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This week we're going to explore the world of myths and fables that's available on the World Wide Web.

Our first stop is Aesop's fables. These are extremely short stories with a moral at the end. Aesop's Fables, Contents is one place where they can be found. A short selection of illustrated fables is available at 1 of 4 - Aesops Fables, Illustrated by Linda Hastings. Dream Rider's Aesop's Fables Page has different versions of the same fables. Another bunch of famous myth writers are written by the Brothers Grimm which is represented by a web site featuring electronic versions of 209 Grimm Fairy tales. Both Grimm's fairy tales and Aesop's fables are available on CD ROM in illustrated versions but I think part of the joy of reading is creating the pictures to illustrate the stories in your own head. A good activity for kids might be to illustrate some of the Aesop fables as Linda Hasting has done at her site. If anyone has an illustrated Aesop fable and doesn't have a scanner they can mail it to me and I'll scan it and post it for all to see. Contact me by e-mail for more information.

Two good general purpose sites I came across for myths and fairy tales are Tales of Wonder and Myths and Legends. Both of these sites have extensive story listings. On the first site the stories are categorized by region of the world where they originate with most of the stories residing on the Tales of Wonder site. Tales of Wonder is a member of the Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and mythology ring. For those who don't know, rings are interlinked web sites that have a common theme. The Myths and Legends site has a different format with links to other pages grouping stories by location, time period and genre.

Some of the interesting sites I found from these listing was THE ROBIN HOOD PROJECT at the University of Rochester. This site attempts to make available as much information about Robin Hood and other outlaw myths as possible.

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4. Sep 16, 1997 8:14 PM
Of couse you count Deborah, I was hoping my comments would bring some of my closet readers out of the woodwork
and it appears it has. :-) ...

-- posted by Wayne_Dawe

3. Sep 16, 1997 4:09 PM
Wayne, I read your articles. I even linked to one of your articles in one of my recent topics in Music Education. Gee, don't I count, too? ;-)

Deborah Jeter
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2. Sep 15, 1997 7:53 PM
Thank goodness, someone does read the things I write. :-)

-- posted by Wayne_Dawe

1. Sep 15, 1997 7:32 PM
Great links! Great article! I found some links for myself in this one! Barbara Martin
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-- posted by Cottage_Garden

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