Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts page 1 edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman University of Pittsburgh 1996-2002 Return to: Folk and Mythology Electronic Texts, page 2. Folk and Fairy Tale Links. Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z A Abducted by Aliens. The aliens in these legends ...

This list of variations on the Cinderella story was initially compiled by Kathy Martin from suggestions by readers of the CHILDLIT mailing list. I have added additional titles suggested by Jean Rusting and others. Doris Dale has added additional titles and bibliographical information. Internet Resources The Cinderella Project. A text and image archive of a dozen English-language versions of ...

Folklore relating to the Sun ...

Source documents, Speculation, Art, Poetry, and research on the legends of King Arthur and the Holy Grail, Charlemagne, and Ireland ...

Walking and building the labyrinth as an ancient sacred meditation tool for reflection and spiritual enlightenment, with labyrinth gifts and artwork, and Intrasound health tools.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning Illustrated by Kate Greenaway London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1888 Begin This electronic version is prepared by Jian Liu March 1998, Reference Department, Indiana University Libraries Comments and Suggestions are welcome. ...

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Caerdroia - the journal of the maze and labyrinth research group. This site contains full details of the journal and extensive resources on mazes and labyrinths of all types. It has a detailed bibliography and the best collection of links to maze and labyrinth sites anywhere on the Web.

Antelope Publishing brings well loved and lesser known fairytales to life with electronic enhancement. New postings monthly.

AppLit Index of Appalachian Folktales Listed by Tale Title AppLit Home Back to Folktale Bibliography Tina L. Hanlon Ferrum College JACK TALES TALES OF STRONG WOMEN NATIVE AMERICAN TALES OTHER TALES & LEGENDS Notes: JTA indicates a typed transcript of an oral folktale collected for the WPA, from the James Taylor Adams Collection, in the archives of the Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum, VA. Some of ...

Ivy's fables, fairy tales and storys. Aesop's Fables, stories by Hans Christian Anderson and Lewis Carroll and Mother Goose nursery rhymes..

F. E. Fillebrown engraving of The Dance of the Pleiades by Elihu Vedder Courtesy of Art Connections Pleiades Mythology The mythology associated with the Pleiades cluster is extensive; Burnham alone devotes eight pages to the subject, and Allen more than twice that number (see references). Here only Greek legends are presented. Even so, these are manifold and often contradictory, being patched ...

Explore the ancient mystical world of the Classical Labyrinth and its connection with sacred sites, Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines, earth mysteries, geomancy & feng shui, shamanism, and goddess lore.

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur. 1910. The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales ...

Trivial Pursuits Page of Myths All Original Contents Copyright by Sylvia Volk A Tale of Tamerlane Four Tales from India Mumia The Myth of Diamond Valley Phosphorescent Gems Etext: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Etext: Zoen's Illustations for Designing Mountain, Water, and Hillside Landscapes The Account of Nicholas Flammel Cleopatra's Gold-making The Account of Helvetius The Book of the ...

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A Tall Tale Paul Bunyan The Giant Lumberjack Courtesy of Bang Printing Drawings by Homer Dimmick Find accommodations here! FREE!! Click Here to place your ads! Brainerd Lakes Area Business Pages Looking for your Dream Home! ...

For thousands of years people have associated objects in the sky, the Earth, and aspects of their physical world with the gods and goddesses of their cultures. Through these pages, find out about the gods and goddesses of different cultures around the world, and the works of art people have created to give them expression. Sun Earth Moon The Solar System Sky, Constellations, and Stars Classical ...

Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe | Sweet Briar College INTRODUCTION Sacredness Caves Stones Mountains Trees Water Forms in the Landscape BIBLIOGRAPHY 1998 (text only) Chris Witcombe An exploration of how and why places become invested with SACREDNESS and how the SACRED is embodied or made manifest through ART and ARCHITECTURE WATER AND THE SACRED Water is a primordial element which underlays ...

Labyrinth of Human Development, an Internet and real time excursion [education, experience, process] exploring [human] consciousness and its mysteries. This Labyrinth is based on the teachings of the ancient Mystery Schools, and integrates the private licensed clinical [mental health] practice with valid alternative health practices. We support body, emotion, mind, spirit, wellbeing and ...

Frog Fables and Parables A fable is a very short story which is meant to illustrate a point or teach us a lesson. Usually, but not always, fables are stories about animals that talk like people. The lesson that a fable teaches us is called a moral. A parable means something similar. It is usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle. Many common ...

The Chartres Labyrinth Following the spiritual path. The Middle Ages showed a renewed interest in labyrinths and a design more complex than the classical seven-circuit labyrinth became popular. This was an eleven-circuit design divided into four quadrants. It was often found in Gothic Cathedrals but over time many of these eleven-circuit designs were destroyed or intentionally removed. The most ...

