Storytelling

Aarne, Antti (1867–1925)

Abassi/Abasi and Atai (West African)

Abatwa (South African)

Aboriginal Mythology (Australian)

Abracadabra

Abzu/Apsu (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Achilles (Greek)

Adapa (Babylonian)

Adon/Adonis (Phoenician)

Adroa and Adro (East African)

Adroanzi (East African)

Aeneid (Roman)

Aesop and Aesop's Fables (Greek)

Aetheopis/Aithiopis (Greek)

African Bushmen Mythology

Ahti/Ahto (Finnish)

Aigamuxa (South African)

Aino (Finnish)

Aiomum Kondi (South American)

Ajok (North African)

Alalu/Alalus (Hittite)

Amadis of Gaul (Spanish or Portuguese)

Amazons (Greek)

Amled/Amleth (Danish)

Amphisbaena (Greek)

Amulets

Amun/Amen/Amon/Amun-Re (Egyptian)

An/Anu (Sumerian)

Anansasem (West African)

Animal Bride or Bridegroom

Animal Helper and Grateful Animal

Antar (Middle Eastern)

Antero Vipunen (Finnish)

Antichrist (Christian)

Antigone (Greek)

Anu (Hittite)

Anubis/Anpu (Egyptian)

Anzu (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Aphrodite (Greek)

Apollo (Greek)

Apple Trees

Arabic Storytelling

Arachne (Greek)

Arawn (Welsh)

Archetype

Argonautica (Greek)

Arianrhod (Welsh)

Armageddon (Judeo-Christian)

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (1812–1885)

Asgard (Norse)

Ash Trees (Western European)

Athena/Athene (Greek)

Atlas (Greek)

Atum (Egyptian)

Aucassin and Nicolette (Medieval European)

Avalon (Celtic)

Aztec Mythology

Baba Yaga (Russian)

Baby Cast Adrift

Baku (Japanese)

Balder (Norse)

Balinese Mythology

Ballads

Ballads, Homiletic

Bannik (Slavic)

Banshee (Irish)

Basile, Giambattista (1575–1632)

Basilisk (European)

Basque Folklore and Mythology

Bastet/Bast (Egyptian)

Bats

Battle of Kadesh (Egyptian)

Bees

Bellerophon (Greek)

Bendigeidfran/Bran (Welsh)

Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon)

Berekhiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan

Bestiary

Black Dogs (English)

Black Magic (Western European)

Black School (Scandinavian and Scottish)

Bluebeard (Western European)

Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375)

Bogatyr/Bogatyri (Russian)

Boy Who Didn't Know Fear

Bremen Town Musicians (German)

Bridges

Broadside Ballads

Brothers Grimm

Brownies (British)

Brunhilde/Brynhild/Brunnehilde (Norse)

Bucephalus (Greek)

Bull of Heaven (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Bunyips (Australian Aboriginal)

Bylina/Bylini (Russian)

Camp Stories

Campfire Storytelling

Canterbury Tales, The (English)

Cat-and-Mouse Tales

Catoblepas (Roman)

Cats

Centaurs (Greek)

Cerberus (Greek)

Champ/Champy (North American)

Chapbooks

Charlemagne and His Peers

Charon (Greek)

Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1342–1400)

Chickens

Child, Francis James (1825–1896)

Chiron (Greek)

Chupacabras (Latin American)

Cockatrice (European)

Collective Unconscious

Comets

Compassion

Con Man or Woman/Con Artist

Contendings of Horus and Seth, The (Egyptian)

Counting-Out Rhymes

Creation Stories of Mesopotamia

Culture Heroes

Cumulative Rhymes and Tales

Curses

Dahut/Ahes (French)

Danish Traditional Tales

De Iside et Osiride (Roman)

Deals with the Devil

Death

Decameron (Italian)

Demeter and Persephone (Greek)

Digenis Acritas (Greek)

