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Folklore Table of Contents
At the risk of misplacing my readers, for quite some considerable time, this article is a survey of the best Folklore on the Net. The Irish site is a compendium of Literature, Mythology, Folklore and Drama. You could easily spend the winter here. The Literature section provides everything from a CD version of the Book of Kells to Irish Writers Online. A detailed examination of Ireland's major writers is worth delving into as is the Official Home Page of Oscar Wilde. An examination of local Literature is enlightening when carried out in conjunction with the offerings of the Mythology section. The Great Rout and The Healing of the Morrigan are two Folktales that bring to the forfront the rawness of life of long ago.
The Great Rout Read The Great Rout and The Healing of the Morrigan Before you do the puzzle. Enjoy! University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh has a fabulous Folklore and Mythology site. Abducted by Aliens stories are delightful, and not the sort of thing you expect from flying saucers and the like. That's because they are about the nether world inhabited by elves, fairies and trolls. Air Castles are daydreams made vivid.
The Dervish and the Honey Jar Puzzle The Dervish and the Honey Jar is a story told by a pregnant wife in an effort to ground her husband in reality about the opportunities their soon-to-be-born child will not likely obtain. Teachers will find
Education World useful. Well might their students find it enchanting. The site offers fairytales, folktales,legends, myths and tall tales. There are lesson plans, organizers and scads of ideas. Best of all there is a link to The Big Myth Famous Characters The Twelve Dancing Princesses Mythology Web has several versions of legends grouped so that ancient Greek and Roman stories can be compared with those of the North American Indians. Rattlesnake Echo is a Navajo story transcribed by Charles M. Skinner more than a century ago. It is included in the Spurned Nymph catergory although the protagonist would hardly be the vision you would conjure up if you were to speculate on spurned nymphs. Cupid and Psyche Wahn the Crow Loses His Fish Go To Page: 1 2 |
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