The JACKALOPE CONSPIRACY Myth, or reality The Legend The Jackalope (Lepus-temperamentalus) is one of the rarest animals in the world. A cross between a now extinct pygmy-deer and a species of killer-rabbit, they are extremely shy unless approached. None have ever been captured alive and this rare photo (often criticized as fake) shows a mighty buck about to strike. Known by the ancients as ...

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The Centaur Compendium maintained by Anthony G. Francis, Jr. cen.taur \'sen-.to.(*)r\ n 1: one of a race fabled to be half man and half horse and to dwell in the mountains of Thessaly. A centaur is a mythical creature with the head and torso of a man joined to the body of a horse. With its origins in Greek mythology, the centaur is one of the most enduring mythological creations, persisting ...

The Grimm Versions The original tale A comparison of the editions from the Brothers Grimm Analysis of the Grimms' changes to the tale Aarne-Thompson Tale Type 440 Cultural Variations Directory of other tales Analysis of variations on Tale Type 440 Modern Adaptations Adult Versions Fictional Adaptations Poetic Adaptations Versions for and by children The Frog Prince Continued, by Jon Scieszka ...

The jackalope is a wonderful, fictitious animal first imagined by cowboys a long time ago. The cross of a jackrabbit and antelope make for some very amusing pictures. Which is why even today the jackalope is the topic of many postcards, shirts, and other gifts out west. Jackalope Pictures Jackalope Bibliography Jackalope Cousins Get your own Jackalope Douglas, Wyoming Jackalope Links Are they ...

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Mythological Toad. Illustration by Khristine Annwn Page. In the twilight, you leave your hut and head out into the forest, perhaps to draw water from the pond, perhaps for a last handful of fallen wood for the fire. Darkness falls. Suddenly, all around you, the forest springs alive with voices: trilling, croaking, muttering. Voices are everywhere, yet you see nothing. What are these voices in ...

Spirits of the mystical and real worlds, including faeries, apparitions, ghosts, and beings from the Otherworlds. Includes beings from the Hollow Hills to those from the Hollow Earth, with an emphasis on fantasy and the quirks of reality, not horror. (No aliens, monsters, or UFOs.) - dewey decimal 398.21 ...

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Folklore Stories from Bats, Swift Shadows in the Twilight Denver Museum of Natural History and Roberts Rinehart Publishers ISBN 1-879373-52-1 How the Bat Got His Wings Why the Bat has Short Legs Why the Bat Hangs Upside Down Why the Bat Flies at Night The Bat and the Weasels Return to Bat Home Page ...

Mysts of Darkness, a journey and exploration into the darker side of the universe ...

Myths, Legends and Folklore about Gemstones, Jewelry, Semi-Precious Stones, Minerals, and Metals from Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Asia, Native American, European, Middle Eastern and Others.

Bearskin An analysis of folk tale type 361 Presented for Germ 232 Once Upon a Time: A Critical Look at the Fairy Tale Carleton College Justin Christianson, Mike Remington, and Charles Schmidt presented 3/12/97 Index: Introduction Variants Analysis ...

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Rapunzel Hi there. In case it hasn't struck you yet, you've arrived at our Rapunzel project. If you're supposed to be here, great! You made it. If you're not, well, browse around anyway and see what you think. Stuff You'll Find Around Here Variations -- It seems like part of the criteria for being a fairy tale is having a million and two references. Here are a couple of the not-so-subtle ones.

The Three Sisters Main Page The Three Sisters is a relatively unknown Grimm's Tale which was published in the 1812 edition of the Grimm's Children's and Household Tales. It was later omitted because Jacob Grimm felt that it was not really from the oral tradition. The source of the tale was actually Johann Karl August Musaus's Die Bucher der Chronika der drei Schwestern in Volksmarchen der ...

NAVIGATION Click on the image map at the top of the page or at the links below for further reading on Minoan Crete Minoan Civilization Minoan Palaces Sir Arth Evans Knossos Phaestos Archanes Gournia Iraklion Museum Ariadne Zeus-Europa Theseus Dikti Cave Labyrinth King Minos IMAGES There is a collection of images related to the Palace of Knossos available in the IMAGE GALLERY You are welcome to ...

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Wolf Folklore Crying Wolf - The Wolf as a Symbol in Folklore The Horror of the Werewolf (Back to Main Page) Copyright 1999 Wolf Song of Alaska and Earthway Network. Wolf Song of Alaska , and the logo is registered and protected and cannot be used without permission. All rights reserved. ...

Meteorite Legends People all over the world have different beliefs about meteors and meteorites. One thing they have in common though is a belief that meteors are extraordinary. The following legends and stories have been excerpted from Cosmic Debris: Meteorites in History by John G. Burke (University of California Press, 1986). I recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of ...