Dilmun (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Djinn/Djinni/Jinn/Genie (Arabic)

Dobrynya Nikitich (Russian)

Dogs

Domovoi/Domovois (Russian)

Dongmyeongseong/Chumong (Korean)

Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched

Doomed Prince (Egyptian)

Doppelganger

Dragons

Dragon-Slayer (European)

Dumuzi (Sumerian)

Ears

El Cid (Spanish)

Elf Shot/Elf Arrow (British)

Elm Trees

Eloquent Peasant, Tale of the (Egyptian)

Enki/Ea (Sumerian)

Enkidu (Sumerian)

Enlil (Sumerian)

Enmerkar (Sumerian)

Ennead of Heliopolis (Egyptian)

Epics

Epics, French

Epics, German

Epics, Greek

Epics, Roman

Epics, Spanish

Erra (Babylonian)

Estonian Storytelling

Etana (Babylonian)

Ethiopian Mythology

Ethiopian Storytelling

Evil Eye

Fables

Fabliau/Fabliaux

Fairy Godmothers

Fairy Midwife and Demon Midwife

Faithful Companion

Faithless Wife

Familiar/Familiar Spirit

Fantasy

Fates

Faust, Dr. Johann

Fenrir (Norse)

Ferdowsi/Firdawsi/Firdusi/Firdousi (935 c.e.—c. 1020 C.E.)

Filipino Mythology

Fingernails

Fink, Mike (c. 1770–1823)

Firebird (Russian)

Fish and Fishing Folklore

Flood, The (Mesopotamian)

Flying Dutchman

Fools

Frame Stories

Freischutz (German)

Frey and Freya (Norse)

Frigga/Frigg (Norse)

Frogs and Toads

Fur-Bearing Trout (North American)

Gambling

Gamelan (Indonesian)

Gargoyles

Garm (Norse)

Garuda (Indian)

Geb (Egyptian)

German Storytelling

Gesta Danorum (Danish)

Ghost Stories, College

Ghosts, Aviation

Ghosts: A Sampling of Stories

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghosts in Theaters

Giants

Gilgamesh (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Goblins (Western European)

Golem (Jewish)

Grail/Holy Grail (Western European)

Grateful Dead

Gremlins (English)

Griots/Griottes/Jelis (West African)

Gudrun/Kudrun (German)

Habaek and Haemosu (Korean)

Hags

Hand of Glory (European)

Hands

Hannahanna/Hannahannas (Hittite)

Hansel and Gretel (Western European)

Harpies (Greek)

Hathor (Egyptian)

Havelock the Dane (English)

Heart in the Egg

Hebat/Hepit/Hepatu (Hittite)

Hector (Greek)

Heimdall/Heimdallr (Norse)

Hel (Norse)

Heqat/Hekat/Heket (Egyptian)

Hera (Greek)

Hermes (Greek)

Hervarar Saga (Swedish)

Hi'iaka (Hawaiian)

Hocus-Pocus

Hodag (North American)

Homer (Greek)

Hook, The

Horror

Horseshoes

Horus (Egyptian)

Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960)

Hyenas

Iliad (Greek)

Iliou Persis (Greek)

Illuyankas (Hittite)

Ilmarinen (Finnish)

Ilmatar (Finnish)

Ilya Murometz/Ilya of Murom (Russian)

Inanna/Ishtar (Sumerian and Akkadian)

Inaras (Hittite)

Inca Mythology

Indian Storytelling

Insects

Internet Lore/Netlore

Iroquois Storytelling

Isis (Egyptian)

Ivan/Ivan Tsarevich (Russian)

Jackalope (North American)

Japanese Storytelling

Jersey Devil (American)

Joe Magarac (American)

John Henry (American)

Johnny Appleseed (American)

Jongleurs (French)

Joukahainen (Finnish)

Journey to the West/Monkey (Chinese)

Jump Tales

Jung, Carl Gustav (1875–1961)

