusively on ancient sources."
- Grimms' Fairy Tales
- Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories
A list of Andersen's 168 stories with 19-century translations of many of them.
- Hansel and Gretel
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
"This site is a freely available non-profit archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics."
- Kalevala – The Finnish National Epic
Information, history, and the tales of the Kalevala.
- Mything Links
An "annotated, illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales & folklore, sacred arts & sacred traditions."
- MythNET
Information about classical gods and heroes, with separate sections for different stories and themes.
- Stories of the Dreaming
Text and multimedia presentations of 20 Australian Aborigine stories.
- SurLaLune Fairy Tales
"Features 49 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations. Also discover over 1,600 folktales & fairy tales from around the world in more than 40 full-text eBooks. A discussion forum is also available. "
- Transformations Database
"Transformations is a searchable database of works by contemporary writers who use traditional texts for their subject matter; in particular, the collection focuses on works based on mythology, the Bible, fairy tales, and Shakespeare."
- World Myths and Legends in Art
Discusses what myth is, and offers sections of art by theme and art by culture.
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