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"Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales" (1849), by James Halliwell, a discussion on the origin of English folk tales and rhymes. "Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District:, by Charles Dack, 1911, from Project Gutenberg; Project-IONA a repository of folk tales from England and the islands of the North Atlantic; Folklore Society (UK)
English fairy tales, short stories that belong to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings. Subcategories
Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...
Pages in category "British fairy tales" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. The Bloody Chamber;
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
English fairy tales (3 C, 39 P) ... Mare (folklore) Matter of Britain; Matter of England; Merlin; Merry England; John Middleton (giant) Legend of the Mistletoe Bough;
"Jack tales" are present in Appalachian folklore. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As noted by the folklorist Herbert Halpert , the Appalachian Jack tales are analogous to many of the folk songs of Appalachia, being passed on orally rather than in writing, and tracing back to sources in England. [ 4 ]
Trow (folklore) Tylwyth Teg or Bendith y Mamau is the traditional name for fairies or fairy-like creatures of the Otherworld in Welsh folklore and mythology. Urisk; Vættir - also Wight; Weiße Frauen; The Xana is a character found in Asturian mythology; Yallery Brown; Zână (plural Zâne) is the Romanian equivalent of the Greek Charites ...