Folklore Curriculum

Folklore, myth, narrative, and symbolism

Ancient Myths

Cupid and Psyche

Saint's Stories

Iconography of Christendom

Saint's Tales

Secular Tales

1. Tales of the Fox and the Wolf
2. Tales of the Lion
3. Tales of the Bear
4. Tales of the Dog
5. Tales of the Birds
6. Tales of the Snake
7. Tales of Giants

Singular Tales

1. The Dragon Slayer
2. The Bridge
3. Three Stolen Princesses
4. The Princess's Ring
5. The Sword of Light
6. The Brothers Seeking Wives
7. The Night Watch
8. The Dancing Shoes
9. The Maiden in the Tower
10. The Singing Bag
11. The Maiden Killer
12. The Flight
13. The Cannibal Princess
14. The Tree That Grows Up To The Sky
15. The Recovered Eyeballs
16. The Magnet Mountain
17. The Sorceror's Apprentice
18. The Youth Who Wanted To Leanr What Fear Is
19. Hansel and Gretel
20. The Witch's Sack
21. The Witch & the Fisher Boy
22. Jack and the Beanstalk
23. Stealing the Sun Moon and Stars
24. Godfather Death
25. Little Red Riding Hood
26. House of the Witch
27. The Wolf with the Iron Head
28. The Lost Father
29. The Lost Wife (Swan Maiden)
30. The Lost Brothers
31. The Lost Soldiers
32. The Beastly Wife
33. The Beastly Husband
34. Beauty and the Beast
35. Brides Black & White
36. Sleeping Beauty
37. The Petrified Kingdom
38. The Witch's Son
39. The House in the Forest
40. The Diver
41. Little Brother & Little Sister
42. In Search of Fortune
43. The Persecuted Husband
44. The Wedding Invitation (Friends in Life & Death)
45. The Land Where No One Dies
46. The Bridge to the Other World
47. The Monk & the Bird
48. The Undeworld's Midwife
49. Girls Kind & Unkind
50. The Strange House
51. The Three Old Women
52. The Wild Man
53. The Gifts of Little People
54. Cinderella
55. Peau d'Asne
56. Six Go Through the Whole World
57. Faithful John
58. The Boy Who Understood Birds
59. The Inheritance
60. Brunhilde
61. The Wild Child
62. The Dog & The Sailor
63. The Magic Castle
64. The Cat in Boots
65. The Water of Life
66. The Fisherman & his Wife
67. The Witch's Shepherd
68. The Ring
69. Aladdin
70. The Spirit in the Blue LIght
71. The Bird's Heart
72. The Seven League Boots
73. 100 Rabbits
74. The Rat Catcher
75. All Stuck Together
76. The Barking Dog's Head
77. The Knife
78. Strong John
79. Quest for a Strong Companion
80. The Wishing Prince
81. The Skillful Brothers
82. The Hypnotist
83. The Man Who Flew Like a Bird & Swam Like a Fish
84. The Magic Boy
85. Stone of the Snake
86. The Lazy Boy
87. Below the Sea
88. The King's Parrot
89. Tom Thumb
90. The Giant's Toy
91. The Snow Child
92. The Princess & The Pea
93. The Handless Maiden
94. The Three Golden Children
95. The Wonder Child
96. Snow White
97. The Sister of Nine Brothers
98. The Twin Sisters
99. The Lost Ring
100. The Lucky Wife
101. The Hanging
102. The Hatch-Penny
103. The Star Money
104. The Singing Bone
105. The Murderous Princess
106. The Golden Ram
107. The Man With Four Wives
108. The Princess Under the Hill
109. The Goose Girl
110. The King & the Clever Girl
111. The Bride in Disguise
112. The Innocent Maiden
113. The Crystal Palace
114. The Ghoulish Schoolmaster
115. The Unholy Man
116. The Daughter of the Sun
117. Alcestis
118. Beggar, Thief, Murderer
119. The Bearer of Bad News
120. Trapping the Demon
121. The Fallen Snow
122. The Prophecied Wife
123. The Misfortunate King
124. The Money Stick
125. The Spider Web
126. The Hidden Old Man
127. Not Dead Yet
128. Thunder
129. The Bear Trainer
130. The Troll at a Baptism
131. Topsy Turvy Land
132. Climbing to Heaven
133. The Strongest Son in Law

19th Century National Scholarship

Brothers Grimm - Germany

Alexander Afanasyev - Russia

Elias Lönnrot - Finland - Kalevala

William Butler Yeats - Ireland

John Francis Cambell - Scotland

Abjornsen and Moe - Norway

Evald Tang Kristensen - Denmark

Joseph Ritson - English nursery rhymes

Francis James Child - English ballads

Niccolò Tommaseo - Italy

Walter Scott - Borderer ballads

Bell & Dixon - English Peasant Songs

William John Thoms - English Folklore

Sabine Baring-Gould - English folklore and Saints Tales

Academics, Symbolists and Psychologists

Max Muller

Mircea Eliade

Carl Jung

George Frazer

Iona and Peter Opie

Marie-Louise von Franz

Margaret Fay Shaw

Georges Dumézil

Aarnes Thompson

Alan Dundes

Vladimir Propp

Umberto Eco

Roland Barthes

Italo Calvino