Folk stories

The Rougarou - (Roo ga roo) aka. Loup Garou, Louisiana folklore

Seventy-one poems on such varied topics as animals, months, holidays, and nature

Tylwyth Teg are Welsh fairies. NIA JONES takes a look at the compelling folklore surrounding the fair folk

English Short Stories for Kids: The Wizard of Oz, a magically fairy tale about a girl and her friends...

Check out these fascinating folktales from ancient India, which are entertaining but also provide important moral lessons at the same time.

Wicked~

Aesops Fables are short stories that convey folk wisdom and to help us understand human nature and behavior. These stories have been passed down from generation to generation.

One of Nora’s favorite things to do is act out Fairy Tales. I love to see how she has taken ownership of these simple stories after “playing them” over and over. Lately we have …

Here is a list of (almost) all Slavic mythical creatures. Alkonost, who gets her name from the Greek demigod Alyclone, is a creature with the body of a bird and the head of a woman. Her voice is incredibly beautiful and alluring, causing people to forget everything and never be able to experience happiness like hearing the voice again. She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, who is named Sirin, who appears in an orchard during the morning to cry on the Apple Feast of the Savior…

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