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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.

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Animals and Plants
Birds, Black Dogs, Cats, Trees 15 Sites Fables
Aesop's Fables, La Fontaine, Jean de 24 Sites Fabulous Creatures
Centaurs, Dragons, Fairies, Jackalopes, Mermaids, ... 78 Sites Fairy Tales
Arabian Nights, Brothers Grimm, Jacobs, Joseph, ... 210 Sites Labyrinths
No sub-categories 7 Sites

Legends
Arthurian, Bluebeard, Don Juan, El Dorado, Faust, ... 92 Sites Lore
No sub-categories 1 Sites Sun and Moon Lore
No sub-categories 7 Sites Wells and Springs
No sub-categories 1 Sites

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Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - Vast collection of folktales, myths, legends, and texts pertaining to folklore, arranged by title and theme, with a focus on northern and western Europe. Celtic Twilight - Online texts of Irish myths and legends, the legends of Camelot and Charlemagne, and the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, with links. Folktales - Infoplease.com short overview Fairy Stories and Fables - By James Baldwin (1841-1925), e-text from the Baldwin Project. Fables and Fairy Tales - A classic collection of fairy tales, fables, and poems from 1909.

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