The Moon in astrology, history, science and Myth. Astrology pages of UK astrologer, Deborah Houlding. Featuring astrological services, articles, tips and tools for beginners, lunar cyles and planetary details. Features Deborah Houlding's Horary Astrology Course and details of workshops, seminars and events.

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Ivan (Andreyevich) Krylov (1769-1844) Russian writer of fables in the tradition of Aesop and La Fontaine. Krylov satirized social and individual faults in the guise of beasts, producing 203 fables in nine books. They are still an integral part ...

Kellscraft Studio Home Page Nekrassoff Informational Pages Web Text-ures Free Books on-line Guide to Illustrators Page Our Cats' Very Own Web Pages! Heroic Legends , by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Published in London, 1908. American version (from which these web pages are based) was ca. 1910, but no date listed in the edition. The Two Brothers The Charcoal-Burner ...

Tell me when this page is updated Elephant lore - in myth, legend, religion and war Even today the elephant has a prominent place in Buddhism unlike other animals. It is the only animal possessed of grace to carry the sacred reliquary containing the 'Danta-dhatu' (Tooth-relic) of the Buddha, in the annual Esala Perahera in Kandy. All Buddhist temples follow the same procedure in choosing an ...

TITLE--- AUTHOR--- SUBTITLE--- VOLUME--- NUMBER--- ISSUE--- YEAR--- START PAGE-- END PAGE--- AREA--- BATS in South American Folklore and Ancient Art Bats have fascinated people for thousands of years especially in the New World tropics where more kinds of bats live than anywhere else in the world... by Elizabeth P. Benson South America is a land of contrasts. Across the equator, the Andes raise ...

Mystical World Wide Web Full Moon Folklore UK Folklore for the 10 Days after a Full Moon BACK 2 TIME GRID Day 1 Said to be the best day after the full moon to consider starting a fresh enterprise or even better to actually get it up and running. Be prepared for a lengthy illness if you happen to fall prey to sickness on this day though. Happily this does not apply to the new born, as any child ...

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BUTTONS, BRAS AND PINS (The Folklore of British Holy Wells) By Rowan First published at Lughnasa 1996 Our ancestors were much given to undertaking visits and pilgrimages to various wells, springs and other bodies of water which were reputed locally (and in some cases much further afield) to possess the power to heal, if not cure, illnesses of various kinds. Janet and Colin Bord, who have ...

THE ANIMAL REALM where all beasts are sacred.This site is dedicated to the beasts WELCOME TO THE ANIMAL REALM.DRAGONSLAYERS, WEREBEAST HUNTERS, JAR JAR BINKS AND EWOKS HATERS, DOGCATCHERS, AND ENEMIES OF THE BEASTS IN GENERAL WILL BE HORRIBLY MAULED AND/OR EATEN.THE BEASTS ARE MY KIN.THEY WILL BE RESPECTED HERE. ===========================================================THIS IS A PRO JAR JAR BINKS ...

The many tellings of the story of Beauty and the Beast with references to historical origins ...

Propp's Structure of the Magic Tale I. Introductory sequence 1. Family member leaves family--the hero is introduced. 2. Interdiction--don't do X 3. Interdiction is violated--hero does X anyway 4. Villian--reconnaisance of hero 5. Villian gets information about hero 6. Villian attempts to deceive hero with trickery 7. Hero submits to trickery -- complicity. II. Body of the story 8. Villian causes ...

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY PAGE Welcome to our Sleeping Beauty Page! Analyses of various versions of Sleeping Beauty Feminist analyses of Sleeping Beauty Tales Sleeping Beauty as political propaganda Symbolism and psychoanalysis of Sleeping Beauty This page was created by Jennifer Rosenbaum, Rebecca Singer, Nick Mark, and Forest Hill. Special thanks to Prof. Diethelm Prowe (history) for translations.

Children of Arachne By Suzi Fovargue (Published Samhain 1995, artwork Liz Taylor) As the pagan new year approaches, and commercially we see all things ghastly, ghostly and beastly in the shops, I thought I'd spin you a little tale of the eight-legged creature that often adorns Hallowe'en gifts - the spider! That humble little arachnid that gives you a heart attack in the bathroom and, ...

The Dinobirds site has a complete overview of dinobirds, with their historical appearances as well as the book David and the Dinobirds.

Topics ----- Home News Primitivism Politics Technology Anthropology Health Environment History Psyche Mythos Therianthropy Self Reliance Miscellaneous Author Index The Swan-Maidens Sabine Baring-Gould (From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, first published in 1866-1868) I remember a long scramble in Iceland, over the ruins of tuff rock in a narrow gorge. My little pony had toiled sturdily up a ...

A Few of the Many Labyrinths Around the World Put pointer on photo for caption, click on picture for full screen enlargement Back to Making the Makaha Labyrinth 1999 Dr. Neal Pinckney (except photos: source or shown in captions) ...

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Information on the mythical creatures that dominate our imaginations. And some other stuff.

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