Folk and Fairy Tales

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
~ C. S. Lewis ~

'The Fairy Wood' - Henry Meynell Rheam

Online Libraries of Fairy Tales and Folktales

SurLaLune Fairy Tales
Fairytalez.com - index of stories
Fairytalez.com - by region
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales) 
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - University of Pittsburgh
World of Tales
Fairy Tales of the World
The Cinderella Bibliography

'Sleeping Beauty' - Henry Meynell Rheam

Fairy Tale Blogs

Fairy Tale News Blog -Gypsy Thornton
Myth and Moor - Terry Windling
Beyond the Dreamline - Faith Mudge
The Fairy Tale Blog
The Dark Forest - not current

'Hansel and Gretel' - Anton Pieck

Articles about Fairy Tales 

The Irresistible Psychology of Fairy Tales
The 10 Darkest and Most Disturbing Fairy Tales
Some fairy tales may be 6000 years old
The True Stories Behind Classic Fairy Tales
From tech to fetish, shoes in fairy tales are a mark of status
How 19th century fairy tales expressed anxieties about ecological devastation
Are the Stories Found in Folklore, Legend & Mythology Still Relevant?
Woodblocks in Wonderland - The Japanese Fairy Tale Series

Virginia Frances Sterrett

For Children

Happily Ever After: 17 Multicultural Fairy Tales to Delight Every Child


Organisations

Australian Fairy Tale Society

'Vasilisa' - Seika Jones

Art

Fairy Tale Art Collections 

More fairy tale art below.

Warwick Goble

Anton Pieck

Arthur Rackham

Briar Rose - Edward Burne-Jones

Edmund Dulac

Henry Justice Ford

Kay Neilsen

Margaret Evans Price

Kay Nielsen

 

Momotaro (Peach Boy) - Woodblock Print

Seika Jones