Juniper Tree, The (German)

Kalevala (Finnish)

Kamishibai (Japanese)

Kelly, Ned (1854–1880)

Kenyan Storytelling

Khnum (Egyptian)

Khoikhoi/Hottentot Mythology

Kievan Cycle (Russian)

Kikimora (Slavic)

Kind and Unkind Girls

King Arthur (British)

King of the Cats/King of the Cats is Dead (Western European)

King Solomon (Biblical)

Kludde (Flemish)

Kullervo (Finnish)

Kumarbi/Kumaris (Hittite)

Kypria (Greek)

La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–1695)

Labyrinths

Lake Monsters

Lang, Andrew (1844–1912)

Lange Wapper (Flemish)

Lares and Penates (Roman)

Lemminkainen (Finnish)

Leprechauns (Irish)

Leshy/Leshiye (Slavic)

Liderc (Hungarian)

Little Iliad (Greek)

Local Legends

Lorelei (German)

Louhi (Finnish)

Lugalbanda (Sumerian)

Lullabies

Lusiads, The (Portuguese)

Lutin (French)

Lyonesse (British)

Maat (Egyptian)

MacDonald, George (1824–1905)

Magi (Persian)

Magic Incantations and Spells

Magician and His Pupil/Magician's Apprentice

Mahabharata (Indian)

Malory, Sir Thomas (c. 1405–1471)

Manticore (Persian)

Marie de France

Maui (Polynesian)

Melusine/Melusina (European)

Menehune (Hawaiian)

Mermaids

Meskhenet (Egyptian)

Metamorphoses (Greek and Roman)

Metaphors

Mice

Minnesang/Minnesingers (German)

Minotaur (Greek)

Minstrels

Mistletoe

Moon's Reflection

Morgan le Fay

Mother Goddess/Earth Mother (European)

Mother Goose (European)

Mothman (North American)

Motif Index

Motifs

Mystery Lights

Mystery Stories

Mythography

Mythology

Nagas

Nanna–Suen/Sin (Sumerian)

Neith/Neit/Nit/Net (Egyptian)

Nephthys/Nebthet (Egyptian)

Nergal (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Nightmares

Ninhursanga (Sumerian)

Ninurta/Ningirsu (Sumerian and Babylonian)

No–Bigger–than–a–Finger (Russian)

Nonsense Rhymes

Noodle Tales/Simpleton Tales

Norse Mythology

Nun (Egyptian)

Nursery Rhymes (European)

Nut (Egyptian)

Nymphs (Greek)

Oberon (European)

Odin/Odhinn (Norse)

Odysseus (Greek)

Odyssey (Greek)

Oedipus (Greek)

Operas and Their Stories

Oral History

Orestes and Electra (Greek)

Osiris (Egyptian)

Ovid (43 b.c.e.–17 c.e.)

Owl Lore

Palestinian Storytelling

Panchatantra (Indian)

Papyrus Westcar/Papyrus Berlin 3033 (Egyptian)

Pegasus (Greek)

Pele/Madam Pele (Hawaiian)

Penelope (Greek)

Peri/Pari (Persian)

Perrault, Charles (1628–1703)

Phantom Bus (English)

Phantom Ships/Ghost Ships

Phoenix (Egyptian and Greek)

Pixies (English)

Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl (Aztec)

Popol Vuh (Mayan)

Priam, King (Greek)

Princess in the Tower

Prometheus (Greek)

Proverbs

Ptah (Egyptian)

Puppetry and Storytelling

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799–1837)

Puss in Boots (European)

Quest for the Missing Husband

Quests

Railroad Folklore (American)

Rakshasas (Hindu)

Ramakian (Thai)

Ravens and Crows

Re/Ra/Pre/Re–Harakhety (Egyptian)

Reincarnation

Reynard the Fox

Rhiannon (Welsh)

