Smoky Mountain Storytellers

Storytelling Links

These are web resources that members of SMSA have found useful for locating stories, researching background material, classroom teaching, or improving their storytelling skills. We will try to maintain the list by removing inactive links and adding newly found ones promptly. If you find a link here, that no longer works, please let us know.

Resources

Storytelling FAQ
Storytelling Search Engine
The Storytell Discussion List
Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers
Folktale Closings
Folktale Openings
Healing Story Alliance
StoryNet, National Storytelling Network
The Storytelling Ring Home

Background material

Aging and Death in Folklore
Archives of Appalachia Folklore
Celtic Bards and the way of the harp
CIA -- The World Factbook
Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page
Exhaustive List of Reference Links on Almost Everything
Fakelore and the Ethics of Children's Literature
Of Gods and Men: The A to Z of Mythology and Legend
KIDiddles -- Song Lyrics
Handbook of Texas Online
Native American Authors
The Norse Mythology Web Page
Origami
Portals to the World Home Page (Library of Congress)
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
Sounds of the World's Animals
International String Figure Association
This+That - String Figures

Books

Tim Sheppard's List of Books for Storytellers
MVLA: 100 Picture Books for Peace
Recommended Storytelling Books
Story Collections- Great Stories for Storytellers
Storytelling Bibliography (by Doug Lipman)
Storytelling Resources

Copyright Info

10 Big Myths about copyright explained
U.S. Copyright Office Home Page

Holidays

Good Stories for Great Holidays
Happy Chanukah
This Was The Christmas by Ruth Sawyer
This Way To Christmas.

How to ...

The Art of Story Telling
Managing Stagefright
How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell
Marketing From the Heart
Self-Expression and Identity
Storytelling: The Art Form Of Painting Pictures With Your Tongue
Teaching Story telling
Telling the Tale
Tips for Performers
Types of Web Sites
Writing a news release

Links

Children's Literature - Resources for Storytellers
Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Links
Storytelling Links

Story Texts Online

Anansi Outwits Himself
The Baker's Dozen - a St Nicholas Tale
The Blue Belt, a folktale from Norway
The Cat on the Dovrefell
The Conjure Woman by Charles Waddell Chestnut
Egyptian Cinderella
Habra and the Lion
The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre.
Jaun Zuria - The Fair-skinned Lord
Konig Lindwurm
The Legend of Herne the Hunter
The Green Knight
The Lionmakers
Mac Datho's Pig
The Magic of Mushkil Gusha
Marya Morevna
Mi'kmaq Cinderella
The Monkey's Paw by W.W Jacobs
"The Mountain Whippoorwill"
Origin of the Clans
Queen Anait
Reynard the Fox
The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Savitri - a story from the Mahabharata
The Singing Bone
The Storytelling Stone
Wayland the Smith
Where the Girl Saved Her Brother
The Wind God (Hopi)
Yunus and the Well of Sweetness

Story Collections Online

African Stories Africa at the Open Directory Project African Folktales African Tales African Folk Tales Stories to read and tell - Africa
The Americas American Folklore: Famous American folktales and legends American - Open Directory Project Magic Tales of Mexico Mules and Men Index Native American Lore Index Native American Tales in Appalachia Native American Tales
Appalachian Appalachian Stories Appalachian Stories & Poems
Asian Stories Asian - Open Directory Project Central Asian Tales Tales from China Chinese Tea Stories Stories to Read and Tell - China A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India Tales from India Indian Mythology Stories to Read and Tell - India Tales from Japan Japanese Folktaless Kwaidan - Japanese Korean Folktales Myths and legends of ancient Korea Middle Eastern Tales Middle Eastern - Open Directory Project Mongolian Folk Tales & Stories Tales of the Punjab. Tales from Siberia Vietnamese Folklore
European stories British Myths & Legends Culture, Myths and Legends of Cornwall Central European Tales Tales from England Tales from Ireland Conrad Bladey's Irish Studies Pages European - Open Directory Project Stories to read and tell - Greece Grimm Brothers' Home Page Grimm's Fairy Tales Grimm Index Page The Hasidic Stories Home Page Irish Folklore Orkneyjar - Folklore & Legends of the Orkney Islands Orkneyjar - The Selkie Folk Romanian Fairy Tales Russian Folklore and Fairytales Tales from Russia Tales from Scandinavia Tales of Scotland Scottish Traditional Tales
Fairy Tales Blue, Red, Violet & Yellow Fairy Books Great Collections of Classic Fairytales Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories The SurLaLune Fairy Tales Site: Table of Contents A Book of Fairy Tales from Many Places
Miscellany Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By Fables - Open Directory Project Open Directory Proj: Folklore: Literature Seasonal stories Solar Folklore Spider Stories Index: SOUPTALES Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling Tales of Wonder Tell Me a Story-the Newpaper Stories Tons-o-Trickster! The Trickster Wisdom Tales Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors Zensufi Story Park
Mythology The Encyclopedia Mythica Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Legends - Open Directory Project Mythology: Mything Links Myths - Open Directory Project Myths and Legends Myths of Creation and of Origin World Mythology: Myth by Culture
Oceania Australian - Stories of the Dreaming Australian Stories Ancient Legends of Guam Maui Myths/Folklore Samoan Creation Myths
Scary Stories The Devil's Tramping Ground.com Ghost Stories - lots of links Linda Linn's Kentucky Home and Ghost Stories The Moonlit Road - Ghost Stories and Folktales of the American South Scary Stories from American Cities West Virginia's True Ghost Stories
Tall Tales/Jack Tales Appalachian Jack Tales Appalachian Tall Tale Bawdy Ballads and Far-Fetched Folklore: An Oral History of Rural North Carolina Jack Tales
Women and Girls Appalachian Stories about Women Feminist Fairytales by Rosemary Lake

Storytelling in Education

ERIC -- Educational Resources Information Center
Fakelore and the Ethics of Children's Literature
Folktales - Yale Curiculum Units
Storytelling in the Elementary Classroom
Teaching Storytelling
Teaching with Folklore Index
We've Got Character: Storytelling and Character Education in the K-8 Classroom

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Last updated February 7, 2003