Mythology and Folklore: Online Resources

Encyclopedia that allows you to explore a multitude of mythology and to a lesser extent folklore from all over the world.

Resource that allows you to explore mythology from all over the world. Included are Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Chinese, Norse, Japanese, Celtic and Aztec.

Reference book that covers not only popular gods and myths in Hawaiian Mythology but also important chiefs and heroes.

Covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.

This open access library has collections of fables, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, and an entire sub collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Open Folklore, a partnership of the American Folklore Society and the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. Here you can search through journals, books, websites and gray literature on folklore.

Comprehensive guide that delves into the mythology of Greece. Sections on their gods (Theoi), spirits (Daimones) monsters, (Theres) and much more. Sections can include family trees and maps relating to the mythology, a gallery of images from Greek and Roman art, and a bibliography.

Website that provides a wealth of background knowledge of Norse mythology. It includes gods, creatures, heroes, the viking people, and much more.

This resource allows you to access dozens of fun easy to digest videos on myth and mythology.

A playlist of videos from the non profit organization World History Encyclopedia that includes mythology from all times and cultures around the world.

TED has quite a few easy to digest talks on these topics.. Simply use the keywords "mythology" or "folk tales" to find a wealth of talks.

Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh. FMET has been around since the mid 90s and is a staple source.

Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh. This resource focuses on tales from Ireland.

In this resource, you can read popular folk tales from all over this world, in their original or a translation. The stories have been classified along the Aarne-Thompson-Uther classification, which is the established standard for folk tales

Project Gutenberg has a collection of folklore free of charge. It also holds small collections of mythology, children's myths and fairy tales. To access these simply go to the book shelves section and find your topic of interest.

Project Gutenberg's collection of folklore.

Project Gutenberg's collection of mythology.

Has older content in the public domain on a variety of topics including folklore & mythology.