Ring Cycle, The

Rivers, Greek Mythological

Rocs/Rucs/Rukhs/Rukhkhs (Arabic)

Rolandslied (German)

Role–Playing Games

Romance

Romance of Antar, The (Arabian)

Rusalka/Rusalki (Slavic)

Rustam (Persian)

Sadko (Russian)

Saga of the Volsungs (Norse)

Sampo (Finnish)

Sandman

Satire

Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150)

Scapegoats

Scheherazade (Arabic)

Science Fiction

Seanachai (Irish)

Seelie Court and Unseelie Court (Scottish)

Seers (Greek)

Sekhmet (Egyptian)

Seth/Set/Sutekh (Egyptian)

Setne Khamwaset Cycle (Egyptian)

Shaggy Dog Stories

Shape-Shifters

Shipwrecked Sailor, The Story of the (Egyptian)

Shu (Egyptian)

Simurgh (Persian)

Sinuhe, The Story of (Egyptian)

Sirens (Greek)

Sius (Hittite)

Skald (Norse)

Skulls

Slavic Mythology

Sleepers, Enchanted

Sleepers, Heroic (Western European)

Sleipnir (Norse)

Snakes

Snegurochka/Snowmaiden (Russian)

Song of Igor's Campaign (Russian)

Song of Roland (French)

Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sphinx (Egyptian and Greek)

Squonk (American)

Standing Stones (Western European)

Straparola, Giovanni Francesco (c. 1480–1557)

String Figures

Sundiata (Mali)

Sunken Cities

Superman (North American)

Sword, Broken (Norse)

Sword in the Stone/Sword in the Tree

Swords

Symphonic/Tone Poems

Tail Tales

Tale Types

Talismans

Tall Tales

Talmudic Storytelling (Jewish)

Tasmisus (Hittite)

Tefnut (Egyptian)

Telegonia (Greek)

Telepinu/Telepinus (Hittite)

Teshub (Hittite)

Theseus (Greek)

Thompson, Stith (1885–1976)

Thor (Norse)

Thoth/Djehuty (Egyptian)

Tiamat (Sumerian and Babylonian)

Tibetan Storytelling

Tolkien, J.R.R. (1892–1973)

Tom Thumb (English)

Tomte/Tomten/Tomtar (Swedish)

Tongue Twisters

Tree Spirits

Tricksters

Tristan and Isolde (Celtic)

Trojan War (Greek)

Troubadours (French)

Truth and Falsehood, The Tale of (Egyptian)

Twin Brothers

Two Brothers, Tale of the (Egyptian)

Typhon (Greek)

Ugly Baby

Ullikummi (Hittite)

Unicorns

Upelluri/Ubelluris (Hittite)

Urban Legends

Utu/Shamash (Sumerian)

Vainamoinen (Finnish)

Valhalla (Norse)

Valkyries (Norse)

Vampires

Vanishing Hitchhiker

Vegetable Sheep/Lamb (European)

Verse Stories

Vietnamese Storytelling

Vodianoi (Slavic)

Vol'ka (Slavic)

Völva (Norse)

Wayang (Indonesian)

Wele (Kenyan)

Wenamun, Report of (Egyptian)

Werewolves

West African Mythology

White Horses of England

White Magic

Wicked Stepmothers

William Tell (Swiss)

Wise Man or Woman

Wise Men of Chelm (Polish)

Wise (or Foolish, or Mad) Men of Gotham (English)

Wizards

Wonder Woman (American)

World Tree

Wurusemu (Hittite)

Yeti (Tibetan)

Yggdrasil (Norse)

Ymir (Norse)

Yoruban Storytelling (West African)

Yoshitsune (Japanese)

Ys/Ker-Ys (Breton/French)

Zeus (Greek)

Ziusudra (Sumerian)

Zmeys and Zmeyitsas (Bulgarian)

Zulu Mythology

Zwarte Madam (Flemish)