Looking for medieval folklore and fairy tales?

Question

I am looking for medieval folklore and fairy tales, names of books containing them would be good however if you know where I can find them it would also help.

P.S. I am looking for stories from the time period and not just the place (i.e. europe), any country or land is good. Thanks.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Check these sites:

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/folktales/
http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~fairytales.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts2.html

Answer 2

Saving Spring

A Scandinavian legend, retold by Ilil Arbel

Once upon a time, the snow kept on falling, the wind howled, and even the oldest people could not remember such a cold winter. March, April, May came, without a single day of sunshine, without a flower or a blade of grass. The villagers could not sow or plant, and feared starvation. In addition, the snowdrifts isolated them from other villages. What happened to Spring?

By June, the mayor called a meeting and the villagers assembled in the town hall. The roaring fire did little to heat the ice-cold large room, and the villagers sat on the wooden benches, rubbing their hands and moving their legs to keep warm. Outside, the storm raged.

"Citizens," said the mayor, his face grim and tired. "I have finally received news from another village. Apparently, Spring is held captive by Old Man Winter, up in the North Pole. Several villages and towns sent their bravest people to rescue her, but none of them returned. They say that further North, entire villages starved and froze to death. They want us to send someone now."

A hush came over the room. No one dared to speak for a long time. Finally, a man named Oscar got up. Very young and alone in the world, he was nevertheless well respected for his honesty and industry. "Mayor," said Oscar. "I will go to the North Pole and see if I can match wits with Old Man Winter."


for the rest check http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/folktales/articles/saving_spring.html

Answer 3

How about the various "Matters"--Britain (King Arthur), France (Charlemagne), Rome (classical myths)--certainly for supernatural aspects. Canterbury Tales includes some retelling of such stories, as I recall.

Answer 4

verify out Andrew Lang's "colored" Fairy Books. they are area of a twelve-e book sequence of fairy tale collections. besides the shown fact that Andrew Lang did not assemble the memories himself from the oral custom, the quantity of his aspects (who had gathered them initially), made them an immensely influential sequence, particularly as he used distant places-language aspects, giving lots of those memories their first visual attraction in English. As recognized in the prefaces, besides the shown fact that Lang himself made lots of the judgements, his spouse and different translators did a extensive factor of the translating and telling of the truly memories. lots of them have been illustrated via Henry J. Ford. Lancelot velocity additionally did some illustrations. Blue Fairy e book (1889) crimson Fairy e book (1890) eco-friendly Fairy e book (1892) Yellow Fairy e book (1894) crimson Fairy e book (1897) gray Fairy e book (1900) Violet Fairy e book(1901) crimson Fairy e book (1903) Brown Fairy e book (1904) Orange Fairy e book (1906) Olive Fairy e book (1907) Lilac Fairy e book (1910)

Answer 5

how bout mary queen of scotts ordered all of her troops to carry a fork and knife with them because she saw some of them eat and it grossed her out...

Answer 6

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/grimm_menu.html